November 2021 Grocery Challenge

sarahj1986

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

Hello all

its been a busy few days here

Ive kept the receipts. I used to do this but stopped and that’s why I feel like our spends have gone a bit chaotic in recent months. My husband working loads probably didn’t help. He’s only working part time now and our daughter is in nursery. This is giving me so much more time to keep control if spending, meal plan, make things in advance etc 

Anyways!

€78.95 spend over several shops. This does include some Christmas treats. We went into Lidl on Thursday as they had special buys on. We got pjs for our daughter and slippers for hubby. I’ve deducted that cost from the above. I’ve got to get more water and milk today from Aldi but that should be it. We are doing a big Carrefour shop for next week which will have all the bulky items in it. I’ve gotta make this last as much as I can in November. It will obviously include many fresh and frozen items. 

Just to update this 

€12.85 spent this morning. I didn’t intend to spend that much BUT they had reduced meat, pork mince, chicken breasts and pork chops. I’ll happily use those next week or following week. All bagged up in the freezer. Discount of 30% off which is great. I also got the big bottle of washing detergent as that was on special offer. 

€188.20 left with our big shopping coming next week too 

€22.35 spent today

i went up the other end of Palma Nova to get Lidl and Mercadona specific items - pasta, cereal bars, chocolate, mince beef, yogurts, cakes and Lidl special buys of Christmas presents (deducted from the total). I always treat myself to sushi from Lidl 30% off not bad and I love it. 

€165.85 left

shopping due to delivered tomorrow. Some of it is for December so I’m going to deduct an amount off the spend based on what we will use. We tend to bulk buy tins, cans, toilet rolls etc every 6-8 weeks. We shouldn’t in theory need very much for a good 2 weeks. Certainly don’t need any meat or fish for at least 2 weeks. Fresh items like fruit and veg maybe. I’ll update you on that tomorrow 

€100 spent on Carrefour shop

it was €146 but as it’s a bulk shop I’m allowing the €46 for next months spend.

we got a lot of stuff - fizzy drinks, lentils, beans, chickpeas, frito, water, toilet roll, cling film, foil, cleaning products, nesquik, milk etc etc 

€65.85 left which in all honesty will be fine. We’ve got at least 10 days worth of meals. I’ll need to buy fruit next week and maybe bread but that’s it for at least 10 days. 

€5.10 spent in Aldi

I needed more cheddar cause I couldn’t get any in Lidl last week. We are having lasagne for dinner so needed it and baguette to make my own garlic bread. I’m going into Lidl tomorrow so hopefully it’s back in stock. I much prefer it and on weight/price it’s best value for money. We use enough cheese anyways. 

The reason why I spent over €5 is cause my daughter was with me and I let her pick up a few things. I don’t do it often trust me cause she will buy the whole shop :-D

€60.75 left. I don’t need much tomorrow just some fruit, protein yogurts and hopefully cheese. 

€21 spent (well it was €20 plus some cents but I’ve lost one of the receipts!)

I managed to get cheddar cheese in Lidl today hooray! I also got fruit for the week, sushi got my lunch as that’s my treat. My daughter has a bakery cookie too. In Mercadona it was just crisps, cereal bars and protein yogurts. I also got items not included (hair clips and razors) so deducted that from the total 

€39.75 left. Meals sorted for the week. Maybe a few pennies spent on fresh bread but shouldn’t need anything until next week. Salmon for dinner tonight and enough to make fish cakes tomorrow. There’s loads of stuff in the fridge, freezer and cupboards 

€2.93 spent

my daughter is enjoying a “continental” breakfast in the mornings - cheese triangles, yogurt, fruit, small breakfast cake. I needed to get more yogurts and cheese triangles for her plus a baguette for lunch today 

€36.82 left 

35c spent 

baguette for lunch 

€36.48 left

Ive actually got quite a bit of meat in the freezer. There’s chicken breast, pork chops, pork mince, chorizo sausages and fish fingers. I think we should be ok with €36.48 for shopping till December 

€23.40 spent 

bits and bobs needed for the week, fruit, potatoes, cheese etc

€13.08

thriftwizard

Eeek - we've come unstuck! Don't know whether that was intentional or a mistake? But anyway - just off to add £1.70 to my total for mushrooms & beansprouts. That won't take me over, but tomorrow & Friday's grocery spends will - the question is, by how much?

Smoosh

Got some coriander, a potted basil, red peppers and a couple of bananas from Olio today, very useful and completely free! 

Herbyme

£48 left til 30th, we’ve got meals planned til at least Saturday so we should make it. If we do (well if I do really, nobody else does any of it tbh), we will have spent £250 less than in September. Things had got completely out of hand 😳

Suffolk_lass

carolinerunner said:

£48 left til 30th, we’ve got meals planned til at least Saturday so we should make it. If we do (well if I do really, nobody else does any of it tbh), we will have spent £250 less than in September. Things had got completely out of hand 😳

Well done. That is amazing!

Smoosh

New month starts today for me. Officially declaring November at £197.61/£200.

Smoosh

Do we have a December thread? 

jozbo

£15.80 spend in A$Da today. I think that’s about -£55 of our £280 budget this month. Big overspend this month, despite being really careful. 

goldfinches

Waving to all as I sidle shamefacedly into the back row. I've been feeling rather off colour due to the cold weather and the silver lining is that I've completely lost my appetite and don't feel well enough to go shopping.

To bring me up to date on spends - £4.30, £14.50 and £1.80 all at M*rks mostly on milk, bread and some brandy   which makes my running total for this month £55.79 and my average daily spend £2.23 per day. Miraculous!

I also haven't spent anything at all from the Christmas preparation budget or the baking budget as I haven't felt well enough to face baking either. Clearly if I lived nearer to either of the poles then I'd be hitting the GC targets with ease!

thriftwizard

Aww, hope you feel better soon, @goldfinches. I've just added a massive £111.70 to my total, which has taken me roughly £100 over. I'm a tad horrified... a combination of inattention on my part, plus actual rising prices, I think. Must do very much better, next month & going forward.

That broke down as £55.70 at the market this morning, on fish, cheese, a gammon joint, fresh fruit & veg, and cake... could probably have survived without the cake, but not for long! - plus £31 at the butchers yesterday & £25 at W8rose. We have just 3 weeks left before our market's demolished to build a "retirement village"; I'll continue to support our local independent traders until that sad day comes.