March 2018 Grocery Challenge

debtfreeforlife

Must start remembering to input receipts into my clearcheckbook straight away, I keep going by what is in the bank account (forgetting that contactless payments don't appear straight away. Announcing total spends of £83.38.

Itisme_2

Recently another £11.17 at Tesco, so now it's £179.10.

Need2bthrifty

Finally got out for my first shop of the month, but I have to say being snowed in for 5 days has been a bit of a lightbulb moment for me. Okay I could have walked to the end of the street to get a bus to the nearest shop only to find the shelves empty of the fresh things I wanted.

I began to think that grocery shopping for me has become more of a hobby than a necessity, even today while I had my list of all the essentials that I needed for this weeks meal plan and replace supplies, I found myself looking at things thinking “ooh that might be useful/handy/a nice change” – finally got a grip and ended up at the checkout with only the items on my list….phew :cool:

Anyway todays total = £26.74 mostly dairy, fresh & frozen f & V, frozen fish & prawns and a couple of store cupboard items.

pamsdish

£14.66 in Morries, wanted peanut butter and golden syrup, 1 reduced cake, 1 choc spread, 2 peanut butter 2 marmalade later, plus some fish, potatoes and another store cupboard coffee.

TooClumsy

Please can I join in for £300 this month please?

TheOhGodOfHangovers

I’ve managed to spend £97.49 this month already and only have 2 NSD in 5 days. Just shows how excited I get at the beginning of the month when there is money available. Must try to curb my enthusiasm! (To be fair we did have an element of ‘quick, fill the freezer up in case it snows again’)

Main meals are planned and bought up till 17th (almost payday!) and my spend does include £9 on reusable silicone food coverings to replace the cling film that OH keeps using, even though we have loads of plastic storage boxes he could use instead. Difficult trying to cut down on single use plastic when not everyone is on board. Grr!

So relieved the snow is almost gone now. Hope everyone else is able to get out and about.

MrsPear

Hello again

Well the snow has gone here in London but it has been replaced by very low water pressure and lack of trains! Just what I wanted on a Monday morning a cold dribble shower - although I boiled some to do my hair. Shouldn’t complain as some have no water due to mains burst. At least it wasn’t chilly today with no heating. Pressure back to now in time for dinner.

Anyway back to spends

01/03 £8.09 Co Op
03/03 £52.87 - Aldi H coming back from birthday / funeral so bought his favourites
05/03 £1.54 Co Op
£15.09 M and S - at the hospital with eldest and I let him choose what he wanted for lunch. Plus got myself a sandwich and a tea.

Need to update signature but it is 105.24 :eek: plus I need to get wash powder this week. I need to meal plan!!!!

PennyGrabber

Another nsd today, taking me to 4/5 nsds. And, as a bonus, oh is getting take away for us all, for dd's birthday. Saves me money, as I don't have to provide dinner tonight, so we'll have it tomorrow. Woop woop!!

PG x

thriftwizard

NSD here too, but tomorrow I shall have to do the monthly non-perishables stock-up, which always looks scary when I add it onto the running total. But we're almost out of washing conditioner (very hard water here) and I can't use white vinegar instead, because we're almost out of that, too!

archwaysaver

In: nothing
Out: portion of pasta with tomato sauce (work lunch), parsnip pancakes (dinner)