January 2017 Grocery Challenge. NEW BEGINNINGS!

Mrs_Cheshire

Just totted up the spends since the last time I was here. Up to £173.50/£300 with 10 days remaining.
Got a bargain today at Mr T's, hubby works for them and he got given a booklet of vouchers as they'd had a store refit recently and it was a thank you from the manager for their hard work whilst it was going on. They got 3 vouchers for themselves and 3 for family. It meant I could buy £25.61 worth of food and ended up paying £0.95. Got some meat to last a few days, veg and fruit, milk, sugar, mayo and some jack daniels bbq sauce, as well as 4 cheese & onion pasties for 30p and 2 boxes of 30 cocktail sausages for 37p a pack. The pasties will be used for teas for my boys when we're having something they don't like and the sausages for picnics.

lynnejk

WantToBeSE wrote: »

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To make it more frugal, i want to make my own mexican bean soup, so am on the hunt for a recipe. Or i might just make one myself, by looking at the ingredients of the one i usually buy from Morrisons....

Haha. I often browse the ready meal section to see if there is anything new I fancy trying - no, I don't buy it but look at the ingredients and how it looks - so I can copy it at home:rotfl:
Lx

purpleybat

am i the only one with no leftovers from crimble????


I say none, I gave most to my sister cos I knew they were going home to an empty fridge/freezer house, but I kept 1 small cheese.


I don't know why I'm struggling recently, I smashed £160pcm no problem, dropped to £150 and never done it. I'm capable of cooking tasty budget meals, I have the stuff... I think its cos ive been so tired recently and (for wont of a better expression) the pain in my neck isn't getting any better.


next month ive decided that ill stop beating me up and return to the higher amount.


only plus side ive not spent anything a few days

Florence_J

Did only a small amount of shopping last week. Not much of the budget is left and we still need a few big things so may have to be resourceful or creative.

t14cy_t

spends of £27 in morrisons testerday, mainly bulk cleaning items, and of course a few ys goodies!! xx

FurryBeastOz

Dropped off Dry CLeaning. No spend!

Should be another NSD. Fingers crossed.

StephieWillcox

Oh my goodness, well I've dropped off the face of the earth!

Spending is ok-ish, should just about make the £500, but looking through everyone else's spends it's clear I could do much better.

Will be back with abundance in February, but until then plugging along with my spreadsheet and trying to meal plan to keep me on track.

Will now go and catch up on the 20+ pages that have appeared since I last posted!!!

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Mrs_Cheshire wrote: »

I had clicked on the coloured quote button a couple of times but nothing came up when I came to type, will have a go clicking that then the regular quote button

That will work. You click the multi-quote button and then the last quote you make, you press the regular quote and then that should bring them all up.

purpleybat wrote: »

am i the only one with no leftovers from crimble????
next month ive decided that ill stop beating me up and return to the higher amount.

I didn't really buy any xmas food. I am not here and it's only one day. I used (still do) set a budget that I know I'm capable of doing but just don't and then beat myself up. This time I have set a budget of £60, but really I was secretly wanting to come in at £40 (NEVER managed that yet), but at least I'm not struggling with the budget I have set.

Another £2.17 spent here. have updated sig.

Caterina

Planning a personal NSD but will have to shop for the night shelter dinner tomorrow at the local church (I am the designated cook for tomorrow night). Writing it up here makes me commit to only buy stuff for that and not diversify into getting stuff for myself. There, I've said it, hold me accountable!

nannygladys

Hi everyone

Small spend yesterday of £5.75. Milk, toilet rolls and coffee that I always buy when on offer, I won't compromise on my coffee and baked beans!!!! But I make sure I only buy when on offer!!!

Weather rubbish here so not going out, I still have plenty of food in so I can still make proper food from the cupboards and freezer but I have no goodies left now.

Nannyg