January 2022 Grocery Challenge

Soontobeoap

Suffolk_lass said:

Soontobeoap said:

 Spent £30.60 on 6th December and £50.36 today which is not bad. However we did have a lot leftover from Christmas. DH is not too keen on meat free dishes but I did make the chicken work for a 4th day by making up a chicken pasta dish.

writing everything down, meal planning and batch cooking is definately making me think more about what I spend. Thanks guys.

just one thing. Not very tech savvy. Don’t understand signature. Could someone explain please.

thank you all for letting me join.

Top right is profile, from drop-down choose edit profile then left bar has signature settings. There is a limit on how big (can't remember if this is lines or characters). Don't forget to save. It might be that you also have to post a certain number of times or be a forum-ite for a certain amount of time before you can set one up. You can also add a picture to your profile (mine is my Stealth Cat), but not your face I suggest. Hope that helps

Thank you Suffolk lass. I can’t do it yet so will wait and see what happens. When I have signed into signature what does that do for me? Sorry to be so daft but very new to this.

pamsdish

That is where you write what you want your signature to contain, I always think others look more interesting than mine, but doubt many read any.

Suffolk_lass

Soontobeoap said:

Suffolk_lass said:

Soontobeoap said:

 Spent £30.60 on 6th December and £50.36 today which is not bad. However we did have a lot leftover from Christmas. DH is not too keen on meat free dishes but I did make the chicken work for a 4th day by making up a chicken pasta dish.

writing everything down, meal planning and batch cooking is definately making me think more about what I spend. Thanks guys.

just one thing. Not very tech savvy. Don’t understand signature. Could someone explain please.

thank you all for letting me join.

Top right is profile, from drop-down choose edit profile then left bar has signature settings. There is a limit on how big (can't remember if this is lines or characters). Don't forget to save. It might be that you also have to post a certain number of times or be a forum-ite for a certain amount of time before you can set one up. You can also add a picture to your profile (mine is my Stealth Cat), but not your face I suggest. Hope that helps

Thank you Suffolk lass. I can’t do it yet so will wait and see what happens. When I have signed into signature what does that do for me? Sorry to be so daft but very new to this.

pamsdish said:

That is where you write what you want your signature to contain, I always think others look more interesting than mine, but doubt many read any.

Yes, as pamsdish says, you can include the bits you want to share. It's the bit below the line on all your posts. I track my progress against the challenges I am doing but some include life-affirming quotes or statements. When you edit your signature to change it, all your posts take the new one so it is not great for tracking - a book or spreadsheet is better for that, but it tells people (or you) where you got to

dollypeeps

Weekly good shop done 
visited Aldi Tesco and lidl 
spent £55.43 so very pleased with that
total so far £261.57

nannygladys

No money spent today so totals staying the same.

I use my signature as a way of keeping on track with what I have and want to do. I find it quite motivating to see my canopy fund going up and hopefully my grocery spends being kept down.
Nannyg

dollypeeps

Oops need to update my signature 😊

pamsdish

Called at T0sc0 after venturing to a Tai Chi class, don`t think it`s my thing. 2 y.s ray wings,  , 4 tonic water and a tin of pressed roe. Got 2 hand towels, nice teal colour £1.50 each clubcard price.so another £10 for grocery

Saver.The.Taste

Evening all! Couple of spends to report for.

Got a couple of night shifts and i cant get through them without snacks so i had to buy some cereal bars and did next weeks shop to try and stop me from going out and spending more!

£8.38 at Sainsbos
£8.52 from Lido

Taking my total to £32.94/£150. so long as i keep going like this i should be very happy by the end of the month!!

thriftwizard

Managed to stay just under the £60, having spent £58.50 this morning. But I didn't have time to go round to the cheese stall, so will have to try to get there tomorrow - he's gone elsewhere to the other traders, which is a nuisance. But it's good cheese, at a good price, so I'll get there when I can.

GreenCat80

I had to go to Tesco on the way home from work to get food for the next 3 days, and I ended up spending £81 😭😱 This is the kind of thing I need to stop doing!! I didn’t buy any rubbish or any treats so I’m not sure how I spent so much