December 2007 Grocery Challenge

tattycath

I'm sure you could my dear, but think how fat you would get :eek:. Sotto Voce - Methinks I've saved a few pennies there, eh what! :beer:[/quote]
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rosieben

mikeD wrote: »

... I would also suggest setting up a spread sheet to record your purchases over a prolonged period of time. Then you can see what you spend and where you spend it. ...

Mike, I'm sure you've posted this before, but I'd appreciate you just running through the basics of how you do your spreadsheet please - do you divide the spends into categories for cleaning, laundry etc??? or ????

I'd like to try this in the new year and I'd really welcome some tips from you as you're the guru on this!

Edited to say I'll be doing mine in Excel, not sure what software you use

tattycath

rosieben wrote: »

Mike, I'm sure you've posted this before, but I'd appreciate you just running through the basics of how you do your spreadsheet please - do you divide the spends into categories for cleaning, laundry etc??? or ????

I'd like to try this in the new year and I'd really welcome some tips from you as you're the guru on this!

Thanks for posting this rosieben. I would welcome some tips re spreadsheet, layout etc. I put all contents of my food stock cupboard into a spread sheet and it was all fine... until I decided to put it in alphabetical order. The column of items went into alphabetical order, but alas the quantities stayed in the colums and rows they were originally in, so as a result it said daft things like 2 & 1/4 bags of eggs!!! lol and 3 bags mushy peas etc etc. Very infuriating-all my hard work down the swanea!!!

rosieben

tattycath wrote: »

.... Very infuriating-all my hard work down the swanea!!!

NEVER forget the UNDO button! or if you close the file without saving any changes that will restore it if you're using excel

as I read somewhere recently - wouldnt it be great if Life had an undo button :cool:

tattycath

rosieben wrote: »

NEVER forget the UNDO button! or if you close the file without saving any changes that will restore it if you're using excel

as I read somewhere recently - wouldnt it be great if Life had an undo button :cool:

Thank you very much for that Rosieben-wise words indeed, I do use excel but ne ver gave it a thought, After I'd messed it up I just thought oh Sh... shine a light!!! :rotfl: but I wasn't laughing at the time. Yes I agree an undo button for life would be excellent!!!

belfastgirl23

Hi all just thought I'd pop in altho I've managed not to spend any more £ (mostly by staying out of the shops lol!). Altho we do have someone coming for dinner tonight and also a couple of friends on Saturday. I searched and searched til I found a dessert that I didn't need to buy anything for (yoghurt cake, hope it's okay!). I'm hoping my new breadmaker will arrive before saturday and I can use it to make some kind of nice starter. And already have plans for the main course which I only need a few carrots for. Just the dessert to go!!

I have a feeling I might just go a smidge over budget altho I have £8 still left in M&S stoozing vouchers that might hold me just at budget!

Mike I'd love to know a bit more about your spreadsheet as well. Have one myself for overview stuff but would love to hear the nitty gritty of how others do it!

And I would have loved an undo button yesterday - said innocently to a pregnant lady 'are you going off then at Christmas?' to which she replied 'no the baby isn't due till Easter'. Oops! At least she was actually pregnant tho I've learned on that one.

lil_me

Been, spent, feel better :rotfl: stocks of cheese now topped up. Need to still do another shop before Xmas, Asda delivery Thursday evening, collect farm shop order Xmas eve. Still confident I won't go over budget.

tattycath

Hi everyone. Please can someone tell me when is the earliest I can buy my fresh veg for christmas? I don't want to leave it too late as there won't be anything left and if I get it too early it will go off before I use it. I do blanche and freeze veg on occasion, but don't want to do that at christmas as we prefer fresh. Pleasae can someone advise? thanks

rosieben

I'm hoping to buy the last of mine on Friday 21st. If you have somewhere cool to store them they should keep for a few days? I never have room in my fridge so they have to stay on the floor by the back door - oh, for a back porch!!!

My sis bought me sprouts still on the stalk from the local farmers market and they have been in her cool conservatory for nearly 2 weeks now and they are fine.

CRANKY40

£23.31 spent for me this week. I have a feeling that OH has some plans for the remaining £6.69 though in the way of some enormous prawns that he saw in Tesco for £3.49, and he wants some avocados too I think.