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April 2010 Grocery Challenge

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  • Mrs_Money_Penny
    Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,307 Forumite
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    Hi All

    Just added another £139.12 to my total for last week.
    MrsM please could you record for me £1060.75 spent from my annual budget of £2700. many thanks.
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  • BigMummaF
    BigMummaF Posts: 4,281 Forumite
    My April total came to £215:38, so £20:38 over isn't too bad I guess :o Having said that, £32 was spent on special offer cheddar & is still secreted in Grandma's fridge so all the greedy meeces here can't snaffle it :D
    Like others have said tho, I really MUST try harder in May :(
    Full time Carer for Mum; harassed mother of three;
    loving & loved by two 4-legged babies.

  • NJW69
    NJW69 Posts: 843 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Went to Morrisons for some bedding plants and ended up buying some of their offers so spent another amount which took my total to £201.50 so still not bad.
    GC Jan £318/£350, Feb £221.84/£300, Mar £200.00/£250 Apr £201.05/£200 May £199.61/£200 June £17.25/£200

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  • OrangeFairy
    OrangeFairy Posts: 2,630 Forumite
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    Right i am declaring April spend at £238.67!!! not bad for a 5 week month!!! £1.33 to spare!! :j:j:j

    Can i be put down for £220 for may please! Though we did well for a 5 week months we bled the cupboards bare!!!
    Orange Fairy
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  • gin
    gin Posts: 260 Forumite
    Declaring April at £340.88. Not too bad.
  • looie
    looie Posts: 706 Forumite
    Hi, I would like to declare at £84.89 for April.

    I'm not quite sure what's happened this month as this is the first month I have come in under budget ........ I thought I must have missed a receipt but I've checked and I haven't. Maybe just getting the hang of budgeting better :D

    Could you please put me down for £100 for May.

    Ta looie x
  • annie123
    annie123 Posts: 4,256 Forumite
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    Total year to date: £870 :j

    Looking back at bank statements 3 years ago would have been over £2000 by now:eek::eek::eek:
    So really pleased, keeping track on a spreadsheet is a great help, noticed each time I pop into my local Tescos I buy a fudge....well it is only 15p:cool:
    but I do that 3-4 times a week so 3 x 15 = 45p pw x 52 weeks = £23.40 a year on fudges :o

    Must try harder in May....no more fudges, well maybe just once a week ;)
  • vodkawitch1
    vodkawitch1 Posts: 1,033 Forumite
    Over by £40 so total spending was £200.00 and a few pence. I am finding that keeping a record certainly helps.
    Make £2 a day challenge - doing well so far.
  • cookie9
    cookie9 Posts: 764 Forumite
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    At first looks good as £50.01 under budget but due in part to being stranded on holiday and £50 only just covers the additional cost of calls and texts I had to do :(
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  • Sunny_Donny
    Sunny_Donny Posts: 300 Forumite
    Can I declare April a bad month please !!!!!

    Budget £150 - actual spend £245.06 !!!!

    Goes off to grumble in the corner......
    Mortgage free as at 1/9/13 :j
    To start work on the credit cards now!!
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