August 2015 Grocery Challenge

chocolatebum

1st shop of my month and i spent £89.82. we did need to stock up on a few spices so slightly more than i was aiming for but still well within what i budgeted for each week.

mumofthetwins

Budget for Auguest is £200

hoping for another good one as away on holiday for one week and hoping to use stores as we are away again in September ��

philsmum

Hi. Will you add me in for August. I am aiming for £250.00

FoxFace

Hi guys, it's been ages! Haven't budgeted properly for months

We have recently moved home and the new place is going to cost quite a bit more to run, so budgeting is more essential than ever!

Please pop me down for £250 for August, thanks!

Foxy
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barneydee_2

Hi
I've just posted my final figure for July on the July thread I failed big time took my eye of the ball mid month,not writting down recipts on a daily basis just shoving them in my bag what a shock when I added them up!!!

I have put down for £250.00 this month but can I change this to £350.00 please admin then I can lower it month by month to where I want to be.
I am off work this weekend so I am going to sit down do a rough meal plan & stock take of my cupboards.

Note to self "must stay focused "
Dee x

jayII

I overspent by a big chunk too Barneydee. About £80 I think (still waiting for a reciept from OH) in my case, but that's an epic fail, since we had fewer people to feed than I expected during July.

Onwards and upwards (or downwards in this case!!).

esbm

Hi there can I join for august please? My goal is £250

dumpling

Hi there, I think I need to join this challenge as our food shopping bills are astronomical. I will ease myself in gently with a total of £500. This is for 2 adults and three teenagers who eat me out of house and home, plus one greedy labrador cross and an evil kitty. I know it seems a lot but I'm spending quite a bit more than that on shopping and that's not including takeaways :o:o.

I will start from today and also aim to use up some of my stocks, I could feed the neighbourhood with just what's in the cupboards. I also want to run down the 2 freezers and eventually get rid of one of them. My name is dumpling and I have a problem .

t14cy_t

today is a NSD for me!! yippee only 30 days to go!! xx

Bluegreen143

Oh dear - spent £57.56/£120 on food, £7.76/£15 on toiletries/household and £6.84/£15 on cat stuff already and it's only the first.

I've also realised it's a five weekend month meaning my chances of sticking to the budget are getting slimmer...

In my defence stocks were low and we're having a dinner party tonight so got beef for a big beef and steak pie.

Saved a bit on dessert as used rhubarb from the garden to make a crumble.

I will need to be totally on the ball for the rest of the month to even come close. Lots of lentil dishes I think... hope my husband doesn't moan too much.