November 2018 Grocery Challenge

Mrs_Cheshire

I'm currently up to £390.23/£400, shouldn't need to get anything else before saturday but won't declare just yet!
I've already got the turkey for Christmas and some chocolates etc, so december should be able to stay at the same budget!

Greymalkin12

Hi

I'm at £129.87 /£125 (half month as only started on 15 November and including £30 worth of takeaways) and likely to spend another £5-10 before 1 December realistically. I've learnt that I do many shops (9 in 14 days), partly as I tend to buy only as much as I can carry while pushing a pram and as we buy bread, milk and fruit as and when we run out! Overall though I think it's not as bad as I feared although there are lots of ways we can save in future (shopping more at Aldi / Lidl, cooking soups instead of buying tins etc).

Doom_and_Gloom

£4.89 spent since last post.

200g spinach, 400g loaf of GF vegan bread, 2 litres lemonade, 250g double Gloucester cheese and a 6 pack of McCoy steak crisps.

I'm having vegetable curry for dinner, it was made in the multi cooker yesterday.
OH will be at his parents for dinner.

£189.38/£200.
£10.62 left.

Won't declare for the month yet as we're likely to shop on Friday for a few bits.

ancientmum

I spent £23.60 on Saturday, including food for Roast chicken Sunday lunch. I have not had to buy anything else since, as I have been eating left overs. I am planning not to spend any more until the weekend, so will post again in December.

A x

K9sandFelines

My Sainsbury shop came to £41.77 and last night I think I spent £4.08 inwork (will amend when it comes out of my bank).

So, I will add to sig and declare total hopefully on Friday; or at some point over the weekend.

Edited to add I forgot I went to Morrisons after the vets, and got two soya milk and a courgette which i think was £1.93. Will also add this when I find the works spend.

selloptape

Graciefields wrote: »

What do people do with their savings? Should I start a bulk fund with it?

I’ve got the same dilemma Graciefields, I used to add any savings to mortgage overpayments but feel like I should put it towards something else now... Just not sure what

Just a few small spends this week so might just make it. Also found a little stash of Tesco vouchers in the kitchen so will get a Friday treat with those :j

pamsdish

Been checking out my budget for the year, some months great, some way over, think this is in some ways attributable to the dog food I buy 3 sacks to get free delivery and this will last 4 months, but that is £50 ish from that months budget, also I am a stockpiler, I will buy in bulk items used regularly when a good price, totally lost track November, don`t think grocery over by too much, but bought a few bits Black Friday, I am easily seduced by the latest must have gadget, so will see out 2018 probably under grocery budget for December as Christmas dinner already sorted.
I will be switching to an annual budget 2019 to take account of my stock buys, and as I am 68 Boxing Day there is not a lot I need/have space for, so 2019 is the year of clearing my home and mind.

candygirl

Am declaring at £102/120 this month :j Batch cooking has deffo helped me stay on target
Can I have a £150 target for Dec please? Don't really do Xmas food as such, but will be treating myself to nice cheeses, nuts etc:D

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines wrote: »

My Sainsbury shop came to £41.77 and last night I think I spent £4.08 inwork (will amend when it comes out of my bank).

So, I will add to sig and declare total hopefully on Friday; or at some point over the weekend.

Edited to add I forgot I went to Morrisons after the vets, and got two soya milk and a courgette which i think was £1.93. Will also add this when I find the works spend.

Works spend was £4.08, which I have added and the Morrison's shop was £1.98 not £1.93, so just this spend to add.

I have no spends planned for tomorrow. So hopefully that is it for the month.

Jami74

My first time doing the grocery challenge. I averaged the past few months supermarket spends to give myself a goal of £500. Surprisingly I have spent under this, although I have spend a lot more on food outlets than usual due to a meal out (Harvester with 50% off mains voucher) and buying food at work. I change work locations next week so will be back to packed lunches and there probably won't be any opportunity for meals out in December. I also removed non-food/grocery purchases (such as Christmas presents) from my totals.

Final £435.59/£500 (or £506.72/£500 if I include other food outlets).