May 2008 Grocery Challenge

mandy_moo_1

damn!! thought they were gonna be heinz baked beans!! never mind :rolleyes:

wornoutmumoftwo

I can only really shop at MR T's as it's across the road, I have a freezer full of food which should help my budget this month.

Spent a total of £3 on basics;

bread £1.09 (Have a breadmaker but never goes right)
Pickle .26p
Spread .79p (up 10p in price)
Carrots .18p
Leeks .33p
Crisps .35p


Total spend = £3.00
Left to spend = £237

Going to be looking out for bargains and doing some batch cooking this month.:T

earthmother

procrastinator wrote: »

These were not baked beans (I hate the sauce) but haricot, red, borlotti, chick peas etc. Sorry if I misled you.

Oh well - not to worry - thought it was too good to be true.

3 for £1 it is then

Girl_least_likely_to

Morning All :wave:

May has started today for me but went shopping for a "few bits" last night to Tesco, £26 can go on May's budget.

Loads of half price stuff including Walker multi-pack crips, napoli tomatoes, jaffa cakes and Ribena (DH won't drink anything else so I grabbed 10 bottles ). I also grabbed 3 bags of 19p value pasta (no more on the shelf ) and followed the woman who was reducing all the meat around for a bit :rolleyes: . Picked up 3 x 500g lamb mince for £1.59 down from £2.10, not a massive bargain but it's something which I can use up quite easily, it's stuffed in the freezer for now.

Hope everyone does well this May

betterlatethannever

Wow, baked beans are my staple diet so i best stock up.

For anyone in the NW, Booths have 8 tins of Heinz BBs for £2.50. :T

mumofjusttwo

Morning All. Well didn't relly do April as I was away but plan on doing MAY.

Ok so I am going for £200 for the month for 2 adults and 2 children.


So far this month I have spent £0.00 Aren't i doing well.

TheGiggsLady

Good Morning Everyone. I love seeing how everyone is getting on. My OH is doubtful that I'll be able to stick to my GC budget - I am determined to prove him wrong!

I'm off to the Post Office now to drop of some ebay sales. I'll try not to buy anything!

See you later.
TheGiggsLady.

daisy_steiner_2

Hello everyone,
May already huh?:eek:

Can you put me down for £140 please?

JennyBee_2

Goodness! I miss out for one day and there's 8 pages to read!!

Spent £2.04 today in Lidl - I needed milk and I only bough milk! I'm so proud

May should be a really easy month for us as my mum will be feeding the 5000 for the next few days. As the swarms of family turn up to help out with the final preparations for my sister's wedding! I probably won't be about for a bit because of that but when I do come back I shall be very jealous as my sis is off to Sri Lanka and the Maldives for 2 weeks!

Oh well - camping in South Wales for us at the end of the month!

OH brother flies in from Oz this afternoon so fingers crossed he doesn't eat us out of house and home! Think happy thoughts of nice weather for Saturday please!!

ps - was talking to a girl at work yesterday and she reckons their monthly outgoings are about £5,000 on average. (2 adults and 2 children). That's more than double what me and OH bring home each month. Maybe I'm not as bad as I thought I was!!!

shelley1977

hi,id like to join in the grocery challenge please,ill go for a budget of £250 for me and my 5 children.this will cover food, toiletries and nappies.