December 2021 Grocery Challenge

diganddog

Please put me down for;

£320 for the month

I’ve already spent £70.27 - quite a high spend for us but I’ve done a little bulk buying of some more expensive items. This included;

480 teabags, coffee, weetabix minis, donuts, bananas, Emmental Slices, bottle of rose, crisps, 4x chocolate bars, white terrys choc orange, mini rolls, tortellini, chorizo, chocolate soya milk, percorino cheese, tortilla chips, pork shoulder joint, brioche buns, smoked paprika, bottle of cider, mozzarella, red onion, oranges, terrys chocolate orange, vanilla yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, peppers, asparagus, meat free sausages, tomato and marscapone sauce, bacon, 4x pasta bake sauce and biscuits for the dog.

seems like a lot - we don’t have a big shop every week though and one of the biggest costs was the teabags £9.50 but this is fine as means we won’t need to buy any for about 2 months (at a best guess).

Menu for the week:

Breakfasts: Baked Oats, Cereal, omelette (using up leftover eggs)

evening meals:
- Mash-up
- Pulled Pork on Brioche
- Pulled Pork Chilli
- Pesto Pasta
- Pasta Bake
- BBQ pizzas

we use up leftovers for lunch throughout the week too.

Suffolk_lass

Thank you so much @Dizzy_Ditzy - we really appreciate your help. I know everyone will be hoping @elsiepac is OK. I'll be back to post later but it's looking OK for December so far!

diminua

Hi Dizzy_Ditzy - thanks for covering for us. Could you put me down again for:

200

That won't include Christmas things like the drink or dessert I'm bringing to the feast (that's another budget) but will include anything bought for indoors, like mince pies. Thank you. 

elsiepac

@Dizzy_Ditzy Thank you SO MUCH for posting the December GC, I've been unwell  which is why I haven't been around.  Are you happy for me to take over?

elsiepac

Budgets updated to here

Thanks again @Dizzy_Ditzy for covering and apologies again to everyone, I was very poorly for a few weeks but I've been sorted out now so I'm back!

Dizzy_Ditzy

elsiepac said:

@Dizzy_Ditzy Thank you SO MUCH for posting the December GC, I've been unwell  which is why I haven't been around.  Are you happy for me to take over?

Hi elsiepac 

I'm glad you're feeling better  

Yes, by all means feel free to have it back I meant to have an edit last night but my eyes were too tired to do it on my ipad and its even worse on my phone! 

leftatthetrafficlights

£300 again for me please 😊 glad you're feeling better @elsiepac

elsiepac

Thanks guys

I'm in for £210 this month - roughly thinking £35 a week and £35 for stocking up items that I buy lots at once of.

Hettyhound

I’m going to play with £200 for December so that’s £40 to my new bulk fund and £160 groceries.  I’ve already started December shopping and spent £76.64 so far 🤦‍♀️

thriftwizard

Thank you to both @Dizzy_Ditzy & @elsiepac - I hope you're properly better now, and we haven't made you rush back into service - for our shiny new thread, and I will earnestly try for

£550

again this month, please, to feed, clean & polish up 5 adults with (at least) 2 different diets going on, plus family & friends most weekends. Christmas supplies do come out of a different budget, as do presents etc., which is saved for throughout the year.