July 2017 Grocery Challenge

XSpender

I seem to have forgotten to post my target this month

I am aiming to be under £425 for everything excluding booze. This is a 5 week month for us.

So far I have spent £202.39 which will last us until the weekend. DH spend on food at work is too high so we have spent £15 on SW ready meals for him instead. These are not cheap but he really enjoys them and stop him buying rubbish or fast food.

I have picked up an idea from another poster on DFW and have split my budget weekly on YNAB for the rest of the month. I either go wild in the first week or blow it at the end of the month so I am hoping this will keep me on track. I have just started now though and not at the beginning of the month which is why I am over.

t14cy_t

£20 spent yesterday on YS at morrisons....what bargains I had!!!! freezer full and now purse firmly shut!! xx

Ginmonster

£1.60 spend yesterday on bananas (only 4 in the pack for that price but we were travelling back from a weekend away so had to buy them at the services). We're away on Friday night for a week's hols so I'm intent on not spending any more and using up all the perishables before we go.


We're going to a cottage with my folks and since we paid for the cottage they're paying for the food for the week so I really will have no excuses for not coming in under budget this month!


£17.37/£100

spendaholic

Week 1 came in at £75, bang on budget. £225 to go.

pamsdish

Just over £3 in Aldi, eggs and cauliflower.

Suffolk_lass

Just under £48 this week. I stocked up on nuts and seeds that I use for my breakfast so have enough until after our hols in August now.

Wysiwyg49

Hi everyone,

[Reposted as I accidentally put it in June...]

Been a frantic July so far with family illness (elderly parents) and Uni visits. We are the sandwich generation! but doing OK so far at £187.58.

I've added household items (cleaning, tinfoil, light bulbs etc.) so increased the budget a bit because in earlier months they didn't add up to much. So of course this week I spent about £10 on LED GU10 bulbs which were half price!

Meal plan this week (have lost my mojo for meal planning so it's a repeat of many other weeks ):

Sat: pizza (DD), Spanish chicken bake (Hairy Bikers)
Sun: sausages / wedges / beans
Mon: chicken casserole and dumplings
Tues: spag bol
Wed & Thurs: haven't got that far yet...

PennyGrabber

Evening everyone.

I had a much-needed nsd today. We had sausage, cheesy mash and beans for dinner, followed by strawberries, Bakewell tart and icecreams. Well, it was hot, and they all needed to be used up!!

Tomorrow was supposed to be sweet and sour chicken, but a) dd will fuss and b) it's only last week that some chicken was off... So, we'll decide in the morning what we fancy for dinner. There's loads of choice! I may even make a pie, which would save freezing the chicken for a weekend pie. But then I'd have to plan something else for then. Ooh, it's complicated! My poor brain can't cope today!

PG x

Ps the chicken to freeze was from a sm rotisserie, whereas the off chicken was a breast from the freezer.;)

elsiepac

Hi all, I'm being a bit absent this month. Basically, I've lost control of my money this month, and with 2 weeks to go, I am worrying a bit! Will do a proper update later as I refuse to stop logging spends, just need to go through my receipts (and memory, ugh).

Florence_J

Just been shopping, have been away for a few days so I am hoping that claws back some of the budget as we now have £63.53 left, which is actually a pretty decent amount for us at this point in the month so hopefully we will be ok.