November 2016 Grocery Challenge

Slowly57

Adding another £44.00 spend at Mr Ts - at least half of it being YS and forward stocking - so over the edge we go - but I know why

Suffolk_lass

Franalamadingdong wrote: »

Haha, this is why I'm not an accountant! I did like someone's suggestion of dividing your yearly budget by 13 instead of 12 to work out your monthly budget, and 13 was for Christmas or extra spends or what have you... I can't quite recall.

Yes, that was me. I also have hoarding tendencies (not quite as bad as the one of our number who had accumulated over 400 toilet rolls which were insulating her loft, but just as bad, in my own small way).

I freely admit to also suffering from a bit of brand snobbery so I use my month 13 to buy the Turkey and Christmas extras and to stock up on my fave brands when they are on offer.

I have not bought full price laundry gloop, shower gel, baked beans or chopped tomatoes for about 4 years - I have occasionally bought soap (proper old-fashioned Pears clear soap) at 68p but I try to get my store cupboard items on offer and in bulk. Works for me!

SL

LesP50

23.36 at Aldy today so running total 56.65/150 .

kkffoo

Franalamadingdong wrote: »

Kkffoo, is your son a fussy eater? Why not get him to help plan a couple of meals per week. Maybe even give him a cook book to peruse. My boy is the opposite of fussy and has been surprised by my not asking him what he'd like on the meal plan. Usually I know he'll ask for fish and for pasta and nanny sauce and sometimes something else.

Thank you Fran, that's a good thought. Much better than trying to guess what new things everyone might like.

Caterina

A £13.98 spend at MrT, I needed to use a couple of clubcard vouchers to get points, I also had some money off vouchers but decided to pay cash instead and maximise the vouchers with the X4 offers when I have enough for a nice treat, cinema for 2 etc.

I bought a large bag of chick peas, almonds that I need to make milk, a bag of double YSd black kale, 18p, it would have been rude not to! Then I passed in front of a freezer cabinet and saw soya ice cream in vanilla and chocolate flavours, my favourite, and now that I am dairy free (mostly) it would be lovely to try. One tub £3.50 but the offer was buy 3 for a fiver. No brainer! A bit of an impulse buy but, as DH remarked, as long as we dint gorge it all at once, it's a nice treat and will go very well on crumbles, with all the apples we got!

Meals today: breakfast was mushroom omelette. Lunch miso soup with chick peas, carrots and seaweed, then mixed salad with avocado, and hummus with oatcakes. A bit of ice cream fir afternoon snack, so yummy! Then dinner was leftover veg stew with cooked lentils and the bag of YS black kale. Pudding was dried figs and almonds.

Got 2 salmon fillets out of the freezer for tomorrow.

Good night.

t14cy_t

did a big coupon/voucher run yesterday, bought 7 covent garden soups from tesco for £1.18., then another £2.59 in sainsburys on £18.88 worth of bits. dont usually buy soup but couldnt pass a bargain like that! xx

Caterina

t14cy_t wrote: »

did a big coupon/voucher run yesterday, bought 7 covent garden soups from tesco for £1.18., then another £2.59 in sainsburys on £18.88 worth of bits. dont usually buy soup but couldnt pass a bargain like that! xx

Wow that's a great bargain, where do you get the soup coupons? I live on soups, would be great not to have to cook for 7 meals! :rotfl:

pamsdish

Caterina wrote: »

Wow that's a great bargain, where do you get the soup coupons? I live on soups, would be great not to have to cook for 7 meals! :rotfl:

Covent Garden soup website, sign up for newsletters they run them a couple of times a year, to get more than 1 you need a few email addys, they send coupon to, but you only need to sign up to 1 newsletter.

pinkypig

£7.19 on fruit, salad and milk. I officially need a miracle to bring me in on budget with two shops left to go:eek: fear it may be a case of damage limitation from here until the 28th:(
PP x

elsiepac

Caterina wrote: »

Then I passed in front of a freezer cabinet and saw soya ice cream in vanilla and chocolate flavours, my favourite, and now that I am dairy free (mostly) it would be lovely to try. One tub £3.50 but the offer was buy 3 for a fiver.

Hi Caterina - which ice cream is this please? I was thinking Swedish Glace but I don't think it's that much per tub... and I'm pretty sure Perfect World isn't soy based (nor is it vegan, poo!) - is it the Alpr0 one?!