August 2018 Grocery Challenge

Good morning everyone
well such a change in the weather here. It has been raining for the last few days and the garden is loving it. I have beautiful chives in the garden does anyone know if I they freeze well.
Last two days NSDs so everyday is a bonus.:)

Morning everyone! I can't believe it's Friday already. Sheesh. This week genuinely flew by.

JingsMyBucket wrote: »

I was also thinking about getting sliced ham there too but just remembered I have a cooked ham shank in the freezer I should use up. So there’s more and space money saved! I’ll pull that out tonight so I can start nibbling on it tomorrow.

^^^ I am really glad I pulled that small ham shank out of the freezer and I have now started carving slices off it for meals. It is so good and I think this may be the way forward instead of buying packed slices of ham regularly. It'll come out to be less much expensive along with giving me ham bones to make bean soup in the winter. That's the only thing that makes me vaguely excited for cooler weather this fall.

Yesterday I went to Lidl and Delhaize, spending more in both places than intended.

€13.72 at Lidl. They still had packages of sliced English cheddar leftover from Brit Week, so I snatched up two of those. I also got olives, kiwis, mozzarella and a tub of tomatoes. The trout I went there for wasn't to be found at all along with a few other items like the cheaper tomatoes I wanted.

€42.70 at Delhaize. Lots of fruit, yoghurt, halloumi, butter, trout, 2x boxes of Mr. Freeze ice pops to keep at home and a few special items for OH like egg salad and smoothies. I told him last night that we should just start making egg salad at home since these small containers cost €1.85 each. :eek: We could make the same amount ourselves for about 20¢! He seems to be onboard and I'll try it this weekend. Turns out the trout non-sale pricing at Delhaize was actually cheaper than Lidl's sale price so that's a good deal I noted for later.

I'm just going to claim today as a NSD now because we don't need any other fruit or veg for the next couple days.

TOTALS SO FAR:
€79.94 / €300.00
1 / 12 NSD

That's such a huge amount and we're only 2 days into the month! We're not sure what the British expat store has in stock as it'll be our first time there tomorrow. I'm going with a basic list in mind but will try to restrain myself and try to remember that I'll still have access to it at a later time if need be. After the shop tomorrow, I think I may ration my weekly grocery spend to €35/week to keep in line. I'll update my sig tomorrow afternoon after we return from the Brit store. Have a lovely and cool Friday everyone!

£29.47 spent today.
Mostly tin and dry goods bought. So for the rest of the month it is basically only going to be fresh, though need some frozen vegetables. Not as sad to look at the budget left when I think it like that.

£86.54/£155.
£68.46 left.

Hello All. I went over on the last day of the July budget. So annoying as it was completely my fault. It was a back from holiday, hangover shop. I won't be doing that again.

Budget for August will be £500. So £50 more as I have a guest for a week and my family birthday party to cater for. I always spend too much.

So weekly shop at lldl and salns, and paid milkman, bringing me to £113.40. There is loads in the fridges, freezers and cupboards.

Thank you for the thread. Good luck all. Xx