Declaring at £211.21 for October... and about to try for £200 again for November. Haven't posted for a while.
Thanks though still for this thread and you lot being here - it makes saving money fun! (I have made a lot of Mrs M's courgette tea bread and Twink's hobnobs over the past months.)
saf
March GC: £147.75/£180 groceries + £36.75/£50 meals out
February: £163.19/£180 + £66.14/£50 monthly budget for eating out Total £229.33/£230 :j
January: £170.01/£170
I'm declaring October at £121.50 -- well within my £145 budget, even after moving some treats into it that I'd been excluding during the month !!!
for those that wanted a breakdown by Whoopsies etc., I've done the best I can (been down to the local stores today with a list of items I needed the 'normal' cost of!) and have come up with the following.....
Total 'spend' = £121.50 this is food only - no pet food, no household and no toiletries
Of this, £47.20 was spent on Whoopsie items
Of that £47.20 I've managed to calculate the 'full' cost of £31.09 -- which comes in at £105.35 (so I paid 29.5% of the value)
If I assume the same average reduction on the other £16.11 of Whoopsies, then that comes in at a further £54.59
So the value of my food is £121.50 - £47.20 + £105.35 + £54.59
Which gives a 'real' total of £234.24 - which is almost double what I actually spent :eek:
But I have to say that there are several items I bought on Whoopsie that I would never have considered at full price (or even a lower discount), and we'd have either done without (smoothies, milkshakes, chocolate, fromage frais) or where I'd have bought cheaper options (kievs, chicken portions, mince)
Cheryl
Grocery Budget : January £155. Spent £33.75 in shops + £0.00 from stocks = £32.45
Grocery Budget : 2021 £1825. Spent £33.75 in shops + £0.00 from stocks = £32.45
Declaring £302.87.
But the freezer is still quite well stocked. So I am hoping to lower the target for the coming month of November, to £280!! Bit ambitious but I am just back off of a holiday so needs must.!!
When I die I will know that I have lived, loved, mattered and made a difference, even if in a small way.
I'm declaring £73 for October. Went over my budget a bit, but still happy overall!
“Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.”
― Dylan Moran
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See you all on the November thread.
Oct GC £200/£193.51
Woooohoooooooo!
Thanks though still for this thread and you lot being here - it makes saving money fun! (I have made a lot of Mrs M's courgette tea bread and Twink's hobnobs over the past months.)
saf
February: £163.19/£180 + £66.14/£50 monthly budget for eating out Total £229.33/£230 :j
January: £170.01/£170
for those that wanted a breakdown by Whoopsies etc., I've done the best I can (been down to the local stores today with a list of items I needed the 'normal' cost of!) and have come up with the following.....
Total 'spend' = £121.50 this is food only - no pet food, no household and no toiletries
Of this, £47.20 was spent on Whoopsie items
Of that £47.20 I've managed to calculate the 'full' cost of £31.09 -- which comes in at £105.35 (so I paid 29.5% of the value)
If I assume the same average reduction on the other £16.11 of Whoopsies, then that comes in at a further £54.59
So the value of my food is £121.50 - £47.20 + £105.35 + £54.59
Which gives a 'real' total of £234.24 - which is almost double what I actually spent :eek:
But I have to say that there are several items I bought on Whoopsie that I would never have considered at full price (or even a lower discount), and we'd have either done without (smoothies, milkshakes, chocolate, fromage frais) or where I'd have bought cheaper options (kievs, chicken portions, mince)
could do better - must try harder
Live each day as if its your last
But the freezer is still quite well stocked. So I am hoping to lower the target for the coming month of November, to £280!! Bit ambitious but I am just back off of a holiday so needs must.!!
― Dylan Moran
can I please declare £275 for October.
Many Thanks
Ps. that's for all food, cleaning stuff and soap etc for 2 adults and 1 teenager for all of October. My older son comes for dinner once a week too.