January 2008 Grocery Challenge

rosieben

jackiegibbo wrote: »

went to Mr ts today and spent £32.88 so have blown my challenge this month:mad: but i will go back to the drawing board for the beginning of february and sort myself out i hope:D

Good luck to everyone i hope you are all doing well:T :T :T

you may have blown your budget this month, but how much were you spending a month before you started GC? You may find that you've made a lot of progress this month!!

poohbear59

We are almost at the end of our month (financially) and I am still within budget. We are being very MSE and having dinner from freezer at home today for my b'day insted of forking out £100 or so on restaurant meals locally. I have decide that my treat can be bought Yorkshire puddings today.

Our pay day is 24th Jan so we have only a few more days to go and I have to say that this is my best January ever as I have nothing owing from Christmas. I would never have been able to do this without MSE. Thanks.

Gryfon

I'm trying to be careful. My problem is that I keep forgetting to add extras like bread and milk, although I never usually spend more than £5 a week on that...if that much!

I've also cut down my budget from £300 to £250 for all 5 of us so I think I'm allowed a bit of leaway

NEgirl

we needed some milk and potatoes today so i send dh to tesco on a mission to get some reduced stuff for the freezer....bad move!! :eek:

He came back in and i said what bargains did you get then?? He said i got some tomatoes that were on the reduced section (he was charged full price so it was obvious someone had just moved them there and they WERENT reduced - £1.08 for a few vine toms!!) he said he thought the till 'would know they were from that section'!! :rotfl: He also got some 'bargain' hot cross buns - 99p bogof - he thought he had done well until i told him we had 5 packs in the freezer that were only 30p a pack!! :rotfl: Guess who goes shopping from now on!!

Bobbykins

Awwww, bless, at least he tried!!

Don't give him too hard a time NEgirl.....we all had to start learning sometime!

NEgirl

lol he wont get a hard time from me because it wasnt so long ago that we were spending £150/£200 a WEEK on shopping and most of it ended up binned! :eek: Since we have started this challenge we have only spent £195 this month so far (including todays episode) :rotfl: :T :T

cookie9

Just back from Mr T - managed to stick to budget despite being seduced by 2 for £5 for Tilda rice. Unfortuntely no free range chicken - I think all the recently publicity has converted a few more people. Just about ot do a store cupboard check to see what I can make.Found tamarind paste yesterday which helped make lovely curry so hoping for some more finds and inspiration!

carolt2

Hi all, went to mr t again and spent £24.16. Signature updated.
Well stock up on milk now as offer for 't pure milk' runs out on tuesday. Leaves £9.03 to last til 31st but we are well stocked up again. Most of the shop was fresh milk, fruit and veg. Aswell as some of the half price offers currently on. Hoping next month not to spend as much.

mrssnowy_2

cookie9 wrote: »

Just back from Mr T - managed to stick to budget despite being seduced by 2 for £5 for Tilda rice. Unfortuntely no free range chicken - I think all the recently publicity has converted a few more people. Just about ot do a store cupboard check to see what I can make.Found tamarind paste yesterday which helped make lovely curry so hoping for some more finds and inspiration!

Did that last night for supper-ended up with a lovely dhal,basmati rice and chapatti,full as a toad,AND cheaper than a takeaway.
Just off to make some drop scones for tea.

tattycath

Hi everyone. I managed another nsd today. I should have got some potatoes, cooking oil and ketchup but i decided that the kids can have tuna and pasta for evening meal tonight, so I don't need to buy anything until tomorrow-then I can get the items from a supermarket I'l be passing instead of the local shop-in true mse style!!!
By the way, I too am a fiend when it's totm. I tend to buy cream cakes, chocolate etc etc. and I once went shopping with a couple of mates late at night when I was absolutely p****d and ended up with some trousers and a top that i would never have bought sober!!! Needless to say I never did wear the mand they have since been recycled!!! (those were the days, never see my friends now I have moved!!!:sad:)