June 2008 Grocery Challenge

mummygems

searching_me I have started my xmas shopping already lol. Much better to spend a little each month than loads in one go in November. I also buy birthday presents in advance if there is a special offer. DD1 is 2 next saturday and I had all her pressies done (yet to be wrapped) by Feb.

tq16

Sosh wrote: »

Took the kids to Lakeside today to browse the sales. I spent £35 on new clothes for me, but feel justified as they are the first new clothes I have got since the jan sales in 2007!

I also popped in the ELC, they have lots of their craft sets and books in the sale, many half price so I stocked up my gift box. As dd is starting nursery next term and already has her first party invite, I thought it was a good idea. I spent £66, but got £120 of goods.

Did my Monthly Mr A shop, spent £63.95. This also included charcoal for my Birthday bbq.

Worth checking out the book people online for kids presents-often book sets at 10/12 books for £10- great to be split for presents, I always have some in a drawer for nursery presents. :-)

searching_me

mummygems- yer im just so happy i got my ohs hes such a pain in the !!!! to get for he aint cheap as well but i managed to find a great deal although he has to have his birthday pressie really early due to the fact i have to buy it now or wont get the deal and i have no where to hide it and no friends up here i trust lol .... with my dd a toy store had gone bankrupt and sold everything 75% off their already sale stuff so you can imagine how many mothers i had to fight i was nasty i can tell you but darn it i got what i wanted for her :rotfl: xxx

Judellie

Just to update my sig, got to add £31 to the total, only got £11 till the end of the month . After I set my budget I realised that £47 of it would be going on school dinners, so although I've included I knew it would be really difficult to comne in under budget, hopefully will only be about £20 over. Still at least £130 less than I spent last month

Jude xx

mama67

zoe260373 wrote: »

talking of dog food,if its any help..i buy 30kg at a time for £26 delivered to the door,think thats pretty good?? although i bet someone on here will soon set me straight,:ROTFL: you lot are fab!

I go to the cash & carry and get 15kg for £7 VAT free.

This is for the dogs at DH work a Rott and a German Shepherd, they have 2 bags between them each month with a few tins, our scrapes etc and sometimes bones.

angelnikki

savingfortravel wrote: »

Hi everyone!!
Would like to declare June's total at £50.54.
We are soooo pleased as its been a 5 week month for us. So will add what we've saved to our 2009 adventure and we've reached a GC savings total of£911.69 since beginning of the year!!

Wow Well Done SFT! :T :T

Nikki
x

Mollymop5

.......................sneeks in to say I've gone overbudget......
will post final figures soon

zoe260373

thanks mama67 but mine arent working dogs im afraid,(unless you count driving me mad as working??) although that would be a great saving if i had a c&c local to me,ours closed and the nearest is just far to bother with,plus its heavy and ive got the baby,blah blah and im lazy and would be happier having it delivered by some lovely TNT guy,:rotfl: iyswim?

Herewegoagain

I'm doing the GC at work as I live here 24/7, but on a personal note I've had 6 consecutive NSD and feeling GOOOOOOOD:j :j :j :j

savingfortravel

Have a good day everyone!!

Thanks Angelnikki!!! You're doing a great job.

We are really pleased with our savings but its has required major meal planning, lots of whopsie hunts, home cooking and growing our own....

SFT