March 2008 Grocery Challenge

MRSMCAWBER

Lil_Me..

thats it.. tell your family if they can't have extra treats -its all my fault :rotfl:

Oh and on the Stock pile front - i have accumulated more than enough meat etc for the next 12 weeks -most of it out of last months budget... so like you i need mainly fruit n veg lol

Spooky... We are lucky enough not to need me to be as [strike]tight fisted[/strike] sorry frugal as i am being.. But when i think i was spending €450 a month on 2 :eek: ..so now, like you i have realised that the money we would have eaten can be better spent elswhere ... I popped to the bank yesterday to shove some more of my housekeeping into my savings account and hubby is amazed that since i opened the account on the 7th Jan -we now have €1085 in there :T
We have decided to have 2 weeks in Kefalonia september next year as reward for being super frugal and as by then i should have finished losing all this blooming weight :j ...
Im just shocked thinking about the things we can do with money that would have just been wasted..

Anyway..i hope everyone has a great month

JemimaP_3

singlemum wrote: »

Can I join in again this month, February has been a complete nightmare so Im getting back on the wagon for March.

Me too!!!

Can you put me down for £100 please? Thats food only for me and OH eating with me 4 days a week.

My March grocery budget started 26/02 and i've spent most of it!!

Have got all the staple stuff from Mr T for the month and got about 2 - 3 weeks of meat from the butchers today. Hopefully whats left is just to cover veg, milk and bread:)

frazzmunch

Okay, made a hash of last month....MIL over unexpectedly and had to raid food budget for additional petrol due to an unexpected funeral....this month, I am really determined.....i have full cupboards and loads of dried pulses etc so other than daily stuff, i really don't need to spend too much....if only I could remember to plan.....spending tomorrow's extra day trying to think of other ways i can stretch my budget...!!!

suzialwaysbroke

"Shamefacedly creeps back having gone awol for 2 months"

Everything went **** up Jan/Feb so I am quietly slipping in unnoticed at the back, muttering "£350 this month" This is for 3 adults 2 dogs 3 cats & various family gatherings (1st of which is Sun - Mothers Day 9 adults, 1 child & 2 toddlers) what to cook for them that will be frugal & tasty!!

Good luck to all

Love Suzi

fallen_angel_shelley

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Lil_Me..

thats it.. tell your family if they can't have extra treats -its all my fault :rotfl:

Oh and on the Stock pile front - i have accumulated more than enough meat etc for the next 12 weeks -most of it out of last months budget... so like you i need mainly fruit n veg lol

Spooky... We are lucky enough not to need me to be as [strike]tight fisted[/strike] sorry frugal as i am being.. But when i think i was spending €450 a month on 2 :eek: ..so now, like you i have realised that the money we would have eaten can be better spent elswhere ... I popped to the bank yesterday to shove some more of my housekeeping into my savings account and hubby is amazed that since i opened the account on the 7th Jan -we now have €1085 in there :T
We have decided to have 2 weeks in Kefalonia september next year as reward for being super frugal and as by then i should have finished losing all this blooming weight :j ...
Im just shocked thinking about the things we can do with money that would have just been wasted..

Anyway..i hope everyone has a great month

MRSMC-well done with all the money saving you have been doing:T . i really need to get back on track in march and stop feeling so bl**dy sorry for my self. i'm still on the look out for a frezzer, my friend at college asked her MIL if see still had the one that she was giving away but she had all ready got rid of it.

chicken_pie_2

Hi all, I'm going for £160 again this month, went just over budget in Feb by £3.48, so hopefully this month I can do better. March starts today for us, I've done a massive Tesco shop, £78.54, £5.18 at the butchers and £3.07 on some reduced bits in Morrisons. So that is £86.79 already :eek: But that should last me a good couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer if I'm careful. Hope everyone manages to have a good March.

nopot2pin

MrsMc..... back to £120 for me this month.. as I have alot of stuff going on:D

And I need to go to Costco:eek:

Good Luck everyone

meanmarie

Mrs MC,

Raising the limit to €350 for March...extra bodies around.

Good luck to all

Marie

mumzyof2

Thanks for ading me MRSC...Dead excited spent 0 so far woohoo but thats coz i start on the first and yesterdays online shop was paid for by my mum.

skintas_2

im gonna aim for £180 a month for me, oh and 2 kids 8 and 5 and the cat