PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

Hello Forumites! However well-intentioned, for the safety of other users we ask that you refrain from seeking or offering medical advice. This includes recommendations for medicines, procedures or over-the-counter remedies. Posts or threads found to be in breach of this rule will be removed.
We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

November 2016 Grocery Challenge

Options
145791042

Comments

  • hanb
    hanb Posts: 464 Forumite
    First ever spend update here.. exciting!! :)

    Spent £31.34 at Lidl today. Which included a bottle of gin and some steaks on offer. Hoping all I'll need to buy in the week is milk and more broccoli!

    Hopefully this thread will keep me on track!

    £31.34/£140
  • blubella
    blubella Posts: 581 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 30 October 2016 at 8:35AM
    £9.01 spent at Morimans yesterday, on: a bottle of wine, some greens, pears, dark choc..went home and made a mushroom pasta sauce. Obviously not from those ingredients..:D

    Going to try and get back to cooking..use up the fridge contents and reduce the spending this month...

    £31.81/£175
    #4 DFBXMAS24 - £2,322.85/£5,000
    NSD Challenge - Jan 15/12, Feb 3/12, Mar 10/10 Apr 10/12, May 5/12.
    SPC #44


    Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration & inspiration ~ Evan Esar
  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I've had a bit of hiccup which is a bit of a worry in week one!
    I stupidly forgot to put toilet roll and coconut milk on my list so I had to go back to Aldi.
    Before left my lovely BIL offered to do some odd jobs (that have needed doing for a while) for me tomorrow. By way of a thank you I asked him and my sister to stay for tea and then felt a bit guilty and asked mum and dad too because I've not seen them much this week.
    There is no way my planned meal would stretch to another 4 people so I got curry ingredients as well which came to £13.20 in total :eek:

    I'm going to batch cook the curries (chicken and also a veggie one) so I should get two meals for the freezer as well as tonight's meal.

    I'm going to have to make sure I don't have anymore spends this week and a very small shop next week though :(
    Original mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
    Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!
  • I'm new to this (still figuring out the shorthand - sts??) but would like to spend £100 less in November.

    I've got all my receipts from October so can work out eventually what we spent - we use a mixture of switch-card payment and gift-cards for some supermarkets as we top those up at a 5% discount, so we save money by using those. Also, I'm getting cannier at catching their reduced-price meat in particular.

    I just need to keep my eye on it all much better than I have been!
    2025 remaining: 37 coupons from 66:
    January (29): winter boots, green trainers, canvas swimming-shoes (15); t-shirt x2 (8); 3m cotton twill (6);
    .
    2025 second-hand acquisitions (no coupons): None thus far
    .
    2025 needlework- *Reverse-couponing*:11 coupons :
    January: teddybear-lined velvet jacket (11) & hat (0); velvet sleep-mask (0);
  • Hello, please can you put me down for £300 please. We really need to sort out our spending and start getting a nest egg up and running. Hoping to spend way less than that but you have to start somewhere right :)

    Thanks
    Nessy x
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi everyone, my month has already started and have done some shopping.

    Bulk Buys from last months shopping added to this month: £10.46
    Sainsbury's: £2.45
    Tesco: £1.90
    Iceland: £1
    Home Bargains: £9.55

    And have just done my big monthly food shop at Tesco for £51.95

    Total so far: £77.31

    Total left from £112: £34.69

    So once again I am repeating the habit of spending a worrying amount at the start of the month and somehow (hopefully!) making it to the end of the month with pennies to spare.
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • Slowly57
    Slowly57 Posts: 353 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    £10 spend on fresh stuff for next week (bread etc) from MrT
    2022 | Back to the fold - need a Money Saving mojo reboot!

    Grocery Challenge JAN 2022 £200/£185.00 left!
  • Florence J - Have you thought of dividing your money between the weeks - works for me (mostly). If you meal plan for the first week, you might only need to spend an xtra £10, to make up the meals, then the balance can be carried over. I do go over myself, really not an expert, but does work for me when I can stick to it.
  • PennyGrabber
    PennyGrabber Posts: 1,288 Forumite
    Hi all,

    I'm in for £100 for November. I'm hoping to be much lower than this though... I lost count in Oct, but I did manage to have two great ys sessions, one at a$da and one in morries. Yesterday's in m was great - a kilo of pork loins for £2.50, a whole cooked chicken, pork mince, 4 packs of sausages at 20p each and loads of other bits. Freezer, small as it is, is full of meat and veg, so I will be using a lot of this during Nov to keep me on the right side of my budget. I will need to look at each thing I put in my trolley, and ask myself if we really need it this month. I am in the middle of planning nov's meals, and am feeling confident!

    PG x
    Grocery challenge for family of three - me, dd(12) and ds(11), feeding dp 2 or 3 x a week too. Only food, not toiletries. Jan £87.97/£100 Feb £0/£100
    Frugal 2018 needed! Saving and NOT spending
  • Kahra
    Kahra Posts: 88 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary
    Hi everyone! The grocery budget is the hardest budget line for me to tackle - while I know it's totally within my control, I watch all the spends add up through the month and feel powerless to stop it. I did pretty well a few months back with meal planning, and we ate better than ever, but it's not intuitive for me yet. So I'm going to give it another go this month with a goal of £290. Wish me luck!
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.