September 2015 Grocery Challenge

cw18

Budget's going well so far this month - budget to end of today is £122.45 and I'm at £78.80.

Have to confess that it's being partly helped by the fact my new job (3 shifts a week at the moment, hoping to get increased to 5) includes a free butty or salad for lunch which I haven't figured a way to account for yet (no way would I pay the £3 - £5 that customers are charged for them, and am currently lucky to know what shifts I'm working a week ahead so can't reduce my monthly budget before start of month!). If/when I get up to 5 shifts a week I'll have to consider reducing my budget by the few ££s a week included in my budget for lunches on those days.

lynnejk

Hiya all :hello:


Good news re the budget and the job Cheryl


Had another couple of NSDs this week so looking good so far


Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday
Lx

t14cy_t

nsd yesterday. yippee!!xx

moneyonmymindsam

£8.99 out of my £60 left so £51.01 to go.. resisting temptation to spend remaining budget on 8 boxes of chocolate and living off that for 8 days ...lol .. Seriously ...very happy to be part of the challenge


Another JP for tea tonight ..soon will change user name to Mrs potato head at this rate ..but hey it's cheap and filling


Bit of shopping needed tomorrow so going with a list and the exact money for that and maybe an extra £2 in case of any YS bargains ......

t14cy_t

spends of £4 yesterday. x

miss_try_to_save

hi all finally got my freezer up and running but it put me over budget putting food in but that's only to be expected really so its £230/£200 so far on this months budget im carrying on and seeing what it turns out hopefully will only be £100 over but we will see

Billie-jo

Usually shop on a Wed but was busy so we went to A!di and then the green grocers today. Have spent £35.37 but got lots of fruit & veg - carrots, onions, tomatoes, bananas, celery, grapes, mushrooms, lettuce, sweetcorn, cabbage, sprouts, runner beans, satsumas, plums, ginger, nuts and a huge cauliflower (49p)
Have a lamb stew in the slow cooker for tonight. Used breast of lamb and cooked it yesterday but left over night to cool and then removed as much of the fat as possible and its now reheating with few added extras thrown in. Will have it with mashed potatoes and cabbage. Should be enough to freeze a portion or two as well.
Since increasing my protein intake (due to illness which prevents me from absorbing protein properly) I have felt a lot better so will continue with it regardless of the higher cost.

Frugalwannabe

Evening all,

Had a shop delivered today and it was £90.61. Not too bad when there was a lot of bulk bits there. My freezer is fit to burst so it's only fresh bits I need for the rest of the month I think!

Doing so much better than last month thankfully.

Total now is £242.28/£400 :-)

Ladyluck1

Adding;
£8 in lidl
£12 veg box
£29 free range meat delivery, I got 2 free range chickens with giblets, 1kg chicken thighs, 1kg mince steak, gluten free sausages, gluten free sausage meat, FR chicken liver pate, some pancetta, 3kg stock bones and some garlic seasoning
Just updating siggy.

Dizzy_Imp

Small trip to the local shop for bread and Ovaltine (I NEED Tiny to sleep through to a decent hour tomorrow) so an extra £2.49 spent today x