September 2016 Grocery Challenge

buzzyzoe

Spent £16.89 over the weekend on a fairly big shop. Got a lovely YS piece of beef rump for £2 which I was very happy with! That should be me done now for the month so hopefully ending on:
£39.54/£40

flipper_72

Weekly shop done so another £37.68 plus £2.10 for an extra school meal this week brings me up to £229.83/250.
Under for the month but not ytd yet. I will need to shop again on Thursday or Friday too so that will take me over I am sure.
Need to try to make next week's plan from the cupboard and freezer instead of fresh.

ScotinLondon

Last few top-up shops were done on 24/9 totalling to £22.55.

This left £1.12 out of the Aug/Sept budget. Will update sigs.

See you on the Oct thread!

SIL

Caeraugirl

Have just updated total spends and have completely blown this month's budget, and I STILL need a couple of top-up items before the end of the month...:eek:!

I'm disappointed that I'm so far over, but have learned a few things this month, which will hopefully help next month and beyond. Main lessons are to shop where I get good value (Lidl) rather than just where most convenient (Mr T), to stick to the meal plan rather than be swayed by what OH fancies that night (doesn't happen very often but when it does I overspend on lots of stuff rather than just the meal), and we eat waaaaay too much junk in this house! Cutting back on sweets, crisps and other goodies will not only be good for the budget, it'll also do wonders for our health!

On the plus side, I cooked double lasagnes, pies and cottage pies when I made them, so quite a few ready meals in the freezer when they come round again on the meal plan. I also have quite a few extras in the freezer that haven't been used this month (sausages, fish etc) so should make a budget easier to stick to next month - I can hope :rotfl: x

hazeldreams

Final figures for us for September ...

£425.39/£400

Overspent but last month we spent over £600 so really please that the extra focus of this challenge saved us nearly £200! Going for £400 again next month to keep up the good work!

thriftwizard

And for me, it gets better... the other daughter just handed me a fiver! She was the one who actually did the shopping, the other one didn't go in the end. But as I'd just spent almost exactly that on a loaf of good bread, some apples & some bananas, and have gone & left the receipts at Mum's, I shan't update my total until tomorrow evening. It's only a few pence out, and down rather than up.

I'll be at Mum's on Wednesday when they have their market down there - mostly the same stallholders as our own market, on the food side - & will restock a few items there. Some of those would really belong to next month's budget (starts Friday, for us) but I think I'll still have the leeway to put them in this one!

[Deleted User]

Spent £5.37 on a few bits in Morries - quite near to my total, but I really do not need anything, just down to willpower now. Have updated sig.

t14cy_t

nsd yesterday, yipee!! xx

Cappella

It's been a total disaster budget wise here this month. MrC's been ill, I've been chasing around like a demented hen and money's just melted away. Even with missing receipts I know that I'm over budget, just not by how much! Food waste has been shocking too. I'm bowing out of this challenge.
Budget was £350.
Spend was £520 (probably about £50 more but I don't have the receipts).
I was going to opt out in October as we re going to France to stay with my sister, but think I'd better get back on the horse and try again. Can't just give up, I'm not such a wet hen after all.

pamsdish

Went for an hair cut, £13 inc tip,
£41 in lidl used £5 voucher, £4 in iceland.
hope that`s all for now.