February 2021 Grocery Challenge

PipneyJane

Good morning All

We’re into the home stretch of February’s Grocery Challenge.  How are you doing?

I’ve got one spend to declare:  £6.54 spent in the C0-0p on Sunday, when I went to buy the paper.  That’s made up of 2L of YS milk for 87p and two YS pizzas.  (The paper isn’t counted in my GC - we’re subscribers so pay with a voucher.).   We seem to be eating a lot more shop-bought pizza during Lockdown, usually on a date night.  Still, the C0-0p ones are very good.

We also cleared the GC Challenge Purse of coppers, 5p pieces and one £2 coin.  £2.37 in “shrapnel” which goes into various money boxes.  The £2 coin will be added to the Running Away Fund.

I spent a couple of laborious hours cooking on Sunday:  a double quantity of beef stew in the slow cooker - a quarter eaten for dinner, a quarter into lunchboxes, and the remaining half to become pies tomorrow -  a quiche for lunches on Sunday and Monday, jam crumbly for sweet treats, and a new-to-me gnocchi-bake that we had for dinner last night and will have for lunch today.   It’s month end at work this week, so having meals ready to go is really helpful.

All of the above brings my spending for February to £137.30/£142.30, leaving £5 for the rest of the month.  We still need potatoes but nothing else.

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candygirl

Have just spent £14 in Iceland  which takes my total to only £64/100 this month.Think it's cos I've been a bit under the weather,  so haven't been eating much tbh 😊

moneyonmymindsam

£4.81 remains as had to get carrots and sugar today. Hope I don't need anything much other than milk so I should be totally on budget this month anything remaining I shall get a tin or two or bag of spuds to carry into next month.
Hope everyone is warm and well. 
Sam x

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Hi, hope everyone is keeping well.  Been mostly living out of stores - I have a ton!!!  Spent £4 today on sugar snap peas, broccoli, tomatoes and grapes. Want to make a batch of thai green curry for freezing, with left over veggies.  Brings my total to £52.48.  I only need lettuce, coffee and sweet potatoes for the rest of the month, should only come to about £5.    I have added left over money from this month to a bulk fund, so will take out of there, should I get the other bits.  That's me done.  See you in March.

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi all spent £13.29 today on milk, juice, bananas, yogurts, lemonade, sultanas and apricots. That should tide us over until March but won't declare just yet. 

goldfinches

Spent £4.74 in M*rks on carrots, cucumber, persimons, garlic, baby sprouts and thyme (my potted ones are very weedy at the moment) bringing me to £127.24/£116. I've just finished the y/s milk that I'd frozen so am now using up the powdered milk from the back of the larder but I won't declare just yet in case it doesn't last out.

Hettyhound

Hello everyone.  I’m declaring February at £203.75 out of a budget of £200.  I thought I would make it but we had a last dash at the weekend on some out of cupboard items that can only be got at bigger supermarket not Aldi.  Hoping not to have to get any, or very little, pet food in March as bulk bought in February.  March is a longer month though so I’ll have to tighten up and meal plan better as I have a habit of forgetting lunches and snacks 😁

zafiro1984

Declaring a total annual spend this year of 262.39/3317.85   I am running £273.92 in credit so far this year. However, I haven't had to buy any fish or meat at all since the start of the year. Next month I may need fish - just hope the prices have gone down.

try_harder

I am definitely struggling .I overspent this week by around £40 so i think i will change tactics  ,my weeks run fronm friday to thursday night ,i think i will put  £60 in my purse so that i use cash  then once its gone we can only eat what we have in the house ..Food seems to be the main thing i have problems with , i will try this way for a while and see how it goes

VickyV

Hi all,

I’ve not been posting spends this week but I have been keeping a log! Spends for February £132.47/£180. Annual spends £300.05/£1950. Will need milk, cereals and might stock up on chicken for the freezer while I’m under budget.

Vicky x