April 2019 Grocery Challenge

Matron_Midge

Bit of an overspend as I thought with kids home from uni.
Declaring at £453.77/£400.
Fingers crossed that I do better in May.

Doom_and_Gloom

We have spent £31.56 since last post.

Buddha bowl for my dinner tonight.
For dinner OH is having pasta and cheese sauce.

£158.19/£180.
£21.81 left.

elsiepac

Couple of teeny spends to add. Car has gone to the big scrapyard in the sky, so the search is on for a new one. Proving harder than I thought to find something semi decent for a grand

Doom_and_Gloom What did you have in your Buddha bowl? Always looking for inspiration as I love a good bowl!


...............................£202.50 Budget
Date......Shop......Amount....Remaining
24 Mar....A5da......£12.12....£190.38(WEEK 1)
26 Mar....eBay......£08.00....£182.38(STOCK)
27 Mar....Sup3rdrug.£20.01....£162.37(STOCK)
27 Mar....H&B.......£04.98....£157.39(WEEK 1)
28 Mar....C0-0p.....£02.90....£154.49(WEEK 1)
28 Mar....T3sc0.....£05.39....£149.10(WEEK 1)
29 Mar....T3sc0.....£06.54....£142.56(WEEK 1)
31 Mar....M&S.......£04.00....£138.56(WEEK 2)
31 Mar....Tesc0.....£01.89....£136.67(WEEK 2)
31 Mar....Tesc0.....£16.09....£120.58(WEEK 2)
1 Apr.....Tesc0.....£44.67.....£75.91(WEEK 2)
2 Apr.....Tesc0.....£26.02.....£49.89(WEEK 2)
3 Apr.....Tesc0.....£02.68.....£47.21(WEEK 2)
7 Apr.....Tesc0.....£29.85.....£17.36(WEEK 3)
7 Apr.....Co-0p.....£00.34.....£17.02(WEEK 3)
7 Apr.....Tesc0.....£08.38.....£08.64(WEEK 3)
9 Apr.....Tesc0.....£02.00.....£06.64(WEEK 3)
12 Apr....Tesc0.....£00.88.....£05.76(WEEK 3)
13 Apr....Tesc0.....£07.68....-£01.92(WEEK 3)
13 Apr....Tesc0.....£07.90....-£09.82(WEEK 3)
16 Apr....Tesc0.....£00.80....-£10.62(WEEK 4)
17 Apr....Tesc0.....£02.92....-£13.54(WEEK 4)
20 Apr....Tesc0.....£02.16....-£15.70(WEEK 4)
20 Apr....A1d!......£03.48....-£19.18(WEEK 4)
20 Apr....Tesc0.....£00.36....-£19.54(WEEK 4)
21 Apr....Tesc0.....£01.89....-£21.43(WEEK 5)
24 Apr....Tesc0.....£00.80....-£22.23(WEEK 5)

MadamMim2013

Shopping purchased from Mr L’s & delivered from Sainsbobs.. (used a voucher so had £12 off!)
Total looking like £293.43/£300 so only a little wiggle room for the next few days.. that said there is more than enough food in the house to survive with..:cool:

Doom_and_Gloom

elsiepac - the Buddha bowl had rice, tempeh, edamame beans, sprouted beans, sweetcorn, broccoli, carrot, kimchi (home made), a bit of sriracha mayo and some nori sheets.

OH forgot butter yesterday, we have spent £1.74 today; butter, romaine lettuce and tomatoes.

I'm having a Buddha bowl for my dinner tonight again as it's so easy. Rice, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, pepper, sprouted beans, vegan mince, tempeh, maybe some pumpkin seeds etc. Basically anything I can fit in the bowl that I have in.
For dinner OH is having pasta and cheese sauce.

£159.93/£180.
£20.07 left.

tighteningthebelt

Hiya, £31.08 at Ald! yesterday. That's very likely to be my last spend of this month. Signature updated. I'm slightly ahead of a third through the annual budget, not much, but quite pleased with myself, esp as it includes booze and any eating out of the house! tada!!!

elsiepac

Declaring at £224.73 so £22.23 over budget - absolute best month I've had in ages, kept track all the way through and not crazily over budget. Happy with that!

Puddleglum

I've just spent another £7.30 which brings me up to £76.43 for the month. I may need to spend a bit more on Tuesday but equally, may not.

Will have to do a second month of £80 but after that I hope that things will be getting easier. When I moved to London in 1991 and got my first proper paid teaching job I celebrated by raising my food budget from £20 per fortnight to £20 per week. Has food got cheaper or was I eating luxuriously?

Vanlady

Afternoon everyone, lovely April showers happening today!

I'm going declare at £285.40/£300 and NSD 18/15 so I'm well chuffed with that!
That's for 4 adults breakfast, pack up lunch and evening meal. No alcohol included generally.....although I have included £15 worth of booze that I bought last week for a party. I've also eaten out a few times but that comes of of the EF.
I was originally including cat food in the GC but my furry friend now has to have specialised food from the vets which will come out of a different budget so that may accout for me coming under. A very large stash of cat food has now been donated to the RSPCA.
A small shop done yesterday, about £7, in Mr m's when I went in for a tin of dried yeast (and omg that has gone up quickly in price! ) but I was seduced by several other goodies including some fresh mackerel on offer:D. A bigger shop done today in Aldee £55, but that includes a lot of stuff for May.
Puddleglum....I think food has gone up in price, but being the savvy msers that we are, we enjoy hunting out the good bargains
Thank you Elsie for running this thread. I will be joining for May but will reduce my monthly budget and increase my NSDS. ......oooooh I love a challenge!
See you on the other side everyone x

MadamMim2013

Eeeek.. a spend today that has taken me over budget oh well..
Will do better next month!