March 2020 Grocery Challenge

Greenglockenspiel

Hi ElsiePac, thanks for making the thread I skipped the February challenge as we were on holiday for almost 3 weeks so were using a different budget and using up stuff out of the fridge before we went. In January my goal was £250 but we came in much lower so I'm going to set this month's goal as £150 for two adults. Friday was my payday so running the month from then until 23rd March.

Spends so far - £22.47 in W'rose (oops - had never been to one properly before!), £21.25 on a R!verford order for next week, and £4.51 in l!dl on stuff to tide us over until the order arrives, so £48.23/£150 so far.

boultdj

I'm still on my Feb budget but I'm in for March and  will try for    £225 please Elsiepac.

tessie_bear

thankyou Elsiepac for the thread x Im in for march and its lent so need to think what im doing we normally have a frugal challenge and make a donation at the end to charity normally the cat rescue. Need to think what we are doing maybe a use it up dont buy anymore so that will help the budget

best of luck im still on feb but will be over soon 

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the new thread elsiepac.  I am in again but increasing slightly to give us more wiggle room.  Please put me down for £150 for March.

FoxFace

Well that's today's "big shop" done, although truthfully I didn't really need too much
£47.40p spent on general groceries; that's £52.40p  total and £27.60p remaining for the week. I'm going to try and keep as many NSD's as possible and any money at the end of the week can carry forward, as some weeks are more expensive than others... As long as I have money left at the end of the month I'm cool with that

I must stay it's really good to be back into the swing of things, budget wise. When I'm trying to be frugal I am way more creative and feel quite inspired. When I'm not I get really bored and end up eating the same stuff all the time.

Today we didn't have much in for breakfast and had run out of bread so I made us some pancakes.
Lunch was some of my homemade soup freezer stash (14 servings remain) and I put the bread machine on first thing with the last of my bread mix, to give us some nice homemade bread to serve.
Dinner will be some homemade vegan "steak" with mash, peas and gravy, and I've attempted some aquafaba meringue to have with a homemade peach fool... it's honestly the best we have eaten in ages and I'm living for it!!!

I have also subscribed to "Who gives a Cráp" loo roll order and also trialling a Smol washing detergent subscription to see how that goes. They are going to stay outside of my grocery budget though.

I hope everyone's day is going well

StripeyTightsSpottySocks

Thank you for running the thread esiepac. I am still posting on the Feb Challenge as my month is 27th to 26th but I like to commit to the new month's challenge as soon as I can.

Please put me down for £100 for March for the month. This is to include all food and non alcoholic drink and toiletries and cleaning products (2 adults).

March £/of £100 Month (Annual 27 Dec 19 - 26 Dec 20) £77.77/£1,325 cat food £48.05
Spent out of £100: Jan £77.77 Feb £ March £
Jan cat food £71.33, Feb £

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi Elsiepac, thanks again for organising the new thread. Could you put me down for £400 for the month please, realised last month that cutting it to £370 makes it a little tight, although we do have a fair bit in so i'm hopeful it'll be closer to the smaller value. 

ms_iiwii

Long time lurker here. I’ve attempted this challenge many times over the years and never managed to do it so I’m here to try again! Really need to reign in the spending and start budgeting better as I know I’m wasting so much money on eating out and takeaways! And we’re expecting another little mouth to feed come June so I thought I better start now! 

My month will run from 25th Feb - 24th March so please put me down for £250 for the month for Pregnant Me, 2yr old DD and part time OH! This includes all food, cleaning supplies, toiletries we don’t drink alcohol much (not at all for me atm) so that will come out of OH own budget. Thanks for the thread looking forward to trying to complete it this time! 

Gintotmelinda

Help! Where is the recipe index please ?
Thanks
Gintot

ms_iiwii

First spend a day early! as went to Aldi with my mum and she subbed me until payday tomorrow, so I’m going to count it as out of the March budget. £13.25 spent on basics (bread, milk, yoghurts, cucumber, cheese, ham, baked beans, curly fries, pasta, some stir in sauce, biscuits and a bag of sweets for DD oh and a pack of the kiddie flavoured waters  they do that she loves) I have a mr T order due tomorrow but I may edit it or even cancel it as I’ll be at OHs for a couple days come weds so might wait until I get back to stock up on fresh stuff!
£236.75 left for the month.. seems doable right now!