August 2016 Grocery Challenge

Gipsy_Danger

Can I join?
I've got a budget of £200
For August.
That's for food, cleaning stuff and toiletries for 1 adult and 2 children and sometimes an extra adult.

Wednesdays my food shop day and spent £31.06 in Aldi,
I've got a few bits in cupboards and freezers so that should take me to Friday, when I'll do a food shop to take on Holiday with us, staying with relatives in Wales so cheap and cheerful!

And I spent £5.85 in superdrug, on 2 packs of hair dye and hairspray and got a free shampoo and conditioner. 😊

So week one £36.91 down.

LelleUK

Can I please join too?

£180 until the 1st of September for 1 adult, 2 children and 2 cats.
This is for everything - food, cleaning, cat supplies and toiletries.

Spend £34.33 in Asda yesterday and that should do until Tuesday

oceanspirit

Lovely to see lots of people joining in.

£2.59 at health food shop and £8.75 on this week's vegbox. That's the storecupboard things all bought now for the month so should just be weekly vegboxes now.

K9sandFelines

£85.71 to add to my total from the last few days spent on markdowns in work, savers, Aldis and a Morrisons online shop. I havent added toiletries for eldest daughter or groceries bought on Tuesday and today to help her out, as we won't be consuming/using it. I have a few more receipts in my handbag, but it's not accessible at the mo.

Feels like its going to be a long month already, and i am only a week in tomorrow ��

milasavesmoney

$41.21 today and all sale items that will last awhile. We are away for the weekend so hopefully not too many meals out.

Signature updated.

Rosesandrainbows

Just popping in to report that in the past 5 days I still haven't spent any money buying food :j. I've been making meals using up the contents of my cupboards and freezer but probably can't go on like this for much longer without dishing up some very interesting meal combinations!!
I will need to do a weekly shop over the weekend although I will be taking a list and hopefully spending no more than £45.

t14cy_t

nsd yesterday. yipee. hoping to last until monday. x

Flat_Eric

Hi all. I'd like to start partaking in the challenge again after a long absence. I'm undecided about setting a budget this month/next month and think instead that I'll just monitor my spending (try hard to spend less than I have been) and then endeavour to reduce it even more in October/November/December.

I know I've been overspending .... and I want to change my ways.

I have been trying to use up the contents of my fridge this week rather than have my home delivery shop.

Tonight's tea is stir fry veg, fresh pasta and a jar of chilli pesto sauce that has a best before date of 31 January 2015! It looks ok so I presume it will be fine to eat?!

dangerbadger

Spent £3.35 last night on ys fruit, veg and yoghurts that should see us through for the next 3 or 4 days.

AccyAlly

Not had 1 nsd this week, the envelope with my receipts is bulging already and I am only a week in, luckily we are back at work next week after a two week staycation so I should be able to get back in the swing of things. Will count up the damage on Sunday.