September 2016 Grocery Challenge

mrs_Badger

Receipts totalling £15, so total now 170/350.

Stocked up quite a bit last month, as well as not buying any dog food yet this month, so doing well.

DanielleNic87

£15.52 added from a shop at Aldi.
Bought a couple of things from the co-op this morning but forgot to get a receipt so will have to wait until it comes out of the bank x

DanielleNic87

Just added another £5.50 whilst looking through the bank statements. Forgot hubby bought some baby milk at boots. We bulk bought baby milk a couple of weeks ago but now he's on lactose free which costs £5.50 for a tiny tin which probably last 3 days, we still have 3 tubs of unopened milk in the cupboard worth £30.... What a waste x

Sayschezza

Biggish shop from Lid1 plus treated oh to an ice cream during the hot weather this week so have updated signature. Only just over half of budget spent with less than half the month to go. Week away helped but have stocked up so I suppose it will be less spent next month when I really must reduce the target.

FurryBeastOz

Tesco YS shop and the weekly shop at Lidl. Coming in at under £40. Yeah. Making some inroads into the overspend but there's still a lot of the month to go.

Meal plan re-done due to DH shifts. Trying some tinned soups instead of fresh after seeing EAt well for Less. Also making my own - Fiesta Chicken tomorrow. Lots of spice for the lovely autumnal weather.

tattycath

Spent £12.69 this weekend so far. Still under target ...still 13 days to go before the end of the month.

tighteningthebelt

Catherinemm and purpleybat
Murderous marmalade and judgement day jam!
Yep, keep trying. A good skill to have.
The wrinkle thing is easy when you've seen it. Do you know anyone nearby who could show you? Lots of older ladies have the knowhow, even if they don't produce regularly any more.

purpleybat

DanielleNic87 wrote: »

Just added another £5.50 whilst looking through the bank statements. Forgot hubby bought some baby milk at boots. We bulk bought baby milk a couple of weeks ago but now he's on lactose free which costs £5.50 for a tiny tin which probably last 3 days, we still have 3 tubs of unopened milk in the cupboard worth £30.... What a waste x

maybe someone here can use the unwanted stuff that isn't too far away so can collect it?

purpleybat

Sayschezza wrote: »

Biggish shop from Lid1 plus treated oh to an ice cream during the hot weather this week so have updated signature. Only just over half of budget spent with less than half the month to go. Week away helped but have stocked up so I suppose it will be less spent next month when I really must reduce the target.

thinking icecreams do not buy Iceland versions of magnums, I usually buy lidl versions but they were out of stock, the Iceland ones had a horrid 'perfumey' taste, so wish id saved the £1

Soworried

I've completely lost count this month as work has been crazy. I'm going to set myself a weekly target of £50 for this week to limit the damage.