May 2018 Grocery Challenge

thriftwizard

RedFraggle, you are not alone! I'm not doing very well at all this month, nearly half our budget is blown already! £17.87 spent today on things like ice cream & salad as we didn't have any in & I haven't got around to sowing any salad leaves.

That said, stocks of storecupboard staples are reasonably high; if I behave myself, we might just make it still.

notasquirrel

So I'm off to an excellent start.
2 days in and I've already spent 1/3 of my budget. It's becoming clear to me how bad my spending has got.
£12.06 in Sainsbury's
£1.39 in Iceland
Technically there's nothing more I'll need until late next week so I should be fine so long as I stop buying things because 'they're on offer and I will use them...at some point'. I've done it perfectly well before, I just need to get back in to the right mindset.
I haven't bought anything ridiculous but I have bought things I'm highly unlikely to use in the next week.
£26.55/£40 remaining.

caronc

Top up shop today of £12 as I forgot some essentials (milk & loo roll) and was running short on salady stuff. Not so great total so far for May is £50/£120.

MadamMim2013

Was really pleased with the NSDs I've had.
Have decided to keep eating out and take outs in a separate budget.

Spent £8.57 in the last 2 days.. Will add to total in a mo..

supersaver1000

Another small spend at Aldi today, Aberdeen Angus burgers and fries for tea

Current Totals: £173.76/300

Which sounds really bad but have spent lots on items other than food so is very good.

Jingsmybucket that's an amazing price - I need to look into how to become a saffron farmer, but probably just need to get some powder for my recipes as it seems to be a lot cheaper than the strands

NeverendingDMP

Milk and some fresh bits has brought me to 290 out of 390 spent. 16 possible spend days till pay day and most of food in the house for teas etc. I'm doing better than in previous attempts. Ha ha

selloptape

Spends at W1lcoo and L1dl today on cleaning supplies and this eves dinner.

I'm a little over where I want to be but think I can pull this back, have meal planned for the next few days and should be left overs for lunch each day which is where I seem to go wrong atm.

Tues - baked sweet potato, tuna salad
Wed - halloumi and pepper fajitas
Thu - miso noodles with egg
Fri - citrus tofu with quinoa and greens
Sat - unsure - might do a roast chicken and then can live off left overs for next few days

pamsdish

Still no spends after losing my purse and stopping all my cards, I have cash but don`t want/need anything, so hanging on to that in case of an emergency.

turtlemonkey

My chocolate cravings got the better of me yesterday, so I stopped by Lidl and spent £14.69, mostly on snacks. Still, I should get 8 lunches and 3 dinners out of the other stuff I bought, so it wasn't a totally wasteful shop.

Total spend on groceries so far in May: £14.69. Left in budget: £95.31

K9sandFelines

selloptape wrote: »

Sorry for the late reply, just been away for a few days and catching up now

Cajun rice - I made this version but it could easily be adapted to be vegan http://pinchofnom.com/recipes/syn-free-cajun-dirty-rice-slimming-world/

Sesame tofu - so simple and really tasty - mix 1 tbsp sesame oil and 3 tbsp soy sauce. Cut tofu into large slices, soak in mixture and then grill. Tastes amazing the next day too

X

No problem, thank you. I hope you enjoyed your time away. I will soak the tofu shortly for a later date and make the cajun rice at some point

Found the spend i mislaid that was £1.83 at work - two garlic bread for pizzas, two bags of YS brown sugar and two punnets of YS mushrooms. Had another spend yesterday 39p at work on reduced f & v and today, DD2 has got sugar on the way home (59p?). Later there is an impending Morrisons shop of mainly wonky f & v and some other bits.


So that should all total : £2.81 and an impending £33.05 (min. spend of £40 i know, but i don't include toiletries or cat food; purely food. £35.86 to add