March 2018 Grocery Challenge

indigowarrior

Spent £6.96 buying bits and bobs. I have a full stocked cupboard and enough for the next 6 days until my next shopping day. £10.16 spent so far.

RedFraggle

First shops of the month:
Mr T £42.54
Mr S £10.20
P@H £3.99 forgy type stuff for the hamster

Total £56.73 so £243.27 left

Money wasting quote of the week: My big boss...."we just shop in M&S" my reply "there are better things to spend money on" :rotfl:

indigowarrior

Another £17.60 on take aways.

supersaver1000

Thanks Jingsmybucket I think the problem is that I don't have any meat in the freezer. Fish/fishfingers, frozen curry items and frozen veg. Plus lots of pasta. We are big veggie eaters and we are trying to eat healthier but I need to have a couple of meat items in the freezer for times like these.

Mrs_Cheshire

NSD again, could have done with getting some squash as we're on the last dribbles in 2 bottles, but will make it last till tomorrow as it's shopping day.
Need to review my meal plan as we've had quite a lot of changes this week, all using stuff I already had in.
Will need to do a bulk meat order but hoping to make it to later next week before I need to do it, as my freezer is still quite full.

thriftwizard

Another £39 gone at the county town market this morning, mostly on meat - ok, one leg of lamb is already in the freezer and the beef's been made into a massive stew which will go on into some pies tomorrow or Saturday. The other leg of lamb will be roasted for Sunday lunch & the leftovers will go into a tagine next Tuesday.

But I'm kicking myself, having realised that two of the items I stocked up on at the wholesalers yesterday (dried mushrooms & pasta) and one from L!dls (loo roll) I actually already had plenty of; they'd just been stored in a different place to usual, so I didn't see them when assessing what we had. In an ideal world, that means less expenditure at some point in the future, but somehow that never quite seems to work in real life!

PennyGrabber

Evening all,

Yet another nsd today as I worked long hours. That's now 6/7. Also a very cheap food day as I've hardly eaten, and the children ate at a friend's today! Cheating I know, but I'll take it!

PG x

NeverendingDMP

Hello all. I've lost count a little bit over last few days as been bobbing in various shops for milk etc but had to get organic/smaller tubs and whatever was left. Think it's 75 I've got left to last till 26th. I need to try my best but if I have to get a bit out of savings pot to go over I won't get to upset. I'm only on month two and this month's budget is lower than it should be. Still got meat in freezer and basics for this week though so I can't complain

MadamMim2013

Hi all..
£9 something (need to find receipt) yesterday on bread, fruit and a few other items..
Waiting for Ocado delivery.. Noted they've sent a reciept to say £47.28, yet £49.28 has been taken from my bank?? Do I querie the driver or contact them direct?
Will tally up totals in a while, feels like a lot of spends in a short time yet stock cupboard still not sorted?!

kkffoo

Spent £24.75 out of the £50 we allocate for shopping trips during the week.
This leaves enough for our main Aldi trip end of week.
I order an Iceland delivery every 4 weeks which covers our protein for weekday evening meals, and is just over their free delivery amount of £35 so there's 35/4 £8.75 to add.
Also 70p on toiletries, which is a relief as last month everything needed re-stocking.

I'm missing my son's after work pop in bargains. He needed to up the security on his motorbike after an attempted theft and now his available storage is mostly full of thick security chain. He gets discount in the food shop where he works and he was able to combine that with their offers. The shop is hard for me to get to so I can't just push a trolley round then get him to pay end of shift.
Wondering what the payback time would be on a topbox.