Credit Card Catch Up Challenge

Christmas was expensive. Admittedly not as expensive as it will have been for most thanks to survey sites and savvy shopping but still. Too expensive.

I've just got my credit card bill and I could cry. Every month I buy food shopping on the credit card and pay for it at the end of the month. My challenge is to catch up to myself so instead of using the shopping money to pay for last month I'm spending it on the food I'm eating.

This basically equates to me saving £250 from somewhere. I intend to meal plan better. Avoid impulse shopping and try and get some vouchers and PayPal saved up. I also have enough nectar points for one free shop.

The meal plan for this week is:

Tues Eve - toad in the hole
Weds lunch - homemade soup with Monday's leftover gammon
Weds eve - chorizo and sweet potato stew
Thurs lunch - leftover stew
Thurs eve - bacon lardon pasta
Fri lunch - home made soup
Fri eve - beef stew ( I'll freeze leftovers)

In the freezer I have beef mince, pork mince, a pork joint, 2 pork steaks, 2 beef steaks and some chicken pieces. I think this means my shopping list for this week is:

2 loaves of bread
2 bottles of milk
Cheese
Raspberries
Strawberries
Weetabix
(About £12 depending where I buy it from)

EDIT: Actual spend = £13.92 (at the co-op, got a £1 off £5 spend voucher to spend before next week) 


Hopefully by blogging my progress I'll do better.