April 2008 Grocery Challenge

ifonlyitwaseasier

hi, could i join the challenge?

i'm aiming for £150 for two adults, inc OH eating some stuff at work.
i'll be starting from today, with and initial spend of £5.70, which includes my first bread flour and yeast !!!!

helliecopter_2

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Hiya Hellicopter..

sounds like you are going to be busy ..isn't it great when they do huge bags of veg in the supermarkets :T
Don't know if your PC is the same but someone told me where to find the € button... if you hold down ctrl and alt and press the number 4 on the row across the top of the keyboard you should hopefully get it..just to save you having to type Euro every time it used to drive me nuts.... good luck for this month

Thanks MrsMc will try the euro sign $$$ it won't work..... boooooo woooooo! Will try and use the E sign, unless anyone else knows how my keyboard works!:rotfl:

MMMmm Carrots.... carrots..... carrots... too many carrots - anyone got any good receipe ideas - maybe carrot curry,carrot chilli...... open to suggestions. x

EverTheOptimist

hi guys

i've already set my april budget of £100, have had at least 5 NSD :j as put the left over change from my march budget in my sealed pot.

so was thinking of having a bit of a shop over the weekend, however that plan's gone to pot as i seem not to have been paid :mad:

i now think im not being paid til monday, i suppose 3 more NSD wont hurt. but still...

am also thinking of trawling back through some of the recipes as getting a bit fed up of lasagnes, HM chicken and veg soup etc, etc, so need some inspiring meals. think i'll do that over the next three days so have a shopping list prepared for when i can actually go shopping.

good luck with april guys.

ETO
x

mandy_moo_1

aw Mrs Mc....please can you put my budget at £60 per week as i think going from 70 to 50 straightaway is a bit ambitious!!

and i'm raring to go!!

thanks x

MRSMCAWBER

Sorry it doesn't work Hellicopter...

No Mumzy on mine its ctrl Alt and the number 4... but i have a little € and the $ on the number 4

Mandy_moo_1... Oh no- you can only have £50... you said £50 to start with :rotfl: only joking .... i had noticed you had changed it to £60 ....will pop off and change it for you

angelnikki

helliecopter you could just copy the € sign from someone else's post then paste it into yours (drag the mouse over to highlight the text, hold down 'ctrl' + 'c' to copy and then press 'ctrl' and 'v' to paste)

Mumzyof2 ctrl alt and 4 works for me

I'm planning my first online shop of the month today. I will get it delivered Tuesday evening as usual - cheapest delivery slot. I'm gonna stock up on tins & stuff for my store cupboard this week, then next week I'll restock the freezer with meat. Hopefully then I can keep the rest of the month's shops quite low. Well thats the plan anyway. Its a 5 week month this month - preGC we would have spent £500 but now I'm optimistic about coming in below target again.

Nikki
x

redmel1621

Hi All

I posted over on the March thread the other day. So, just to let you know i am in at £260.00 for the month. This budget includes, cat, rabbit and hamster food and hay etc. but not dog food. I am going to try and change this so that all the pet food gets bought monthly that way I can just concentrate on our food.
I am going to sit down and have a real good go at meal planning tonight. I was getting the hang of it before christmas but since then everything has gone out the window.

Off to fill the S/C with mince lamb, stock and veggies, and plenty of lentils and pearl barley.... I usually get 3/4 meals worth (family of 4) out of my S/C so I must make more use of it.

I will update when I get my first shop on Monday.

Mel x

savingfortravel

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Works for me!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for putting me on the April list Mrs M. Great work as always.
SFT

mrs-moneypenny

i've just posted in the march thread my overspend for the month was £100.
i'm embarrassd by that as looking at the list i seem to set myself the highest amount but still cant stay in budget.:o

3 adults, 2 teens, 1 child, cat mouse and fish. DD always seems to have her BF round at meal time as well so really its 4 adults we eat mostly veggie but eldest DD and her BF are vegan

how do you all do it?

I've spent £20 today, went in the paper shop and stocked up on toilet roll and kitchen roll, 4 rolls of t paper £1.09 (i bagged the last pack at the old price of 6 rolls for 95p) and he does huge industrial kitchen rolls for £1.19 the roll has 315 sheets on so lasts ages.
had to go in sains local as well and got free range eggs and a couple of boxes of cereal and some other bits we needed.

doing the weekly shop at tesco tomorrow but going aldi after to stock up on their soya milk (and a few other bits) as thats a lot cheaper but great for baking.

Purple_Sparkles

Please count me in for April at £100 again, starting 29 March.

I'm so pleased I managed March and came in under budget, (thanks for my freezer and creative cooking).

My budget is for myself and my 9 year old son. I'm not including the animals as I have now set a seperate budget for them and they have lots of food left in the shed, certainly enough to last them 2 - 3 weeks.

Good luck everyone