September 2016 Grocery Challenge

zippychick

All the best with this month folks!!!!!

guccigoo

I'm determined to do better this month and keep a record of all spends!
Same £220 as last month.

Matody

Can you put me down for £300 for September, gives me £70 a week.. my ex moves out on the 12th, so I should come under this but only adjusting down by £20 from this month, as I'm intending to bulk buy so good after he leaves!

As I'm meal planning (started a few days ago) I want to have 10 NSD next month, would like to only shop twice per week, one main shop and one perishable top up shop - but baby steps as they say!

Thank you for the thread and links to recipes, I made the luxury cauliflower cheese last night and was lush, I added some bacon to it but certainly went down a treat.

ScotinLondon

Thanks for starting the thread.
Can I be in for £140 this month commencing on 25/8-24/9.
Thanks
SIL

Cappella

Many thanks for opening the thread.
I'd like my amount changing for September to £300 please. August went really well, but the pantry and freezers are depleted; and we're going over to see my sister (who's just moved to France) in a fortnight so I want to allow myself some wriggle room.
Love these challenges, I've really got back into frugal habits, and the challenge, coupled with menu planning is working so well I want to continue :)

thriftwizard

Please could you put me down for £530? It's only a little less than last month, but I'm clearly not going to hit my target there! DS3 goes back to uni at some point in the month, and I may manage a few days away in my van, but I have plenty of packet stuff I can take and the odd meal out as a treat would come under my "entertainment" budget of £50, which I only spent £15 of in August!

euronorris

Hi

Can I please join for this month (which starts on 26th Aug for me), with a 300 GBP budget. This is for hubby and I and DD (she's only 7 weeks, so only needs nappies etc at the moment as am breastfeeding).

I think this will be more than we need, but it's a starting point.

Have already done a stocktake, so I know what's there

Also did what I call a 'fridge bottom' meal yesterday (using up bits from the fridge/freezer close to, or just past their date). A pie using leftover bacon joint, a tin of chicken soup from the cupboard, an onion, some previously chopped and frozen peppers and mushrooms, and a pack of puff pastry I had stored in the freezer. With mashed potato. Was tasty, and there's enough left over for another meal today

I was actually quite surprised by how much food we actually have in the house! Still, I'll need to pop out today and get some bread and milk.

mrs_motivated

Hi

I would like to also join in for September, can you put me down for

£300

K9sandFelines

I'm going to try for £350.I've upped it because the Co-op is closing down here on the 17th, so I am intending to see if they are going to have any good bargains in near the end.

Sayschezza

Please put me down for £250 again. Will come in well under budget this month but it may well be a fluke so I will keep to the same amount for a few months and see how it averages out. Thanks