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October 2011 Grocery Challenge
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Lidls £5.08
Sainsburys £28.90
Total spend this week:-
£33.98
I also got a voucher back for £1.01 from Sainsbury's on price matching. What are we doing with these vouchers are we taking them off next weeks shopping??Cat, Dogs and the Horses are our fag and beer money
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Going to bow out for the rest of the month guys, I just cannot seem to get my head straight this month and as a result it's stressing me to see me failing!
See you in November thread xTrying very hard to be frugal and OS - just plodding on and doing my best!
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Update for the last two days
£1.00 tealight candles
£5.22 for various bits in Home Bargains
£2.35 at fruit and veg shop
£3.10 at co-op on ice lollies
£2.39 on ibuprofen as youngest DD has croup
January grocery challenge £159.43/£250.00
February grocery challenge £209.53/£200.00
March grocery challenge £165.66/£190
April grocery challenge £186.27/£170.00
May grocery challenge £22.51/£180.000 -
Failing big time
Really scary how much I'm spending when trying to cut down - see signature.
I'm not going away though as I still have 17 days left on this challenge.
I may move to a weekly challenge at the end of this one!
Mrs M0 -
Hope no-one minds, but I've noticed the "F" word a few times this month ...... so I'd just like to say that IMHO:
NO-ONE EVER FAILS ......
Even by taking part and not meeting target, we're making positive steps towards running our households in a more efficient and MSE way!
Life happens, sometimes an unexpected visit by friends/family or really good offer that will save money in the long run will come along that we've not catered for in our budgets - that's not failure.
I'm sure we're all spending a lot less than we would be if we weren't taking part!;)
Trixie - hope everything's OK & look foward to "seeing" you in November.Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
Debt free & determined to stay that way!0 -
Just popped on to add another £14 to my total. I confess it all went on junk as I wanted to have a munch lol.
Tescos are selling dairylea dunkers for £1 and they're BOGOF too so a real bargain. I love them even though they are supposed to be for kids!:D0 -
Well done to everyone on here. Im reading and making notes. I am currently not buying any food for myself from SM as I am doing LL, which although its costing me a fortune (£72 a week), its really paying off. Ive lost 41lbs in 9 weeks. I hope to be finished by mid to end of November. Whilst Ive been doing it, ive still been cooking for DH, however, the takeaways which used to occur sometimes twice a week have stopped, and also, DH has cut his drinking hugely. :j
Keep up the good work everyone. Have to say, I love this site. :TMy Husband calls me a money pervert :A0 -
After spending too much last week I have really been watching what I spend this week been out today Lidl and got Veg, chicken thights and minced beef £6.63 Waitrose £2.59 and a quick trot round Iceland £5.50 so in total for today is £14.72SPC No. 295 - SPC No10 target £350
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SPC 2014 £150/SPC 2015 £256SPC 2016 £324
Saving for Florida 2018 :j
Matched betting toe dipper.0 -
Hi all,
Been a naughty:o spent £50 at Approved Food, but loads of Xmas chocs and treats all stored away :T. Tonnes of lunchbox treats and gluten free bread for 99p, which sells for about £3 in Mr S.
Lamb and roasted veg for dinner as veg drawer was hosting some sad looking things to use up:cool:
Hope you have a great evening xxNote to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
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Oh Dear, Oh Dear, I'm not doing too well at all this month - I can only blame the OS'rs for this. I have now got into the mind set of being unable to walk past what might be considered a bargain, In fact I am going out deliberately looking for them.
Happily my cupboards are all full of things that I will use regularly and .... eventually :rotfl: My small freezer has a good mixture of cooked L/O meals and frozen chicken/beef, but this philosophy has got me WAY over my budget for this month and there are still another two and a bit weeks to go. So I'm going to go back to what my parents instilled in me in as much as "ITS NOT A BARGAIN UNLESS YOU NEED IT"
Anyway in saying that I probably wont need to go shopping for quite a number of weeks and plan my meals around what's in stock - thats the bit I have not yet got to grips with - keeping enough in stock and buying fresh
Jan - June Grocery spends = £531.61
July - Grocery spends = £119.54
Aug - Grocery spends = £0
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