January 2019 Grocery Challenge

Hollyberry

Delurking to ask you to add me in for £320 this month. I'm starting with what I hope is a manageable cut on our existing spends. I'm also trying out an experiment of having just one delivery of the main shopping for the month then working on topping up with fresh for the remaining weeks. (I seem to have broken the colour text while editing!)

System

Another NSD day yesterday :T

Not been out of the house since Christmas day, apart from when OH took me down the Dr on Monday and I was diagnosed with pneumonia. So consequently not eating much, which does help with the budget quite a bit. ....keep getting a fancy for lemon sorbet though,:rotfl: which luckily I have in the freezer.

So still on £0/£200

System

VickyV wrote: »

Hi all,

I would like to rejoin (for the umpteenth time) but really need to stick with it. I have had a bad few months so I need to get back in the game.

My husband died in November so there's just me, 3 kids (one unfillable ds with ASD) and 2 cats. Not sure how being a man down will affect the budget or if I'll be able to cook from scratch as much now but I'm hoping to stick to £65 per week for food, toiletries, cleaning and washing stuff and cat food. We'll see how it goes.

Good to be back on the boards.
Vicky x

So sorry to hear of your loss. I'm sure you will get plenty of support here. x

Legittrying

I’m on £50.65/£200.

Needed a few filler bits. It’s a long months for us till next payday so trying to make it s t r e t c h as long as possible before next shop. Will need bread and milk. See how we go!

CRANKY40

Ploppy and MadamMim I hope you feel better soon.

VickyV I was widowed 9 years ago when my son was 4. If there's anything that you think I can help with please message me. It's absolute pants but you probably already know that. Big hugs x

NSD today. I have been to the doctors for a blood tests and I'm going to the hairdressers this afternoon. That should keep me out of trouble and out of shops although I might call into the proper greengrocers to see if they have anything good.

Suffolk_lass

ploppy57 wrote: »

Another NSD day yesterday :T

Not been out of the house since Christmas day, apart from when OH took me down the Dr on Monday and I was diagnosed with pneumonia. So consequently not eating much, which does help with the budget quite a bit. ....keep getting a fancy for lemon sorbet though,:rotfl: which luckily I have in the freezer.

So still on £0/£200

Look after yourself ploppy57! pneumonia is a very serious thing and leaves your lungs damaged. Be careful eating frozen stuff while you have it and make sure you keep up the nutrition levels

Chloris

I'm in again this month, please. Going to try for £500, which will be tricky but where I need to be. X

System

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Look after yourself ploppy57! pneumonia is a very serious thing and leaves your lungs damaged. Be careful eating frozen stuff while you have it and make sure you keep up the nutrition levels

Thanks. I had it several years ago and it left me with weakened lungs and I seem to get chest infections a lot since. But this one just went that little bit to far. Luckily I think, not quite as bad as when I had it before, but still making me feel lousy.

MandM90

Now down to £160.97 after hunting down yoghurt, broccoli and eye makeup removed today due to sparse stocks in Lidl yesterday. Thats 10% gone but should last until next wednesday when I shop for the party.

Crowdpleaser

I had to send hubs to do the shopping as I'm not at all well either! Aren't we a load of sickies:(

82 spend in aldi
Around 25 spend in Mr s

107/350

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