January 2008 Grocery Challenge

annie123

I have just looked in fridge/cupboards etc and I wont need to spend anything else as my month finishes tomorrow so:

Lil_me, my final January figure is £275.00 Thank you

yippppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeee:j :j :j

not only £75 under budget (of £350) but I used to spend £450:eek:

DH did the washing up today:D :rotfl: was funny watching him but he got the hang of it quickly and even did the floor!!!, so time to update my signature

Thanks for all the support everyone:T

Roll on February:D

carolt2

lil me please take my total spend as £210.97


I have not been to supermarket since tuesday, where OH paid for shopping and has now lost reciept. I know it was for approx £20 so have added that amount.
My January challenge finished thursday (24th) cause i got paid. So future budget will run for 4 weeks.
I know my budget is quite high but there is just me and OH. The budget does include all food including OH food for work. He even has to take his own milk. t-bags and coffee . Its also includes all items for our 2 cats, food. cat litter etc.
I have been trying to shop carefully but also not resitrct too much as I wanted to know roughly how much we spend normally.
Am going to keep a total on here as the challenges go by then at the end of the year I can work out an average spend per week.



Just a note for anyone looking for a slow cooker. i was at my mum's and noticed in a Netto leaflet that they are selling Hinari stainless steel slow cookers for under £15. Offer starts this monday

Gemmzie

Another £40 ish to add (will confirm on Monday), we're hoping that'll do until the end of the month but that should do us through - hopefully!

loumac

Hi,

My final figure was £155.65 as I've now been paid. My target was £150.
This means I was over budget but am still pleased as this was my first month back in for ages!
I think I'll try £150 again next month.

Well done all and good luck with their personal challenges. :j

TheBees

Really pleased with myself as I went to Sainsbury's but only bought the cat food there - Was really quite tempted by the waft of freshly baked hot cross buns on BOGOF by the front door but I resisted! Then went over the road to Aldi for the first ever time! Stuck to the list and even my DD aged 11 noticed it was cheaper than our normal supermarket! My spend today has brought us up to the £350 target so we must ABSOLUTELY NOT SPEND ANY MORE MONEY ON GROCERIES UNTIL 3RD FEB! Have updated our signature which also includes another £2 coin that I got in change today!

Lil Me - TheBees total for Jan is £350 - dead on target!

jackiegibbo

LIL_ME my spend was £251.24p:mad:

In february i would like my challenge to be £200 please:rolleyes:

Frugaldom

I've updated my signature but won't be finished until 31st. To date, from my £120 target, I have spent £75.74 including tonight's [STRIKE]foray[/STRIKE] forage that resulted in a spend of £3.65, as follows:

1 x wholemeal loaf 65p
1 pack chicken breast fillets - reduced to £1.50
1 farmfresh chicken - reduced to £1.50

I've kept the chicken fillets out for Sunday dinner and the whole chicken is now in the freezer. In total, I have enough chicken for 4 meals and my challenge is for 3 adults. I'm well pleased with my bargain priced chicken. I'm still trying to decide what to budget for next month as it's only the 29 days. £1440 per year calculated on a daily basis would be £112.25, so I'm torn between cutting it to £100 or really pulling the belt in and going for the equivalent of £3 per day, which would be £87. Hmmm.... can I have a few more days to contemplate, please?

Mollymop5

My challenge alos runs until 31st.I'm under budget at the mo but with milk this week I may just go over.I have stocked up this month though so next month should be better

Sunnyday

Hi all,
my Feb challenge started today, what would have been week 5 in Jan is now week one in Feb as it coincides with my pay day and will be easier to keep track of.
DH did the first shop today and he has learnt quite a lot this last month ( think i`ve nagged him to death) the only thing wrong on the list was the type of flour but i`ll let him off that one.
My total for February will be £160 Lil me and it will be 4 weekly, i will probably have to get a 5 weeker in at some stage or i`ll be doing junes in May lol
Good luck everyone
SD

rosieben

annie123 wrote: »

I have just looked in fridge/cupboards etc and I wont need to spend anything else as my month finishes tomorrow so:

DH did the washing up today:D :rotfl: was funny watching him but he got the hang of it quickly and even did the floor!!!, so time to update my signature

Thanks for all the support everyone:T

Roll on February:D

:T to you and :T to you DH for honouring the bet

hope you bought him pink gloves with the furry trim like kim's and aggie's?