August 2020 Grocery Challenge

Pixiehouse55

Sorry ive not been around its was 3 year anniversary of my mum passing away 18th August everything just went over board. £329 spent on food , I might of lost a few receipts on the way. Our elder gentleman that lives with us had a moment and didn't like the food we cooked. BUT good old Lidls had the surf liquid with herbs (forget what its called) 2 for £4 normally £2.99  each, i love it so I brought 6!! 😁 smells lush........Right must find September 2020 Grocery challenge now......

Suffolk_lass

Puddleglum said:

My August budget has been well and truely bust.  Not just on the food side where I probably haven't gone over too badly but on every front which meant that I stopped recording what I was spending.

My 3 year old car popped its head gasket on the motorway a couple of weeks ago.  Everything worked out fine thanks to the kindness of strangers but the car is still in garage intensive care 60 odd miles away waiting for a new engine.  Lots of money was spent out on things like train fares that hadn't been budgeted for.

Anyway - Fresh start for September!  See you next month :-)

I feel for you. Some years ago ours went while DH was driving through Belgium on the way to Germany for work. He was a contractor. It cost him a week's money, and us £1800 for a top end rebuild and £500 to get the car back here. We had just moved house and in the move, the recovery and breakdown insurance failed to be renewed. It expired three days before the engine blew up.

PipneyJane

Declaring at £114.60/£140.  £25.40 to carry forward to Sept.

Good morning All.

As mentioned above, I’m declaring and will roll £25.40 over to September.  The surplus is primarily because we never did the planned “big shop” in MrT’s, although the L!dl £5 off voucher helped, too.   I’m hoping that when we finally do go to MrT’s, they’ll have some special offers back.  We could do with stocking up on chopped tomatoes and on tinned sweetcorn.  I may also add another 10kg sack of chapatti flour to the list, since we’re almost ready to start the second storage box from the last sack (we split them into  2 x 5kg Lock-n-Lock boxes).  There’s a problem, though:  the pan for our bread machine has started leaking water but it can’t be replaced.  I’ve contacted the manufacturer and they no longer make replacements.  We may have to buy a new bread machine - such a waste, since it’s still working beautifully.  (Note to self:  buy a second pan and paddle, when you buy the replacement.)

We’re planning to go shopping tomorrow in L!dl, but that’ll count as September.  DH is going to download the new L!dl+ app and claim another £5-off-when-you-spend-£25 voucher.  Fresh-veg-wise, we’re down to about 300g mushrooms, one onion, 4 spring onions, a carrot and two green peppers, so need to stock up on fresh veg which will help us get to the £25 threshold.

- Pip

JingsMyBucket

Hey folks. I had one last spend at Whole Foods last week for various fruit, yoghurt and two sandwich wraps that became meals for a couple days. It was after a sobering doctor’s appointment and I knew I couldn’t muster the energy to cook. That spend totaled $31.22. I’m definitely over for August. By more than $95. 😬 My toiletries stock up and a few extravagances really did me in.  Toiletries and San pro should last me the next 6 months though. See you on the September thread!

$395.21 / $300.00
19 NSDS
$95.21 over budget

Pixiehouse55

I can never find the next months grocery challenge??
Where can I find September please? Thank you  

ancientmum

Spending over the last 2 weeks came to £84.43.  I've added it into my rolling annual spend, and that's it for August. Hopping over to the September thread.

Suffolk_lass

Pixiehouse55 said:

I can never find the next months grocery challenge??
Where can I find September please? Thank you  

There are a number of ways you can find these this:

1. At the top of your screen (on my PC it is below the solid navy bar under the picture of Martin) is the address "Forum Home>> Old Style Money Saving" If you click there it is normally pinned to the top of the list of Old Style threads. 
2. Also elsiepac puts up a link in the post where she announces it (so if you page back a screen or two, you will find it)
3. Or you could go to page 1, click on elsiepac, then look at the threads she has started

pamsdish

PipneyJane said:

Declaring at £114.60/£140.  £25.40 to carry forward to Sept.

Good morning All.

There’s a problem, though:  the pan for our bread machine has started leaking water but it can’t be replaced.  I’ve contacted the manufacturer and they no longer make replacements.  We may have to buy a new bread machine - such a waste, since it’s still working beautifully.  (Note to self:  buy a second pan and paddle, when you buy the replacement.)
- Pip

Have you browsed your local Facebook market place, loads of bread machines, bought and never mastered, bought one early August for a friend £5, you may find a replacement pan.

Doom_and_Gloom

£11.29 spent today.

We won't be needing to buy anything else this month so I can declare the month at :
£153.79/£155.
£1.21 left.

taka

Did a last minute shop today. Mostly stuff I'll use next month but wanted to have a look round Morrisons as I was near by (which is rare!). That brings me to... £156.20 out of a possible £167.40 (so £11.20 under). 

Will possibly put the underspend towards some food storage containers / baskets etc to make the most of the tiny amount of storage I have in my kitchen.

Well done everyone and see you on the Sept challenge thread!