April 2017 Grocery Challenge

Dharma_Bunny

I'll aim for £200 again, even though I missed it by a mile, it's what I want to spend ideally and hopefully we can get closer to it this month!
This is for all meals for two adults and two children, toiletries and household/cleaning products.

funfairprincess

Hi all x

Thanks for the new thread!

I'm in for April with a budget of £400 that's for 5 of us and Mr Mac.

I'm going to stick a wee notebook in my bag to write things down at the time rather than try to remember later!

armchairexpert

Hi! I'm still on March but I don't want to forget the new challenge as well. My month goes strictly by calendar.

I'm declaring $AU1000 again: four people, 2 cats, some chickens (I include their food on the groceries category line), all cleaning products and toiletries. I just missed this target last month, but I bought some extras that won't be used until April so that's a positive.

thriftwizard

I'm back in, declaring a budget of £450 for 4 adults, 3 cats, 11 chickens and 2 cockatiels, please! But the forum software has stopped working with my Mac, so I can't do colours, bold, italic, emoticons or anything else much at the moment, so I'm hoping the Mods will pick this up anyway...?

Thank you!

Coxy11

Hi everyone,


Budgets list updated to here


Welcome to all the newbies and returners. Good luck all


Coxy

elsiepac

I've done a stupid stupid thing.
Last week on the old thread I explained about a ridiculously busy and horrible week.
I got paid Friday.
I hadn't had chance to work out budgets or plans etc and I had a busy weekend.
I've totally blown my budgets I had in mind.
From here on in, yes, 3 days into my April, I'm on damage control.
I can't quite believe it, but I've spent £120.70 on food.
That's right.
It's because I made the EPIC MISTAKE of going to Waitrose specificaly to look at their vegan food, then I bought ALL OF IT. I spent £86!!! On loads of tofu and stuff, but also tons of uneeded and unnecessary junk like ice creams and chocolate. I could cry, I feel so horrible about it.
BUT it's done now. I have no meal plan but my fridge is groaning. I do meal plans on a Tuesday and shop on a Thursday, and I can eat stuff from the fridge Tue and Wed so no need to plan.
I've done it on my spending money budget too - I usually have about £100 a month on a good month. I've blown £140! In 3 days!! Admittedly £18 on a purse for me as I desperately needed a new one (cue the jokes about not having anything to put in it now!!) and £34 on restocking make up (not extravagent, I only wear basics and I get it on 3 for 2...this was planned). But other than that it's stupid things like buying drinks at the pub for me and my friend and her two girls... nearly £20 there! I feel so ashamed and worried.
BUT I recognise that I have to be REALLY good the rest of this month... I have to be or else I'll be borrowing money and I DO NOT want to do that!

SO, I'm going for a total of £200 for April please. 24th March to 26th April.
That gives me £79 to play with, which is really quite generous considering I have all the "protein-y" bits I will need.
Off to berate myself some more while making a delicious tea that I won't appreciate because really I couldn't afford it

purpleybat

ouchy elsiepac! that's a big splurge. did you go when hungry by any chance?
I think the thing is to not beat yourself up too much about it, learn and move on. and as you say you have lots of the building blocks of meals.

Lauralozzle

Put me down for £300 this month. Hoping to get it blow this. March has been a bit of a write off!!!

My month runs from 31/03/2017 - 27/04/2017

K9sandFelines

elsiepac wrote: »

I've done a stupid stupid thing.
Last week on the old thread I explained about a ridiculously busy and horrible week.
I got paid Friday.
I hadn't had chance to work out budgets or plans etc and I had a busy weekend.
I've totally blown my budgets I had in mind.
From here on in, yes, 3 days into my April, I'm on damage control.
I can't quite believe it, but I've spent £120.70 on food.
That's right.
It's because I made the EPIC MISTAKE of going to Waitrose specificaly to look at their vegan food, then I bought ALL OF IT. I spent £86!!! On loads of tofu and stuff, but also tons of uneeded and unnecessary junk like ice creams and chocolate. I could cry, I feel so horrible about it.
BUT it's done now. I have no meal plan but my fridge is groaning. I do meal plans on a Tuesday and shop on a Thursday, and I can eat stuff from the fridge Tue and Wed so no need to plan.
I've done it on my spending money budget too - I usually have about £100 a month on a good month. I've blown £140! In 3 days!! Admittedly £18 on a purse for me as I desperately needed a new one (cue the jokes about not having anything to put in it now!!) and £34 on restocking make up (not extravagent, I only wear basics and I get it on 3 for 2...this was planned). But other than that it's stupid things like buying drinks at the pub for me and my friend and her two girls... nearly £20 there! I feel so ashamed and worried.
BUT I recognise that I have to be REALLY good the rest of this month... I have to be or else I'll be borrowing money and I DO NOT want to do that!

SO, I'm going for a total of £200 for April please. 24th March to 26th April.
That gives me £79 to play with, which is really quite generous considering I have all the "protein-y" bits I will need.
Off to berate myself some more while making a delicious tea that I won't appreciate because really I couldn't afford it

Elsiepac
Dont beat yourself up, we have all been there and to reiterate. Yes youve had a !!!!!! week. Onwards and upwards. Enjoy your treats. Its alot of money but not beyond the realms of pulling back together

funfairprincess

Hi all

Nipped into the supermarket tonight for a couple of things and picked up some reduced stuff too.
So spent £6.05
I will use me 9p kale and my wonky veg to make a pot of soup for tomorrow's dinner!