September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

MRSMCAWBER

Borneogirl..

You set a budget of £130 this month..so you are under by an extra £10 :j

mrssnowy_2

Well just gone through spending diary and seem to have a total of £132.15 :rotfl:
That includes 1 weeks hol and lots of freebie f&v from kind friends,so think there may be a miscalculation somewhere!

MrsMc I will declare £132.15 for September please and £180

again for October please.
That will be tight as DS is getting married on Nov 1st :j

Foggy day here,have gardening to do,as house was painted this week and our little garden has been well massacred.
Sausage and mash,apple cumble,apple chutney,stewed apple,cheese scones,soup- so bit of cooking as well.(Guess what I was given this week)

See you all next month and well done ,keep going it is working.

mrss

witchmabel

Don't think I set a target for September - not being able to post at work is a right pain.

Anyway, I'll declare my spend for September as £273.16

New month started on Wednesday for me - with a target of £120 I know that sounds really low all of a sudden. But we're off to Oz for five weeks at the end of the month, and I really need to run the freezers/fridge right down. So a month of odds and ends for us.

WM

urg123

Hi Everyone,

I am ready to declare and I failed! This was my first month on the challenge and I can only learn.

I set my target at £90 and ended up spending £105.12 so not great but I did some analysis to see where I went wrong - lunches and snacks at work: £25.64 and take aways: £25.50. Most of this spending was due to poor planning. Even if I had halved these I would be back on target. The weight watchers challenge is also helping.

I am going to set the same target of £90 for October and see if I can be better organised.

URG x

Brighton_belle

hello, haven't been posting as overwhelmed by speed of this forum. But doing the challenge has still be great and declaring at £194.38:j which is 62p below target. This is a reduction of £35 since July 'budget'. Setting my own target of £190 for October but no need to list me officially.
Thanks for the inspiration and work of those running this challenge.

4Moneysaver

Well, I went over but only by a little bit and it's been one of those months. Having aquired a cat hasn't pushed my budget up too much but there have been a few extras that have done for my hope of going lower this month. Stiil I'm going to keep at it and am declaring at £91.64 and going slightly lower at £85 for October.

A big well done to everyone who made it and a reminder to those who didn't that for most of us we're still spending way less than we used to AND eating better.

Have a great weekend all.

Prudent

£115.43 for September

£120 for October please.

This for one adult, one teenager (almost two adults now really as she is 16) and two cats.
Just wondering how this compare. Anyone else feeding two adults and two cats?

How a frugal weekend everyone

annie123

Really pleased this month I'm under:j :j :j and I really ran stockpile down last month.

Finished September at £304

please put me down for £300 for October

this is for 2 adults 1 teenager, and adult student DS as 'meals on wheels' and includes food, toiletries, cleaning etc

Will try to keep it below that as I was made redundant last week, but prepared for it.

If you have just started and not come under target dont worry it happens to us all just keep going you will get there in the end.;)

good luck everyone

rosieben

4Moneysaver wrote: »

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A big well done to everyone who made it and a reminder to those who didn't that for most of us we're still spending way less than we used to AND eating better. ...

I second that 4M :T

Mrs Mc, I am declaring at £89.55 - just a little over my budget of £80 but as I did some stocking up I'm qutie happy with that.

annelouise_2

Mrs M £310 Target for October

2 Adults,3 children all on packed lunches.

I include all groceries and drink consumed in the house.I do not include toiletries or cleaning products or takeaways ( about 1-2 per month )Different budget for entertainment - meals out,days out with kids.

Will post September total on 30th.

Have a good day y'all