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August 2008 Grocery Challenge

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  • KAAT_LADY
    KAAT_LADY Posts: 4,714 Forumite
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    just updated siggie and thought I would say goodnight


    th_Goodnight.gif,,,,see you tomorrow

    KAAT
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  • frugalswan
    frugalswan Posts: 339 Forumite
    Hello, all. :) Just got back from the weekly shop at Morrisons, and while I was dreading the amount it would come to, it only came to £39.01! So, now I'm going to update my spreadsheet and my sig, and be really happy for a bit!
    Continually trying the Grocery Challenge. Gotta keep trying!
  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    Hello,

    just a quick post to say I'm on my 2nd NSD :)

    lula x
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    Evening all,

    Not had chance to update siggy yet, but receipts all in my tin and I am doing it in a minute.

    Triggles - Thank you for the good wishes - we have no backup funds and pretty much live hand to mouth when wages come in, they're gone again by the next weeks payday so only have another 9 days money left to pay bills :eek: - hence the worry. My work is pretty good at the moment so will help it stretch a bit further so hopefully we can last till the end of August - fingers crossed x x x - He has to sign on tomorrow, although they never help as it takes about 3 weeks to get anything through - hopefully he will have had some agency work before then - oooh, sorry for waffle...

    Kaat - Hope OH is feeling better soon - nothing to worry about I hope? :grouphug:

    Mouche - what about apple and parsnip soup - mmmm, it's lovely and not fattening - I have 8 servings left in freezer - OOOH, must mention, anyone freezing soup in bags in cups be careful - bag folds end up being inside frozen lump of soup - guess how I found out :rotfl: - just defrost a bit with bag still on inside cup before nuking properly....

    Princess Leia - How do you freeze your 'lazy roasts' after you've boiled them??? sounds like an idea to me :D

    Anyway, off to write up receipts then will update my siggy.... take care all
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  • Ches
    Ches Posts: 1,120 Forumite
    Yesterday I had a day out and bought myself lunch and tea and cake int he afternoon. Total cost was £21.50p which leaves me with £122.94p for the rest of the month. NSD today.
    Mortgage and Debt free but need to increase savings pot. :think:
  • Hi Everyone!!
    Had a lovely time in Norfolk and have just spent the last few hours catching up on 15 pages-won't be able to do that next time when I go away or it will take me a whole day! Good to read how well everyone is doing.
    Orkneystar-Enjoy your hol!!
    Sleepylady-We are here to support you and I am sure there are a few single people doing this challenge who could support you (be your buddy)
    Good news - OB only bought a couple of rashers of bacon when I was away so our total won't change much.
    I'll adjust sig tomorrow.
    Take care
    SFT
    :cool: Frugal Living 2010 member MFW by 2014 Was 88,000 now £46,877.90 Grocery Budget for Dec-April=£173.72/£244 (Groc Budget 2010 from Ebay/Voucher savings/Quidco -If we can do it will save our £980 GC budget) Now living the dream -in our tiny country cottage-all thanks to MS forums. x 39 2 go
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  • Mariel
    Mariel Posts: 624 Forumite
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    I've been too busy to check in for a few days, just popped on to update my signature. I'm going away for the weekend tomorrow so see you all on Monday!
  • Bowski_1011
    Bowski_1011 Posts: 1,041 Forumite
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    I spent a tenner today on slimming world ,my £forlb challenge and the lottery. I know it's not food but I am counting these as part of my grocery challenge. It's my first month on this challenge so I don;t know if £150 is enough for food for us both and including slimmingworld/lottery but I'm surely gonna try my hardest!!

    I shouldn't need any food other than milk for the rest of the week at least
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  • Another no spend day for me today, yay. Getting a little creative with my lunches though, lol.
    March 2020 grocery challenge $921.76/$500AU
    April 2020 grocery challenge $744/$800
    May 2020 GC $724.11/$750
    June 2020 GC $370.31/$700
    July 2020 GC $316.87/$700
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,756 Forumite
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    gillaman wrote: »

    Has anyone found the amount of rubbish they're throwing out has decreased through doing the GC? Our landfill rubbish is collected fortnightly and I only had one large
    pedal bin to throw this week, normally I have about 1 1/2 black plastic bags.


    Oh yes - more home baking = less plastic packaging! All the choc bars & cakes before which were individually wrapped and then all 10 bars were also wrapped.....:o Whereas things like flour bags just go in the recycling now:D I'm also buying larger bags of baking items = cheaper AND less packaging - winning all ways:T

    For ways to cut down on waste at home check out this site: www.myzerowaste.com - lots of ideas on there (and some comments added to some of the posts by me too:rotfl: :rotfl: )

    Gt
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