January 2008 Grocery Challenge

MiniLaura

Well as you can see from my signature I went over the limit I had orginally set - found £100 too small a budget for this month, where I had a lot of stocking up to do.

izoomzoom

:j :j :j :j Woooooooooo Hoooooooooo :j :j :j :j

I came in budget :T :T :T

£ 177.29 spent against budget of £225.00

:j :j :j :j Woooooooooo Hoooooooooo :j :j :j :j



Well done everyone and see you in the Fab Feb challenge

theamazinggem

right that's it, stick me down for £170 for Jan.

not too bad an effort all things considered. we've learnt a lot in a short time, and are changing our attitudes as we go through.

so much money saved and you guys are a lot of the reason for it.

and for that i thank you all deeply and sincerely.

lingojingo

BigMummaF wrote: »

Lingojingo I personally don't like the taste or texture of Estima, & have found WILJA to be an excellent all round spud. This is from a family dedicated to fluffy roasts & smooth mash:D

They need a wee bit more cooking than Maris Piper or King Edward, but taste very similar & are cheaper too.
HTH & good luck with the Challenge.

Thank you bigMumma, if they're a bit like maris piper i think we'll give them a go and see how we get on. It will save me buying the bus ticket to go to town (£3.50 round trip now:eek:) so I won't be tempted to get other things we don't really need.

galacticgreen

Thats me done £199.43 spent. 57p underbudget. Really pleased. Was spending over £500 on average before!!! Going to try really hard for February as well, but may be harder due to using up lots of cupboard stuff and freezer in January. Off to the February thread now, but will check back here later and tomorrow to see everyones totals. Well done :j :j :j

Sassamac

well all finished for the month now.
I came in exactly £2 under budget in the end - 3p to spare for the food side and £1.97 for the non-food stuff.
Really chuffed and have knocked £20 off next months challenge budget so the challenge begins again.
See you on the other side!

Lil_me my final total was £148.00 if you could update please and thank you.

lingojingo

Well I've finished, well under budget but I was using up lots of surplus from Christmas, and haven't had my usual delivery from Mr. T (used to have one every 3-4 weeks, but now gone over 6!). Also lack of cupboard space some of the time due to having new kitchen fitted.

I'm keeping the same target for February as I'll need to stock up big time before long.

Lil_me my final total was £113.68 if you could update please and add me to February for £250, thank you.

honeybe21

went to spar today so takes my food to £47.04

Frugaldom

My final post in the January grocery challenge and I'd just like to say thank you to everyone here and to all the 'live on 4k' challengers who joined me over here - the grocery challenge is brilliant and really helps people to focus on their food bills. Well done to all who beat their budget and, for those who didn't quite manage it this time, there is always next time! Think of the amount you saved just by joining this challenge and see you in the February thread :beer:

My January Grocery Challenge - including all food, toiletries, laundry & cleaning products

Aim - £120
Actual - £86.09

Saved - £33.91
I have now opened a separate account for feeding in any surplus grocery money (or spending it without it impacting on my overall annual budget).

February's target is £100

squeaky

Hi everyone

Just a reminder that I'll be unsticking this thread some time late today - by which time it'll be the featured challenge in our Monthly Challenges sticky.

You can find the challenges via the link in my signature any time you see it or...

..you can use the Monthly Challenges link in the Blue Bar at the top of every page which looks something like this:-