October 2019 Grocery Challenge

pamsdish

£6.97 in B&M on mostly cleaning bits

Crowdpleaser

6 to add in mr L

218/325

Suffolk_lass

Will have to spend today as I used all my supplies of pickling vinegar and spices yesterday, making green tomato products. Will need more for today's efforts

pamsdish

£32 + in Aldi, lost my receipt, that includes dogs chicken for well into November, chews hers too, got 4 butternut squash, 2 swede, broccoli, and 6 of my 85% choc, 2 packs of mussels in white wine/garlic 4 packs of italian ham all 50% off. few other bits.

Crowdpleaser

Pets at home for hamster bedding and food.

226/325

zafiro1984

£52.05 spent on Monday in Sains..... That's my shopping for the week done.

Does anyone else do what I do?
Some weeks I find it easy to live off what is in the fridge, freezer, cupboards veg plot etc and spend very little.
At other times - it it seems to happen when I'm run off my feet and have no time - I can't be bothered with cooking and just need something quick and easy, it usually ends up being expensive, and not good for you.
I do meal plan every week but life just seems to get in the way at times.
You can usually tell when I'm like that because posting on any of the threads stops until things slow down.

tessie_bear

hello i have had a cheeky walk round m and s i love that shop got my dh some croissants and dear kids some choc pastries all reduced thinking about it i got myself nowt will need to rectify that xx

they had some nice christmas bits in but i like to look for as long as possible and not buy or i end up with too much. We are having an easy tea as i am lacking in energy today Im not sure how much i have spent will add up and have a think on the way forward...good luck x

tessie_bear

zafiro i agree some weeks are harder than others no real advice as i often find myself hanging on by my finger nails x maybe a bit of batch cooking when the going is good and use when hectic ?

joedenise

Have gone completely over budget already! Will have to move some money from other categories to cover the overspend and then try not to buy anything which isn't absolutely needed.

Think I'm going to drop out of the challenge this month. Hope that's OK.

Good luck everyone.

Vanlady

£86.90/£210 NSD 5/16
£27.50 spent today between Mr m and aldeee. But I know I've got to back tomorrow to buy some beansprouts plus they had 10kg bags of chapatti flour on offer for £6 which I'm tempted to buy....again. I think we may also have some spends on Saturday as we're taking a trip to our local market and I go a bit crazy at the fruit n veg and fresh fish stalls.

Zafiro- yes I can be a bit like that too, although it's Mr van that's worse. Sometimes he totally messes up our meal plan. And I don't mind so much as long as nothing is wasted. But, gotta live a little on the edge sometimes:rotfl:
Agree with tessiebear-batch cooking is fab for those CBA days:D
Oh dear Joedenise, sorry to hear that. Hope to see you back soon.