June 2019 Grocery Challenge

£39.56 weekly shop today.

House plant (YS), soup (YS), 2 yoghurts (YS), tomatoes (YS), 2 packs of melon (YS), salad pot (YS), 2 bread rolls (YS), loaf of bread (YS), 2 Portuguese custard tarts (YS), 4 pints of milk, pack of Quorn chicken, tub of Greek yoghurt, block of cheddar, 1/2 cucumber, raspberries, a lettuce, 1 banana, beansprouts, 2 baking potatoes, premade mash, pad Thai kit, 4 tins of baked beans, 1 tin of spaghetti, caesar dressing, croutons, 6 eggs, babybels, 3 jelly pots, 6 litres Pepsi max, 2 litres lemonade, 2 alcohol free ciders, fabric softener, biological detergent and fabric whitener.

Think we did pretty well considering some unnecessary purchases (plant and cider).

Meal plan for the week:
1. Pies (Quorn for me, steak for OH) with mash, peas, broccoli and asparagus
2. Pad Thai
3. Jacket potatoes with beans for OH and spaghetti for me
4. Caesar salad with Quorn chicken
5. Spaghetti with vegetarian sausages

We're away Friday and Saturday evening and meals with be kindly provided by my parents

For lunches I'll be having salads and soups as usual! Breakfasts will be yoghurt or overnight oats. And for snacks this week we have raspberries, banana, jelly, pistachios, crisps, fibre bars, rice cakes and cheese.

We have £256.44 left

Morning all,

Went shopping on Saturday and really happy with how much I spent, £14.97 spent for the week. I've decided that I am going to try and get my store cupboards down as I have load's of stuff I am just not using/will probably never use and I actually want to get a "pantry" together that I will actually use so it's either being used or it's being forfeited, hence the low shop.

We also went out on Saturday to have a walk around the motorbikes on the prom and treated ourselves to dinner out so that was a spend of £9.70. I think we'll be doing the same thing tonight and Friday maybe. We're creatures of habit so will be having the same both times :rotfl:. Also think I might be doing a quick shop for some picnic items as we are going to be on the mountain all day Friday watching the races and want to make sure we have everything we'd need.

So far its £24.67 // £200 (£175.33) left to spend.

Starting the month with £18.26 split between Lidl and Aldi.

Mostly fruit and veg, and enough bread/fillings to make a months worth of freezer sandwiches.

I forgot to come back and write down our spend but basically on week 1 I had £30 carried over so only spent £20. Then this week which lasts until Thursday I have now only got £8.87 left. We went to the market on Saturday to try their fruit and veg and I feel so upset because the carrots which are now 2 days post purchase, desperately need using up! Some of the potatoes have had to be thrown out (and i'm somebody who generally will use veg months later). The berries are almost gone bad too, my son wont eat the blueberries as he says they are bad so I spent £20 on this stuff and whilst i can give my chickens some and dogs, some has had to be thrown or can't be used for what I wanted. I wont be making this mistake again! However, I have a horrible sore throat and cough so I will make carrot soup tomorrow. I'm lucky in that I do have a store cupboard which we have been using. But I will be doing an order with Tesco for delivery this week (already pay delivery saver) in order to not end up in the same position next week.
Also we spent about £30 in Morrisons on a whim ice cream, ice lollies, crisps, chocolate and bread! I would love to say this is rare but it's not. But now I see how easily it is to spend £30 here and there! I shouldn't have allowed that. But I have to admit the cold stuff is a godsend right now!

something has gone awry already I overspent in tesco by 12p on Friday monring, I was on the self service check out so asked the staff member to help me return a banana to bring myself under budget - she put 20p in the till for me which was lovely. I gave her back the 8p change for the next person who went over budget of course. I had to get a lot of the bits at tesco as aldi hadnt stacked their shelves by the time I got there at just after 8 - this may be why i went over budget. Im taking £5 from future weeks money to pay for yet more bananas and bread.

Ive got £80.45 to last us the rest of the month. I have more food in the freezer with premade broths & stews and self prepared veg than I did at the start of the month so hopefully itll be OK. The toddler has hit a really fussy phase so Im struggling to find what to give him, he used to love legumes which we have plenty of and now they seem to be all out of favour! I intend to shop my cupboards more and build a meal plan around that rather than creating a meal plan - then seeing what we have in and what else I need to get.

I struggled to get back to sleep last night and im sure its because I dont know what our income is going to be over the next few months (our payroll dept are useless) so having a good grasp of the household budgeting would really help.