May 2023 Grocery Challenge

Suffolk_lass

I'm here for a while longer, next week, at least. I ordered an on-line delivery this week, that is mostly June stuff. It's a good job I run an annual budget or I would need to transfer things back and forth.

lianne1984

This weeks shopping was £70 but it was expected, I'd ran out of a lot, plus it's half term next week so needed a lot more than usual.

So my May spend ended up as £270 / £220

I think I'm going to up my target to £250 for June and see how we go

Nelliegrace

May budget £150, £123.10 spent, £26.90 left over.

No going shopping for me before June 3rd. Covid Antivirals were delivered within 24 hours and I am regaining the will to live, though not to eat anything yet. 
We have enough in store, tinned and frozen fruit, and jam, if fresh runs out. Long life milk, bread flour, and about a year’s supply of WGAC loo roll. 

Doom_and_Gloom

Doom_and_Gloom said:

£192.00/£248.
£56.00 left.

£46.34 spent since the last post in Mr S between several shopping trips.

£238.34/£248.
£9.66 left.

gill5blue

Hi All,
week 3 spent £55.16 and week 4 spent £41.90 for a budget of £60 per week. Managed really well this month spent £36.96 under target. 2 adults, 2 labradors and 1 tortoise.
This is one of the best threads for me to address my spending habits, even though I now feel my spending is under control, I will stay with the group.
Thankyou all.

declare may spent £203.04/£260

gill5blue

Suffolk_lass

I did an online shop this week, but apart from butter and some milk and veg, most is for June, so as I work on an annual budget I have put in into the June column in my trusty spreadsheet. My spend so far is £1,199.10 excluding treats and entertainment and pet supplies, but including store-cupboard, subscriptions and DD (milk) as well as all the fresh groceries, cleaning materials, toiletries and any cosmetics from the SM. As a percentage it is 39.97% or 40%, rounded up. I hope to be under 50% by the end of June or there will be no treats for the December festive period!

Pennypincin

thank you soon to be oap. a couple of people have offered to bring cakes with them, so less for me to buy.
another nearly £20 spent on odds and sods with £17.40 left for this week.
i will add it onto next fortnights money.
im really going to have to try and not keep getting odds and sods, as im finding ive little to show for it, although i may still need to do a few, including monday.
my freezer is playing up, and has a lot of ice at the back of the fridge, so im trying to use up whats in the freezer to defrost it, give it and clean and hope that it will work after ive switched it back on.

Pennypincin

id like to know where may has gone, it seems like yesterday i came onto the may board - even with not keeping on top of posting my spends.

thriftwizard

Well, mayhem broke out on the budgetary front here. I was working away this weekend, so not able to shop at the Friday market, but I'd worked out a menu plan that meant we should be able to "coast" through & shopped accordingly, spending a total of £82.31. Then we got a message to say that my BiL & nephew were coming down, just for one night, at very short notice... panic stations! That 6'5" 17 y.o. lad has hollow legs... so everything was re-arranged, especially as I wasn't going to be here to cook. Then they couldn't come, but OH & I were both working, thus away from our "home" email, so didn't find out until the point we were expecting them to arrive! Now DD1 & BF are happily (but unexpectedly) baking a birthday cake with the last of my butter... there's less than £10 left in the budget, to feed 5 adults, but only 3 days 'til payday - do-able? Possibly...

diminua

Came back from Amsterdam today and managed to pick up some groceries on my way home - tuna, pesto, pasta, salad veg and milk. £166.64 spent.