January 2008 Grocery Challenge

Angelraesunshine

ok the shop is here and what a nightmare all because of a leg of lamb they over charged me for Details here but it worked out fine in the end.

spent £85.40 once the refunds are back in my account. And now got money off next months shopping too

The other 1/2 of shopping is coming on the 2nd jan in time for kids going back to school.

got meats and things that were on offer to put away aswell is DS bday in 3 weeks so got a few bits for that too.

fallen_angel_shelley

FunBrum wrote: »

Okay....i'm in if you please!

Have lurked and shurked long enough, although lately I've been sticking to my own personal grocery budget, and haven't been doing too badly:j

Put me down for £100 each month for me and my teenage son. I usually feed my BF too and he sometimes brings in a food bargain or two, but I will add that in with my budget.:D

how do you feed yourself & a teenage boy for £100 a month, im in the same situation and he eats me out of house and home. when i have been shopping he seems to think it's some sort of callenge to see how quick he can eat it all :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
shelley x

mikeD

lil_me wrote: »

Everyone in for a totals list again? Just on doing some editing of the last one now, will put it in this post if people want that doing again.

Planning on spending no more than £260 this month which includes for family of 4 and the pets (2 large dogs, hedgehog and lizard) all food, meals out/takeaways cleaning stuff, toiletries etc. I was going to say £220 but it's also the boys birthdays and may take them out somewhere as a treat, DS1 is rattling on about Big Lukes. We've all been unwell over Christmas so should manage that as everything is still full, too full, unfortunately I think I will end up giving some things away that can't be saved by freezing...

As a matter of interest, how do you get the Euro sign onto your keyboard please. I assume you allocate one of the non-alphabetic/numeric keys, but which one?

lil_me

mikeD I cheat, I just copy and paste it, not got round to figuring out a way to do it yet

ellie2912

Right thats it im gonna have to get back on the wagon and rejoin you.

im planning on sticking to a budget of £170. Im gonna run from the 1st of jan for the full month for me,OH,and dog & cat food. Hoping for it to be less, then if it is ~ any excess will go in the mortgage pot :A

good luck everyone..... may the will power be with you

Miss_Behaving

Hi, could you count me in too please. I'm currently paying off my latest OU course fees so need to save money somewhere!

I'm aiming for £250 (£50 per week) over January which should be do-able for myself, DH, DS(14) and DD(9). January is the start of yet another diet so I'll be giving up wine - that should help a lot!!

kbl

mikeD wrote: »

As a matter of interest, how do you get the Euro sign onto your keyboard please. I assume you allocate one of the non-alphabetic/numeric keys, but which one?

Hi, on the number 4 key with a dollar sign above, there is the euro sign beside the 4, hold down both Ctrl and Alt keys and press the 4, hope that makes sense, have had about 3 hours sleep (working last night) and not wording things right (that def made no sense)

Little_Miss_Naughty

Hi

This is my first time at this, put me down for £200 to last me until the last day of January. I think this i a reasonable budget for two people although i have to confess i have no idea what we spend at the moment

I have lots left in the freezer and fridge so hoping to do much better.

StressedSteph

Hi can you also count me in.

We are going to try for £75 per week - £300 per month.

2 adults, 2 Toddlers. Would love it to be £50 per week, but not sure if this is possible. Will work on that once we get over the shock of £75 per week!

kayree41

Count me in, 2 adults 2 kids, 1 dog, 1 cat, fish in pond and chickens. I never over buy food at Christmas so there will not be much left, so I am going to set my budget at 300 for January especially as this is a long month. This is my first challenge as I am new to the forums. Good luck everybody and happy new year.