August 2016 Grocery Challenge

skint_breeder_5

Skinty declares day 2 £19.49 at Mr T. Didn't have enough peanut butter to make Thai Peanut noodles last night or garlic.

I am trying to work some treats in to this budget, got some new "Glitter jelly" to try, as it is vegetarian, which means in theory we should save money as I wont need to buy one veggie one and one gelatine one AND it is something a little out of the ordinary.

Got a reduced priced Thai meal for 2, £7 down to £4.13, so I am splitting one of the chicken curry between the meat eaters tonight and one for the freezer, then share out the rice with the Thai noodles and do it again later in the week to make the most of buying in the garlic and peanut butter.

I have consumed some of DD1 Caramel Tea bags, so was looking for a replacement, couldn't find it so treat no 2 was 50 finest Chocolate Tea bags, not as weird as they sound and quite palatable.

Ironically the big spends on the receipt were baking potatoes £2 and cheese £2.50. The pots were all consumed at lunchtime, but I was very stingy with the cheese, so hopefully that will last a little longer.

Feline treats aka bribes for getting them washed and spot on treatment done also included in todays shopping.

Cats are most definitely not happy, especially DPC1 who has spend a good 6 hours licking herself.



Not leaving the house now for the night, so we will declare end of day 2 ......£24.49/£200 ....

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tighteningthebelt wrote: »

First day of challenge and I have a dilemma already... Please advise...
Dad and I went shopping together and he bought some of it for me.
Shall I just subtract what came out of my purse, or what was in the trolley?

I guess everyone has their own way of doing things. Personally, I only count what I spend.

I had a spend yesterday. Have updated sig.

Sayschezza

£3 On bread and salad today

FurryBeastOz

Another NSD. Yay

mrs_Badger

Hi, I'm new. I'd like to join in for this month £300

It's just me and my husband and this will include household items, toiletries and pet food.
I try to go to the local co-op every day and shop in the reduced sections, OH is gluten and dairy free due to Colitis, so I do spend money on some of the special things for him.

It will be interesting to see how much I end up spending.

So far;

Sack dry dog food £29
Yellow sticker bits £4.80

claireyfairy82

Hi all I've not been around here for about 18 months but really enjoyed the challenge before.

I got a bit of a wake up call when I added up how much I spent on food last month :eek:, horrific doesn't even come close to describing the situation.

There are 2 adults and 2 young girls (both of whom swim competitively and eat about the same as teenage boys), 2 dogs, a cat and a hamster. I'm going to keep the pet food separate at the moment until I get up and running properly again.

My month started on the 29th July and will end on the 30th August. I do have reasonably full freezers, store cupboards could be better but never mind!

I'll start with £320 for the month, this gives me £50 a week covers my £60 online meat order and my 2 x 30 trays of eggs from local farm at £5 each.:j

I've started already sitting at £49.80/ £320

t14cy_t

nsd yesterday, yipee! hitting the ys trail tonight though. x

oceanspirit

£3 for bits OH bought for me. Will get a smaller vegbox this week as still plenty from last week and have been given some homegrown as well.

elsiepac

Florence_J wrote: »

I feel very in control of the budget for the first time in ages and have got some lovely meals planned. I am going to make a leek 'barlotto' (a risotto type meal but made with pearl barley instead) which will cost me about 90p for the leeks and 25p for the pearl barley for two people.

Ooh I have a leek in the fridge and trying to stretch not buying more veg for one day... I also have barley and garlic and stock, is there more to the recipe than that? Please may I have your recipe? Just remembered I also have two big field mushrooms, one of them would top it lovely I think!!


August Grocery Challenge:
26/07/16: Tesco (Breakfast Things) ...£7.75.......£92.25 remaining
26/07/16: Tesco (Stir Fry Sauce) .....£0.68.......£91.57 remaining
27/07/16: H&B (Tofu - 20% off ) ......£3.58.......£87.99 remaining
27/07/16: Veg Man ....................£3.48.......£84.51 remaining
27/07/16: Tesco (Flowers for mum) ....£3.00.......£81.51 remaining
28/07/16: Tesco (Snacky Things) ......£2.96.......£78.55 remaining
28/07/16: Chip Shop ..................£3.15.......£75.40 remaining
29/07/16: M&S (Mezze bits etc) ......£21.85.......£53.55 remaining
29/07/16: Tesco (Veg Bits) ...........£4.14.......£49.41 remaining
30/07/16: Tesco (Frzn bits, looroll) £22.80.......£26.61 remaining


I had no grocery spends on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, and aiming not to today either... I shouldn't need to and certainly don't have the budget!

Smiley87

£13.72 in Farmfoods today, so now up to £15.70. Hoping for a few NSDs or minimal spends over the next few days - I'd be chuffed if I can get to the end of the week under £25.