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Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
declaring June at £366.90 for 4 weeks of grocery shopping Or £91.73 per week so not too bad against my budget of £90 per week. Onwards to July now8 -
VENT: Reviews from stupid people
What is it with people being idiots? I was looking for an item on Amazon yesterday - a toilet seat, since the powers that be decided to take all the hardware stores from our area & replace them w…2 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
@Soontobeoap. We learnt a lot, and had a lot of fun, with the local Smallholders’ Association, and the Beekeepers’ Association, with their teaching apiary. We have just a small semi and rented an all…7 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
@nellieGrace it sounds like you ran a small holding your produce looks lovely. I am declaring June at £148.09/£250 .made possible by making meal plans to suit stores from cupboards and freezer. This …7 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
@mandco I feel for you but being brutally honest with yourself is the best way to find out what you do when you shop (and why you spend outside your list). You are not alone. There are still people o…9 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
Various shops since my last post totalling £262.61 this did include lots of extras like f&v/icreams/lollies due to the ridiculously hot weather and having the the grandkids over extra days due to…7 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
We have spent a whopping £524.33 this month. I know some of the extra was on food for the dogs new diet, but we also over indulged ourselves with ice cream and drinks in the recent heatwave. This bri…7 -
Re: Probate questions
OK this greatly simplifies matters in terms of probate and administration. Firstly, given what you say about the executor's busy lives a PA11 delegation of their duties to you would certainly su…2 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
Declaring for June at £349.42/£350. That was a bit of an accident to be honest as my last Sainsbugs delivery for the month was £58.34, but it would have been about £3.00 over if they had the cheese I…9 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
When I had to send a document urgently and my portal was not working I was given the following email address enquiries@civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk I received an acknowledgement email and when I …2
