January 2022 Grocery Challenge

Hettyhound

I spent £25.73 in Aldi last night for next weeks food.  Found making the shopping list yesterday far easier; just got my meal plan and the recipes I’d noted down and went through them systematically.  There should be some bits heading to the freezer as well and I’ll make the sweet stuff and the dips/spreads for the week today and I’d best cut up some veggie sticks for my son to keep in the fridge.  If I don’t I find him just biting at the end of the cucumber or chewing on a full carrot!

joedenise

@Hettyhound - my DDs were like your son - I often found part eaten veg in the fridge when they were younger! Good idea to cut some veg sticks for him to have instead!

Going to my sister's today and will be spending nearly £30 on goat which she kindly got for me from her local butcher so that will come from the Bulk Fund.  That will last several months made up into goat curries mainly.  I do wish my own butchers stocked it but he said he gets no call for it so we'd have to buy a whole goat!  I haven't got enough freezer space to warrant that and also it would be a lot of money to find in one go!

That won't leave me with much money in the Bulk Fund - not sure exactly how much at the moment but only about a fiver!  Will have to leave bulk stuff until next month but fairly certain I don't need any more bulk stuff yet.

Slowly57

Wow - this topic fills up fast! Had my first shop yesterday - just bread/crumpets for the coming week (I freeze some for later) and bananas. Added some sandwiches for my Mum to keep in her fridge for a few days - she is elderly and hasn't much of an appetite - so these are great for her with a mug of soup. I've rounded it up to £15.

Our fridge stock is coming down nicely and I'm using up stuff out of the freezer too - so I haven't had to shop (other than bread really) since Christmas. We have our milk delivered, so the bill for that will come next week (we pay fortnightly) and I'm due a T**co shop then too. 

Slow-cookers out for a cook-up this weekend to use up the last of the meat stash and make some veggie stews for the freezer now I have some room.

January total is now £185/£200

Hope everyone is keeping well xx

NeverendingDMP

Current total 365 spent out of 483 .

Hmm let's pretend not to notice my massive overspend when I have 18 days left till I declare for Jan (payday 26th)
On the positives I did homemade soup yesterday that tastes nice and have cancelled my online delivery pass to prompt me to go to aldi.
I still might get  a monthly delivery for stuff I can't get in aldi but if im organised and do it all in one go I can use a late night cheap slot.
I'm also enjoying being part of the challenge again as I get to read everyone else's meal ideas!

Balancinglife

Went to @ldi this morning and spent £43.
 Shouldn’t need anything else.

£160 left in the budget from 2 weeks shop. We will definitely have money left over so I will put in a saving pot. 

boxofpaws

3rd Jan £40.33, plus £13.15 for FIL which we may or may not get back. 

4th Jan £10 on shampoo and conditioner on offer in Boots
8th Jan £53.71
£104.04 spent already of £320
also takeaway last night. Still deciding if this comes out of grocery budget. 

EskarinaWeatherwax

First proper shop of the year done - the monthly online order - cans of cat food, fruit and veg for the week, jars, oatcakes, frozen stuff, loo roll etc etc - and a trip to the shops for the bits the order didn’t have. Typically I picked up a few ‘bargains’ - my deodorant was 1/3 off so I bought 3, a frozen veggie roast was on offer so I bought one even though I’ve a full freezer.

It all comes to £74.26 

Total grocery so far in Jan £78.47/£200

clootiedumplin

Good afternoon everyone
a total of £24.46 spent since 1/1 on groceries including cleaning stuff.
£75.64 left for this month ☺️

zafiro1984

To date since the first of Jan
135.95 recorded as spent out of a total of 250
100.85 actually spent
The difference is 35.10 which are the savings I've made on offers
The 35.10 has now been moved to my luxury/emergency column

Silly I know, but to actually save on groceries has become an addition. I only shop online due to age and Covid so it has become a game to try and get the best I can out of the supermarkets.

Freezers and cupboards still quite full. 

MissRikkiC

A further £43.16 spent since last post between Lids ans Tecso, covering all of the essentials even though we hadn’t ran out of some plus a few bits which were needed extra too for meals. 

Meal plan-
lasagna
turkey balti pie 
chili with all side goodies 
fajitas 
Pad Thai 

This wasn’t 100% reverse meal planning but It uses some of the abundance of limes and sour cream I have, turkey from the freezer plus 4 tins and all with lots of fresh veg which is always nice. 

The reintro of tinned peaches instead of fresh blueberries (which were being purchased every 2 days) has gone down well with my toddler as well as the food budget (69p once a week instead of 3 times!) and getting back into the habit of using Lidddl has been noticed by the budget also. 

Feeling more positive about January now