October 2015 Grocery Challenge

XSpender

£23.20 spent in Mr S on chicken, a couple of RM for DH as I am not well and cant be bothered to cook from scratch, protein shakes for when I am away later this week, vitamins and a sweetie for DS who received an outstanding achievement award at school yesterday :A

The protein shakes are not cheap and I will not be able to claim them off my work lunch allowance when I am travelling but I didn't take any last week and although the £s in my purse were not reduced by my spends as it was on expenses the lbs on the scales certainly went up.:eek:

chocolatelover93

Went to Mr As on Sunday and never again!! I hate that shop!! Was so busy and I thought it was really expensive, we just got a sort of top up shop (no main meals just things like cheese, eggs, ham, biscuits, drinks etc) and it come to £38!! There wasn't even a small trolley full!! Plus we don't buy anything branded (except the cheese which was on offer).
Won't be shopping there again!!

freyasmum

*whisper* Hello all :A

I hope you don't mind me jumping in at this late stage in the month.

I've been looking through the challenges on DFW and have jumped in with one so far. I'm not in debt, I do save monthly and I believe my utility bills, etc are at the lowest that they could be, but I added up what I spent on 'stuff' and picking up 'ooh, I fancy that for dinner/snack/lunch' bits last month - £850 - and was both very embarrassed and disgusted at the waste . I could've had an awesome holiday in the sun! Don't get me wrong, I did need to totally replace my entire wardrobe (still wearing the same jammies, just holding them when I walk though :rotfl:) but I can totally ease off on that now that I have enough skirts and dresses to see me through. May need another pair of trousers soon though.

I have loads of bits in the house for dinner - even down to entire ready meals. I did Jane Plan last year when I was playing at losing weight instead of getting back to what I know works for me, so I have loads of their meals leftover. Including breakfasts. Now, I don't even like ready meals, so god knows why I got suckered into that!?

I've gotten to my goal weight this year and moved into a new job that I REALLY enjoy, which is great. However, it's in town. And I like to get out and about during lunchtime. Which means shops. EVERYWHERE :cool:. This year has actually been fantastic, and I've done lots of the things that I wanted. So now it's time to tackle the last (for the moment ) niggle...

I'm aiming for a spend of no more than £15 till the end of the month to pick up any bits and pieces that we'll need.

miss_try_to_save

hi all hope all has been going well my month is ok been eating out of my replenished freezers and only had to get bread milk fruit toilet roll and bacon and topped up freezer as I used it so so far so good omelette chips and beans tonight quick and cheap as dd1 had her baby early may up my costs for month as supporting her as well at the moment we will see freezer still looking fullish

debbiedodge1737

Ok this is my 4th and last week from the october challenge ... I started a week early oppss . Anyway my final shope today was £88.90 .. I am under budget for the month ... YAY !!!! gonna work on this next month and hopefully do a tad better. although I am going to not record next weeks shopping (I will stick to under £90) I will start a fresh in November. Im going to update my sig now x

Wysiwyg49

Quite pleased with total so far and hope to cut the budget in November...not pleased with the amount of food I threw out last weekend though!! Fruit / yogurt / veg we hadn't used up :mad:

Shopped at Sainsb and A1di this week, got huge packet of loo roll at a great price and a huge bag of dog food too (different budget but all helps). Will need topups of milk and some more chicken but still well within target.

Everyone's doing well and lots of VERY determined forum members who have lost weight as well :T Maybe that can be the next challenge! (Failed Sober OCtober )

selloptape

Annoyed with myself at spending money on lunch in town for the last two days... Cheap eating next week as my son is away tho so might make budget x

DuranGirl

Hanging on by a thread... £6.19 left on my self-imposed £200 instead of £400. I can't see it myself, as I've promised to take cheese and wine to a dinner party on Hallowe'en (why couldn't it have been on 1 November? But without that, £6.19 would probably be enough for milk and loo rolls (I'm sure my DS eats them!).

lynnejk

Evening all

freyasmum wrote: »

*whisper* Hello all :A
I hope you don't mind me jumping in at this late stage in the month.

I'm aiming for a spend of no more than £15 till the end of the month to pick up any bits and pieces that we'll need.

Welcome to the Fred and good luck with the challenge

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

Reporting an epic fail this mont

Now, now - you know we don't use the f*** word on here Dizzy
You haven't made your target but I'm sure you know where and why and will be motivated to get nearer next month eh. Rome not in a day and all that If we were all perfect there wouldn't be any need for this thread :rotfl:


NSD here today :j


Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday
Lx

t14cy_t

Ys rampage was a huge success!! only £4 spends for a mountain of freezable goods thanks to mr mo*******s! moving out of the area soon to have passed on my YS secrets to a friend!!