August 2022 Grocery Challenge

Doom_and_Gloom

We finished August at

£313.25/£250
£63.25 over

Not a good month. Hoping September will go better. 

ancientmum

I'm over budget by £16.20.  It's added to the running total, so hope to recoup some of it next month.  

goldfinches

After a big stock-up at some specialist shops near me for things like tahini, sesame seeds and so on I'm declaring at £115.09/£124 for the main challenge and £19.53/£25 for the Baking Budget. I've been massively helped by having been unwell for a lot of the month which meant I had to live off my store cupboard and freezer which was monotonous but it kept me away from ordering online. 
See you all over in September where I shall have to confess to having blown the baking budget earlier today so clearly I'm feeling better. 

Suffolk_lass

I'm done for August now, and this week's milk bill has snuck into September as both of us received our occupational pension money before the weekend. I won't be shopping soon though as we had a fridge freezer problem and everything is currently in the toolshed smaller fridge that we use for bottles normally. £1976.07 spent so far this year. An additional £21.53 already for September (eggs and milk) but we should manage for two weeks if the food does not rot in the poorer spec fridge.

SausageDogSandwich

There was another small spend of £6.62 across a few shops on Friday. Declaring at £156.03/200 which I’m quite pleased with. Back to real life in September, less spending on snacks etc. 

Used the money leftover from the challenge to order tesc0 which is coming tonight,  including a few things for the store box and just general restocking of chopped tomatoes, beans, rice etc and then a few things for next weeks packed lunches and dinners. 

K9sandFelines

My month finished on the 12th, and sadly I was also over by about £30.

Not sure if it was to do with having DD here more, a few bulk buys or a combo of everything.

Onwards and upwards 

Suffolk_lass

K9sandFelines said:

My month finished on the 12th, and sadly I was also over by about £30.

Not sure if it was to do with having DD here more, a few bulk buys or a combo of everything.

Onwards and upwards 

I'm struggling with my budget this autumn. I noticed ginger biscuits are now 69p after being 40p at the beginning of the year. I bought them but they will be more a treat (instead of wafers with ice cream) and not a little indulgence with a cup of tea in future.

London_1

Suffolk_lass they are 39p in Tescos still at the moment .I too enjoy a couple of ginger nut biscuits with a cuppa and have done for years. In fact its my go-to biscuit first thing in the morning with my early morning cup of tea when I get up.

Now and again I treat myself to a tin of the very upmarket Cartwright and Butler stem ginger biscuits but it really is maybe when I am on holiday or at Christmas as my family know how much I like them, but they are rather expensive to say the least Although Tesco do ,at least in the bigger shops sell a stem ginger cookie and they are around £1.00 a packet, but again they are a teat and not an every day item

I think we all need to treat ourselve a little now and again don't we as life can be hard enough  
JackieO xx