January 2009 Grocery Challenge

MoneyMission

Just updating my January numbers. First month of grocery challenge and I spent £4.80 over my budget. So I'm declaring at £354.80. Not too bad. And not that painful either. Perhaps I'll try February at £350.00 again and then see about reducing it for March.

Hollysan

I am declaring at £349.00, which is well over our budget for the month, because I have been very busy at work, which means more convenience food, and shopping in a hurry! But I have earnt a lot of overtime..

Now Feb begins and it's back to some serious money saving!

See you there.

Hollysan

rumncoke

Not had much time to updat recently but delaring Jan at £264.38 so £10 under budget. I will set Feb for £265.00

Catwoman_Kent

I came in at £145 for January, £5 under budget. But I have quite a good stock of cleaning stuff and bread making ingredients. Will need to buy some veggie mince etc next month though.

greent

DEclaring Jan over at £402.44 - so only just over and that's taken up by stocking up on some washing powder on special offer. First time I've been over
Technically our month doesn't end until tomorrow, and I am sending hubby off to Mr S on his way home tonight - but that's for stuff which we won't use until Sunday at the earliest, so I shall include that in Feb's spend.

Hnag in there, the remaining people on Jan's GC - almost done!!!

greent
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northern_star

Well, this month didn’t go as planned. Spurred on by our success in Dec at coming in under budget (at Christmas and all), I thought we could attempt to knock £50 off for Jan. I was sure that with goodies left over from the festivities, we could manage but it went pear-shaped. We had used the £150 budget by the 21st Jan. Time for a re-think.

Our budget included all pet food and we’ve now decided to put this into a separate budget from Feb as our kitty now has prescription dental biscuits at……………….wait for it…………£21.02 per 2kg bag :eek: We’ve also decided to alter our ‘month’ for GC purposes (we were doing first – last day of month) to 22nd of one month – 21st of next month, as this falls in line with our pay day. So that gives us a 31 day month, 22nd Jan -21st Feb. We’re calculating on £6 per day, so £186 for Feb challenge for us please.

mrssnowy_2

MrsMc declaring Jan as £149.93,February GC £180.

Many thanks.

I was trying to go from the 1st to end of each month,but ran out of money as went shopping yesterday,just happened to pass Somerfield(blessed study day on my day off-always the b same,but I'll get travel expenses:rotfl: )

So will carry on from payday to payday,not bad for Jan £30.07 left.

'Found ' a Lakeland voucher for £20 in my purse!!However have now got a wish list of £70+,something will have to go.

See you all over the way

mrss

annie123

Lost the plot in jan :rolleyes:

:eek: :eek: £412 should have been £300 :eek: :eek:

£412 MrsM for Jan please

SAV3R

Just totalled up all Jan spends, would like to declare 346.15.

Have done a small shop today, which is included in Jan although most of it will be Feb, can't believe we are still under budget. :j Hoping some of the hard work is beginning to pay off, maybe I didn't notice before because of the extra stocking up towards Xmas.

glitterball

Ok Total Jan Spend of £110.36 so the slush fund has gone into negative equity

Must try harder for Feb