March 2009 Grocery Challenge

March already....going for €300 again, think that is the lowest I can go before the garden kicks in...there is a bit of spinach and salad leaves there at present, few leeks too I think.

Good luck to all

Marie

Hi I'd like to join please! My budget is £250 for two of us but would like to only spend £150 so I can put the rest towards our wedding next year! This money is to cover all food, cat stuff and basic toiletries (not cleanser and moisturiser and stuff like that). Good luck everyone!

Hello all.........have a great March. Ive already started as Mar started on 20/2.
Nearly blew it in Costco today but managed to contain myself. Any recipes for 10kg of Persil?:rolleyes: lol!!!
Off to update sig and plan out rest of month.:D

a new thread ...thank u to all who have set it up

we had roast chicken for lunch and am going to do something with the left overs for lunch tomorrow...undecided between pie or with pasta might go for pasta as i wont haveto make pastry...mine isnt the best iykwim.....

will need to pop to the shop later to get some squash ...the rest of us will drink water but ds aged 3 isnt impressed if he is offered water...i will have to work on him

i got some great bits from home bargains yesterday for packed luches...i make 2 a day ....they do cheap crisps and drinks.....i buy a few drinks and then fill them up for a week with squash...washing it out in between refills i find fruit [EMAIL="sh@t"]shoot[/EMAIL] bottles quite long lasting..they also do water with the sports caps that other ds has on his desk at school always cheap...and strong reuseable bottles...but please dont tell him

have a great day
tess

Hi there everyone, I'm sorry I don't get to post much - just so busy at the moment and poor old puter is very slow! I have decided that I have to change my month to 24th - 23rd - having to get tougher with budgets and as my bank statements are to 23rd - I think it will make the accounting easier. So have done my budget to 28th this month - came in at £245.53/£280 so well pleased - but please could you put me down for £210 this month please as it will only be 3 weeks until I need to declare again. I seem to spend so much time thinking about money and what I haven't got and where I could cut more but feel we are now fairly thrifty - sky TV basic package is still a luxury but hey - I would have to think of a lot more to do with the kids if they hadn't got some TV to watch!! But it may have to go. However, I have to say that I have saved a total of £16.97 this month by using coupons and some LVs I got for a survey. That's nearly 7% so I feel I've done OK - thanks to all those on the coupons thread! Keep smiling everyone - it will get better - soon!!