November 2023 Grocery Challenge

lianne1984

I'm currently on £58.50 / £250

wishus

Sunday was a meal plan day, going up to Thursday night, after which we are off to the coast.
Spent £34.25 in the shops on Sunday (using £10 from Perkbox flexipoints, and getting a 3% reduction on the next £10), and today was NSD 1/15.
Total spend for month so far is £36.59, with £163.41 remaining.

My Noom coach also recommended me to write things down and I think this is helping. How can I get more veggies in my diet? How can I make it more pescatarian, and eat much less red meat, while still making food filling, tasty and as cheaply as possible? I think it's all working. Tonight's Mary Berry version of a chicken tikka masala was delicious and fairly simple too. On the BBC site if anyone wants to Google.

AnotherNewDay

nannygladys said:

Ran out of milk again so nipped up to the co op. 85p spent on a small one as it was the only one
not with todays date on and I can’t drink the bigger bottles in a couple of days. I’ve been eating down the fridge/freezer as I will be buying a new one soon (it’s on the way out and very old) so I’ll be having some strange combinations soon 😂 signature update done

@nannygladys - look forward to hearing about the strange combinations

nannygladys

AnotherNewDay - sorry to disappoint, no strange meal today, I’ve been most of the day and couldn’t be bothered to put the sc on before I left, so just had eggs on toast when I got in, my eldest dd keeps sending me sc recipes and there’s one involving noodles that sounds nice but I haven’t got all the ingredients so will have to compromise on some things, goodness knows what it will turn out like but I’ll eat it just the same🤣 that’s on the cards for this week. 

nannygladys

No grocery money spent today, but I’ve been and had a look at a fridge freezer so I must use up the food in the present one as much as I can. I seem to have a quite a lot of veggie sausages and veggie burgers in there!

thriftwizard

Well, I'm all over the place accountability-wise so far this month, between far-flung funerals, vehicle problems & offspring heading off into the wilds of South America. Once DD1 & BF have left this afternoon, I'll hurtle up to the shops to re-stock anything urgent, then sit down, go through the bank balance with a fine tooth-comb, and sort out where I stand this month! We will just be 3 most of the time this month so should be able to keep expenses down - and will have to, between OH's vehicle costing quite a lot to mend, and mine being - no longer viable for us to keep maintaining, alas. Not to mention teeth, and the fact I've basically lost a month's-worth of trading opportunities... aaargh!

PipneyJane

thriftwizard said:

Well, I'm all over the place accountability-wise so far this month, between far-flung funerals, vehicle problems & offspring heading off into the wilds of South America. Once DD1 & BF have left this afternoon, I'll hurtle up to the shops to re-stock anything urgent, then sit down, go through the bank balance with a fine tooth-comb, and sort out where I stand this month! We will just be 3 most of the time this month so should be able to keep expenses down - and will have to, between OH's vehicle costing quite a lot to mend, and mine being - no longer viable for us to keep maintaining, alas. Not to mention teeth, and the fact I've basically lost a month's-worth of trading opportunities... aaargh!

So sorry to hear about the cars, teeth and the loss of trading opportunities.  Hope you find that things aren't quite as bad as expected and the month improves for you @thriftwizard

- Pip

Soontobeoap

These are definitely the tougher months arnt they? Trying to stay within the years budget whilst Christmas is on the horizon.

£38.13 spent today between Aldi and Sainsburys. DH came with me so we slipped off list a bit and some lollies and choc bars found themselves in the trolley. Very pleased with outcome. 

joedenise

Amazingly, even with DH with me my shopping was done without going off list!  Couldn't quite get all I wanted and there are still a couple of things left on there which I'll try and get on Thursday when I go into town for my eye test.  Today's spend came to £28.86 across M&S and Morrisons.  Total spend to date is £33.69/£200 leaving £116.31.

Mamaofmanybudgets

Hi, could I please be added ☺️

£200 for this month please,
1 Adult 4 children who eat like adults. 🤣😵‍💫
I have a bit of a freezer stash and some stockpile available, however im trying to follow a certain diet so we will see how i can manage that on a budget.
Doesn't include household or pets. Not sure what I'll do for that yet.

I really have to get back on track with my spending so giving myself a tough one for this month.