December 2021 Grocery Challenge

esjw

Spent £91.04 today. DH, DD1 & DD3 all down with cv-19, figure I'll succumb soon so got in the bits that I would have got next week. Knowing their appetites aren't right, and that it's best they eat something rather than nothing, I've also got in extra fruit & yoghurts and then plenty of convenience/graze type food that's ready to serve or takes minimal effort so we can just pick. Also got extra wine in on the pretext it'll act as an antiseptic bug killer

Declaring at £424.70/£600.00 with £175.30 left

If we get to the point that cooking is too much trouble there's plenty for take-aways.

Wishing everyone well for Christmas and the remainder of 2021. x

goldfinches

@Pixiehouse55 - lovely to hear you are still in Oxfordshire but feel I should warn you that Benson regularly records the lowest temperature in the county and/or country due to local geography so I hope you're managing to keep warm.

@Mrs_Cheshire - sorry to hear you're under the weather, hope it isn't too severe for you and get well soon.

@esjw - sorry to hear you and yours are stricken and think you're very sensible to plan ahead for picking and easy eats. On the subject of oral disinfection liquids may I commend a whisky mac or a hot toddy to you, I find they both go well with a hot water bottle and a fleecy dressing gown! I hope you all get well soon and can enjoy Christmas as well.

I've also been feeling under the weather due to the low temperatures and horrible wet weather here so I haven't done much shopping but did manage to get to both Sains and M*rks today and spent about £150 in all. I'll have to do some detailed sorting out of which item comes from various budgets before I can report properly on here so for now I'll just say:

             
  A very Merry Christmas to you however you're spending it and wherever you are. 
                  Wishing everyone on the forum a happy and frugal New Year.

pelirocco

esjw said:

Spent £91.04 today. DH, DD1 & DD3 all down with cv-19, figure I'll succumb soon so got in the bits that I would have got next week. Knowing their appetites aren't right, and that it's best they eat something rather than nothing, I've also got in extra fruit & yoghurts and then plenty of convenience/graze type food that's ready to serve or takes minimal effort so we can just pick. Also got extra wine in on the pretext it'll act as an antiseptic bug killer

Declaring at £424.70/£600.00 with £175.30 left

If we get to the point that cooking is too much trouble there's plenty for take-aways.

Wishing everyone well for Christmas and the remainder of 2021. x

Don't worry  about them not wanting to eat  I barely ate for 10 to 14 days when I had Covid 
I had lost my sense of smell and everything tasted awful and when my appetite did pick up I needed food with a strong taste ,curry did the trick 
I also craved a McDonald's burger ,odd as I am a veggie ...I think it was the gherkin I fanciedActually no longer a veggie as the one food I really wanted / ate and enjoyed was tuna mayo so have started eating fish

pamsdish

Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy, Frugal and importantly Healthy 2022.
xxx

joedenise

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to one and all.

mumtoomany

Not yet added up but i'm expecting to finish the year at around £3000/£2750. Not too bad really. This has fed eight people (5 adults 3 children) most meals all year plus visitors. We do grow a lot of our own vegetables, some of our own fruit and also keep sheep, hens and sometimes pigs. Aiming to try to reduce this next year. Happy New Year all, mumtoomany.xxx

Mrs_Cheshire

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you for your good wishes - fortunately, it feels like I've had a cold so no real issues here. Feeling much better now. Just hoping I haven't passed it to the rest of the family. They are all testing negative at the moment

joedenise

Glad to hear you're feeling better today and that the rest of the family seem to be OK at the moment.

DanielleNic87

I have lost track of my spending for this month. 

I ended up picking up bits and pieces for other people and it’s all just got a bit confusing! 

I don’t think I have gone over my budget as for once we didn’t go too crazy this Christmas and we were at the in laws for Xmas this year. 

I even managed to get a Turkey on Xmas Eve for 75% off, so I cooked it and put it in the freezer. 

My freezer is now rammed and cannot get another thing in there. Looks like I should be ok for a long January! 

I will move over to the January thread. 

Hettyhound

I’m going to declare December with a spend of £246.71/£200 😱. It all went on the debit card so definitely back to cash for January as it somehow feels more real and accountable.  I might just need milk before new year but will just come out of my normal purse.  My annual budget fared better ending £2,235.84/£2,500.  I’m starting to draft up 6 separate weekly meal plans that I can rotate.  I’ve also decide to reduce the amount of fruit I buy as my son just mindlessly eats it one after the other if its there.  I plan to stick with frozen fruit for our breakfast porridge and maybe some apples for his morning break at school.  We eat enough veg so won’t be lacking anything.  I can here him now raiding the cupboards; we have constant arguments about him taking things without asking and when I go to get them for cooking they have gone.  It does mean there are many things I don’t buy so it does keep shopping costs down a bit.  See you all in January 😀