March 2020 Grocery Challenge

supersaver1000

Another £8 spent tonight, mostly on cashback freebies, crisps and chocolate - only needed a pack of mushrooms really 

Total of £18.50 spent and my month doesn't really start until tomorrow - whoops, better shape up 

thriftwizard

£95 gone already! £60 spent at the market - and we've just heard it's closing down altogether sometime later in the year, which is very sad news - and £35 at the butchers, on a huge joint of beef and a dozen extra eggs. I probably shouldn't fret too much as I'm still feeding my mother and the small hordes of guests passing through to visit her, and she's off back to her own home on 3rd, but I could do without thinking I've spent a quarter of my budget before March has even really started!

(Just realised it's actually a 5-week month for us. Sigh... but I'm going to stick to it & try my best!)

Herbyme

I know this isn't a GC Q - but can anyone tell me how to set up the emails saying there's a new post on this thread? I've looked at all the Help and FAQs but can't see how.
ETA: I think I found it - under profile somehow!

zafiro1984

I too didn't realise that Mysupermarket was closing. I used it a lot and did click through to have a couple of deliveries a month.

Did my usual sort of meal plan for the month a couple of days ago. All I do is list 32 lunches, dinners and puddings based around what is in the freezer and cupboards knowing that at some stage I'll have to go and shop for the peripherals like fresh veg and fruit. I don't put a date or day against any of my list,  I just choose one from each list the night before, highlight it, and check I have everything needed. So tomorrow it's tinned soup and rolls, plus fruit or biscuits for lunch. Dinner is yellow sticker haggis, mash and swede, pudding is jelly with frozen berries/currents from last years crop. Not very exciting but I have everything so no shopping. 

Jacs205

A hefty petrol spend of £37.29 but should last at least two weeks.  Lots spent already and it's still not the first🙄.  £118.84/£381.16 left

H2020

Please can I be put down for £360 this month 
We've already spent £17.70 on payday yesterday getting a few basics and food for yesterday and today as the last week of Feb was a tight one. Will do a proper meal plan and shop today to finish that off.

Naomim

£13.00 spent today. £10 on dishwasher tablets which I'm hoping will last almost the rest of the year.  And £3 on food bin caddy sacks.  

£413 of budget left.

moving_forward

Mr T shop came last night and did the rounds in the local town today.
Spends
Groceries: £68.35 (£78.68/£350)
Toiletries £18.79 (£18.79/£50)
Pet food & Sundries £23.52 (£23.52/£50)
The Groceries Include a joint of pork that can be divided up into 2 so enough for another week and the chicken breast for Fridays curry and the salmon for Monday.  We will need more ginger and garlic (note to self - check ingrediants needed before shopping!) but we can pick this up when we get fuel.
Meal plan this week as mentioned in previous post:
Tonight: Chickpea curry, rice and half naan bread each (added mushrooms for extra veg)
Sunday: Roast pork, Roasties, Stuffing, Yorky puds and veg
Mon: Salmon, new potatoes and veg
Tues: Left over sheppards pie from last week
Weds: Freezer fish chips and peas
Thurs: Freezer veggie fingers, mash and baked beans
Fri: Chinese chicken curry and rice.

PipneyJane

PipneyJane said:

Count me in @elsiepac. £120 as usual, plus whatever we have left over from February.  That’s for two adults.   My month will start on 1st March.

Thanks.

- Pip

@elsiepac, please change my target for March to £126.30.  Turns out that we had £6.30 left from February, which I blew on an unplanned stop in MrT’s this afternoon, when buying a late lunch.  However, we’d already taken out the March GC money, so I’ll count it as a March spend.  We spent £7.90 and got a £2 coin in our change, which will go in the Running Away Fund money-box, so we’re at £9.90/£126.30 with £118.40 remaining for the rest of the month.

- Pip

 

candygirl

Haven't spent anything today, n have done a rough meal plan for the next two weeks. I have loads of stuff in , so hopefully won't need to spend too much