June 2008 Grocery Challenge

MRSMCAWBER

Evening all

Orkneystar.. the Lidl bread flour is brilliant..heck i dragged 20+ bags back with me from the UK at xmas..down to 3 now :rolleyes: ...even though we have lidl out here they don't do normal bread flour

Well I made it round Aldi and Lidl in tact... it did look a bit like i was running a zoo with the fruit that went in the trolley..but it should keep me going for the week-just ..
It came to €40 and a few oddments ...but things like the meusli, mayo, flour and nuts will last quite a while.. I still have a few other bits to pick up and i have spent 1/3 of my budget :eek: but im well stocked up now so it should be mainly fruit and salad for the rest of the month..where have we heard that before :rotfl: ooooh just remembered ..:o Lidl are having an English week next week and have 400g blocks of extra mature cheddar for €2.99 which is half the price of mature cheddar in the NAFFI..so i WILL be liberating quite a few blocks of that

1. 48 x 1.5litre fizzy water
2. 4 golden kiwi
3. 4 kilo oranges
4. 2 kilo black grapes
5. 2 huge pineapples
6. huge watermelon
7. honeydew melon
8. lemons
9. bananas
10. 2x 750g muesli with 50% fruit and nuts mmmmm
11. celery
12. 10 free range eggs
13. 3 tubs cottage cheese
14. bag walnuts
15. bag almonds
16. 2 bags mixed fruit n nuts
17. 1 kilo baby vine tomatoes
18. 4 tins tuna
19. 2 bags flour
20. jar mayo
21. 3 tins sweetcorn
22. 8 yogurts
23. 300g cream cheese with herbs
24. 1 kilo carrots
25. 2 big bunches spring onions
26. 2 huge red peppers
27. radishes

So i think i got quite a bit for my money... but must keep an eye on it

Right i will get off and update the list of challengers..have a great one everybody

newmoneysaver_2

Oh, I forgot to add:

SFT - have you seen the "make £10 a day" challenge on DFW? It might give you some ideas/motivation to boost the travel fund.

Tesco-shopper

Hi MrsM and everyone. This is my first time to join the challenge. Please will you put me down for £240 for the month of June. Thanks. :hello:

savingfortravel

Thanks newmoneysaver...will look at the how to make £10 thread!!!

Have a great month.. will be watching how you get on...

SFT

Welcome Tesco-Shopper!!

newmoneysaver_2

savingfortravel wrote: »

Thanks newmoneysaver...will look at the how to make £10 thread!!!

Have a great month.. will be watching how you get on...

SFT

Welcome Tesco-Shopper!!

Oh dear, I'm under pressure to succeed now! :eek: LOL

Hope all goes well with your travel fund!

savingfortravel

No pressure at all...
just nice to offer support to one another...
but please don't ask me about cooking etc.. that's what the other girls/guys are for..
SFT
Just noticed your mortgage overpayments-great goal!!

Le_Foot

Hi everyone. O.K. my first official challenge starts tomorrow. I have declared £300, having reckoned that I'd spent £310+ in May. I thought things were going to be simple until OH decided we are taking the campervan away on the continent for 2 weeks in June, AND having a 2 night break with friends in a hotel on the Wye :eek: . I'm sure that will cost more than the 2 weeks self catering on the continent in our van. We NEVER go in hotels these days..I think he's thrown a wobbly. Still, That weekend break, nor the fuel for the continent trip will have to come from my June budget, so I should still be able to keep within the £300---afterall there are as many Aldi's and Lidl's over there, as there are here.
Good luck everyone with your June challenge...I'm sure we are all helped by the amazing support on this site.:A

brummiebabe

Evening all.....am back in again for June! Overspent slightly in May (with buying clothes for DD from shopping budget!) but have reduced this months' budget accordingly..

My challenge for this month is therefore £360.00 - for 2 adults, 3 children (one in nappies) & for my contact lens solutions!

Best of luck all!!:T

lainz

God we're sad - all getting so excited about our shiny new budgets :rotfl: . Don't know what I'm laughing about, just check my M & S card which I'll get the statement early next week and it's waaaay more than I thought, not helped by my car service which was just shy of £300 :eek: . Luckily the cupboards are stocked for a nuclear war:o , so need to stop lurking about on here and go through my cupboards and freezer and menu plan for the month:rolleyes: . So just a bit of fresh fruit and veg and a few whoopsies this month... so much for saving to go away:rolleyes: May be next month!

Le_Foot

newmoneysaver wrote: »

Oh, I forgot to add:

SFT - have you seen the "make £10 a day" challenge on DFW? It might give you some ideas/motivation to boost the travel fund.

I'm VERY interested in "make £10 a day" challenge...but who/what is DFW
Sorry if I'm being 'thick' on this one:rolleyes: