January 2016 Grocery Challenge

Islandmaid

NSD today

Only £50 left between now and end of month so will have to be careful - trying a new tactic to me - writing down only what I need for the shopping list, rather than the 'regular' buys i.e crisps, biscuits, cheese etc I now buy 12 bags of crisps a week for DH and DS,s lunches - and if they use them up before the end of the week - tough! As normally I would buy a 24 multipack and end up throwing out the flavours they don,t like:o

cowboymum

Quick post for a few shops over last few days.
Coop 14th (top up shop of milk and a few bits) £6.49
Prosecco for a party £6.99 on the 16th
Aldi top up shop on 17th £3.28
Tesco big shop 17th £71.84
Into second purse £5 (washing liquid)

Phew!

Billie-jo

No extra spends since last update.
Sat down earlier and wrote a meal plan for the week starting on Wed which is our usual shopping day(never plan Saturday as never know what we are doing or if grand children are here) -
WED - We are out
THU - Steak, jkt potato filled with leeks and cheese and some salad
FRI - Fish, potatoes & salad
SUN - Oxtail stew with dumplings
MON - Sausage, egg & chips
TUE - Orange chicken

The whole week is from food we already have in as am making a conscious effort to use stuff up. Lets hope I stick to it.

sammiell

Not doing to badly I've spent 170.16 so far so 229.84 left i did a Salisbury's shop on Saturday i had a £12 voucher if you spent £60 and Dh had nectar points from his fuel so I did a £75 shop for 52 pence We usually save them for Christmas but didn't use them i've also bought a massive box of chicken that will last at least 5 weeks so happy all round

mrs-moneypenny

Been work all day, so just having a coffee then will rummage in the fridge, cupboards and freezer to meal plan this week.

Tonight's meal will be butternut squash rissotto, we have all the ingredients in and I baked the butternut squash yesterday while the oven was on so a bit of prep done.

Nsd today.

jlhmd666

Spent £62.62 this week which leaves £76.46 for next week's shop if we want to remain under budget. Going to go through my receipts to see where money could have been saved ready for February.

FurryBeastOz

FurryBeastOz wrote: »

Can I go for £200 That's for me, DH and one large Furry friend. It includes household items, but not gifts/indulgences - they come from a separate pot.

I should easily be able to do it, but we'll see. As I've got into a new training regime I seem to be eating constantly, and high protein meals seem to come in more expensive. Oh well, I feel better on it, and I'm saving on chocolate:rotfl:

Famous last words! £209.02 so far. £30 of this on dog food and £33 on drinks, and I need to do another big Mr T before the end of the month (dog food offer), and a H&B order.

Still have a full freezer, but have been buying lots of YS extras, and some big cooking items.

Oh well. It was a shot in the dark as the last time I tried this I don't think we even had a dog, and I definitely wasn't eating as much. I'm using MyFitnessPal after using Woman and Home Diet to track my food for years. Scary. W&H tracks calories only. With MFP it gets broken down, and we were having FAR TOO MUCH sugar, and not enough protein. It has really made me think about what we eat.

Will keep track for the rest of the month and continue meal planning. It really helps - I could have spent a whole lot more!:eek:

pollys

I've just added a £1 spend. We won't have enough milk to last until my shopping day. I'm really pleased with the way it is going.

Polly

mummytogirls

Evening Diary,

Just updating my spends from the last week:

Spent
£80 - 5th Jan - Mr T (£79.75 + 25p OP to CC)
£7 - 6th Jan - Mr A
£9.40 - 9th Jan - local butchers
£4.49 - 9th Jan - Mr T's
£8.98 - 10th Jan - Mr T's
£41.19 - 12th Jan - Mr T's (+£37 for DD's party food)
£15 - 15th Jan - Butchers
£5 - 17th Jan - Coop
£44.27 - 18th Jan - Mr A's

Budgeted for next week
£55 - 26th Jan - Mr T or Mr A
£13 - butchers and farmshop as and when
£15 - Top ups

Hope all doing well x

maria3104

Just given DD a shopping list. 2 loaves, 750 beef mince, 5 milk, 4 butter salted, carrots, hope to come in around £15. She will call in to A**i after her exam tomorrow morning. I am just hoping she does well or either we get nothing or random stuff!

She is much better at sticking to the list than me. Shames me infact!

Hoping to stay under budget for the month, but it is so difficult if I see a grocery store, things leap into my trolley. I am a grocery addict and there is no counselling available.Am trying to go a s nearly cold turkey as possible.
So far so good.

Maria