January 2011 Grocery Challenge

I spent £6 getting bits/whoopsies prior to January, so going to include those in this months

Got some whoopsie cheese, bread, potatoes(for oh) ...some butter, tea, ginger ale etc

Now a bit stuck until 21st..so shall stretch what I have..

Drinks
Strawberry & Kiwi squash
Grapefruit squash
Value sparkling water
Black tea
Chocolate truffle tea
Lemon tea

Food items
Spread
Whoopsie bread
Cheese

Lots of pots of tea's ahead & NSD's!

First spend for me this month - I've re-instated the milk man in an effort to support more local businesses but I'm a bit overwhelmed at the cost so we'll have to see how that goes. I'm going to add the milk money into my spend for the month now at a whopping £40.39! Will add it to sig later because I need a few bits today.

Congratulations Toddles - you seem very excited.....excuse my ignorance but what is a BFP?

Having finally got my Dec receipts sorted
can I please register for Jan.

Can you put me down for £90 again please.

Looking at other posters I know I should be able to come in under this.

Congratulations Toddles, hope all goes well.

Well I'll have a go at this challenge, not sure how well I'll do but here goes.

I shop at ALDI usually and shop for 2 adults, and 2 children and 1 dog (:( was 2 dogs until 27th December!) 1 adult has kidney problems so dietry requirement smeans difficult to shop and cook for.

So my budget for Jan is £250 5 week month so bit more than was hoping especially as I have NO money this month. Aaaarrgghh. Will def try some of the recipes if they fit with OH diet requirements. Need to stop wasting food and start freezing more. I used to be sooooo good at this because when the boys were little they never had a jar of baby food everything they ate was home made and I used to spend Sunday's cooking batches of soup, pasta sauce, and various other dishes and freeze them for the babies. As they got older I carried on doing the same but froze in larger tubs to accomodate all of us. Then I went back to work full time and no longer seem to have the time. But I will give it ago. In fact might make some soup this afternoon after shopping so this weeks shop may be more than rest of week but will update you later when I've been.

Please can I join? There are 2 adults and a my 20 month DS who eats for England and I'd like to set myself a limit of £200 for January. I usually shop at Morrisons for groceries and toiletries and can spend around £70 a week however a shop in Tesco last week of £95 shamed me into admitting that I am spending too much :mad: Add to that the nipping into M&S or Tesco in town for milk or bread and coming out with £15 worth of stuff and a quick view sows I can easily spend £350 a month! I am going to take the money out in advance and keep it in a seperate purse along with the reciepts and whilst I meal plan and write shopping lists I need to be more thorough and not add the extras! Any cash left over will go into a seperate account with the view to save it! MrsM, I am also an avid SW fan but fell off the wagon over the last 2 months and put on what I lost but going back on track now, We are having our first family holiday abroad in September and need to loose a *ahem* considerable amount!

I am off now to write down everything that's in my cupboards and 2 freezers and scour the receipes and get mealplanning!!:)