September 2021 Grocery Challenge

PipneyJane

Count me “in”, please, @elsiepac, and thank you for the new thread.  September’s budget will be £140 plus whatever I can roll over from August.  I will let you know for certain on Bank Holiday Monday.  Our month will start on the 31st (payday).

- Pip

nannygladys

First day of my month. Money shuffle done, 6 month water bill paid and monies got from atm and put into envelopes. I have done a list from my pantry, but I won't be doing the freezer as its mainly my winter veg from the allotment. I still have a lot in my cupboards so meals will be loosely based on cupboard and lottie stuff, haven't done the meal plan yet as theirs some stuff in the fridge to eat first.
Nannyg

boultdj

Can I be put down for

£150

please elsiepac.

nannygladys

Again no money spent, just worked in the garden and made 5 jars of piccalilli.
Nannyg

thriftwizard

Thank you for our shiny new thread, @elsiepac; I'll aim for £550 again, please! It's a 4-weekend month for us, but with several unknowns; probable visits from two sets of visitors to cater for, DD1's BF at weekends, and the odd meal shared with DS2 & family too. 

Pixiehouse55

No spends today. Mince from the freezer and made mince bean hotpot. Yoghurts for pudding
Fish n chip night tomorrow night as we will be taking pics and more stuff going on fb and ebay to sell tomorrow. 36 days left to sale everything and vacate our house. 

Balancinglife

Good Morning. Please can I join? House of 2 adults and 2 children.
£350 for the month
Month running 25th - 24th
Thanks

nannygladys

Another nsd for me, I still have food in so want to eat all the fresh food before I buy any more, and hopefully the allotment will keep supplying me with veggies. I have very little space in my freezer and I've made enough pickles, relish and chutney for me and future pressies, so I need to eat all the fresh veggies fresh! 
Nannyg

K9sandFelines

I am going to go in again with a £250 budget for now. I am not sure if I will keep the date and budget as it is; as I am starting a new job soon, and the pay is fortnightly. 
Also, my DD2 is off to uni; but depending on her current job, it if she will be here half the time as well as her uni accommodation. This obviously impacts on my total too as she will be sleeping here, and eating here. No doubt I will get a small contribution off her towards that.
My money changes next month, and I will be down by about £300. So I am going to have to see how it goes. This is due to my daughter now being an adult and losing child payments. I am hoping it's not a massive shock to the system.

*Edited to add* I forgot to say I have included a takeaway, and a purchase of Nakd bars from Amaz*n that were on offer. The last time I had a takeaway was five months ago, but I included it this time as its food nonetheless. 

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi and thanks for sorting the thread @elsiepac. 
Could you put me down for £350 again please for the calendar month. I'm going to start getting a home delivery again as it's taking me too much time going to the supermarket and I'm likely to be starting back to work imminently (need to find one first - just completing my degree). I'm planning on a weekly batch cooking day and doubling up when I can to make the week days a bit easier with 3 boys and lots of clubs means our time is limited already. 
Haven't had much luck with Oli0 recently so will keep an eye out and hope that it picks up over the next few months. 

Going to focus my efforts on using up the dessert storecupboard items in September, as I know we've got rice pudding jelly and caramel/pastry base (for banoffee pie) as well as some cookie mix, sponge mix and some boxed cake mixes too. 4