December 2007 Grocery Challenge

razra

I'm in again and due to price rises I'm going for £80 this month to include everything:D and I'm going to attempt to meal plan a bit more this month , heres hoping come Jan my freezer and cupboards are bare, as I'm fed up keep looking at the same things I dont know what to do with:rotfl:

Good luck everyone and :wave: to the new challengees

razra

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

PS do you think at the end of Dec we could have a 'results of the Grocery Challenge in 2007' type thread? Would love to see how much we've all saved and what we've done with it. We all seem to spend so much time noticing the stuff we haven't done I think a bit of self congratulation might be in order. What do you guys think??

Thats a fab idea, Ive just sat and worked mine out for the time ive been in the challenge and I have to say when you work it out over a longer time period its amazing how much youve saved. Esp as I only worked mine out by going on my allowed budget and my actual spend. Dread to think how much I was spending before:eek:

ps the actual spends figure is slightly low at the mo cos it doesn't take into account decembers spends yet:p

I can tell you where my saved pennies went : on my car when it was in the garage:mad:

gunsandbanjos

Count me in! My hubby thinks i'm mad but it really made me think about what i was buying(except last week, i fell off the OS wagon).
So have adjusted my budget and will see how i do, good luck everyone.

tattycath

atypicalblonde wrote: »

I vaguely remember having a half-hearted go at this a few months ago but I wasn't strict enough with keeping my receipts .
Best of luck everyone! x

Hi. I'm rubbish at keeping the receipts too, I lose them after a while, so as soon as I come home/ get to wotk, I put them near the computer and either update my sig there and then or as soon as I get the opportunity. This means that it doesn't really matter whether I lose the receipts or not as I can still keep track of what I've spent.-hope this helps.

shian

hiya, new to this, but my budget is nuts the now so i think i'll give it a go lol
trying to budget for 2 adults ( plus occasional strays), 2 kids (strays) and a dog
im spending about 320 a month... nope i dont know what on lol
im going to aim for 240 for starters, its only dropping 20 a week so it should be really easy!
never know i might even have a bit more cash for xmas!

toria27

Hi all, I am going to be doing this challenge for the foreseable future as money is sooooooo tight. My budget is £160 for 2 adults and DD aged 2 (she eats loads) this is to include all toiletries and cleaning materials. My month will run from 1st to 31st.

Good luck everyone

dont_want_to_be_in_debt

I tried last month and failed miserably. This month I am trying for £70 a week to feed two adults two kids dog and cat. I need to get spending down all the bills are going up and we are in trouble already. Good luck everyone

CRANKY40

Hello, I'm new and I'd like to join please. I have a freezer full to the brim, my christmas cake is made and I have a christmas pudding in the cupboard courtesey of MIL, so I'd like to aim for a budget of £30 per week please. My week starts on a Monday, so I will be starting on the 3rd of December.

saverram

I would like to join wiht a budget for 2 adults of 120. from Dec 1st to Dec 31st

Doom_and_Gloom

I'm allocating £50 as my month goes from 29th Nov - 31st Dec so includes 3X£15 delivery's from my organic fruit and veg box (£45) leaving me with £5 towards staples and other needed items. I have no need to buy hair products of any sort as BF took me to lush weekend before last and bought enough for a year, I'd say, as a treat . He also got me lip balm (it will last me a good year and it really works!), body powder, skin cleanser and a solid deodorant from lush and all of it cost him less than £40 :T so I should be set with those for a good while :rotfl: . This amount is for me and 2 mice and includes food, tioletries, cleaning products, alcohol, mice food etc.

First box of this month arrived yesterday with:
Potatoes (k) - 1.825kg/1825g
Carrots - 1.125kg/1125g
Cauliflower - 1.075kg/1075g
Brussel sprouts - 425g
Red onions (k) - 300g
Swede (k) - 1.125kg/1125g
Curly kale (k) - 325g
Shallots - 175g
Cucumber - 350g
Lettuce - 375g
Bananas - 900g
Oranges - 575g
Apples (k) - 675g
Walnuts (in shells) - 275g

Spent of budget = £15.00
Left of budget = £35.00