July 2010 Grocery Challenge

skilly

morning all,declaring for july £271.79thats a over spend of £71.79 :eek:.only just found what this advanced button was for how silly am i :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

goodlife_wannabes

Hi all
declaring £288.56 for july a over spend of £133.56 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know what the advanced button does so I will press it and find out :beer:
still pleased with spending as it was a HUGE improvement on what we were spending before

kirsty822001

YEHAH,,,I did it,:T,came in £8 under budget whoop whoop,,,that included £40 worth of stuff from approved foods most of which we will eat in aug as was only delivered end this week,, have cupboards full of stuff and enough in freezer for 5 or 6 meaty meals :-)
I am so grateful to all who post it keeps me motivated,,and the fab tips on this site in general :-)
I am declaring £400 for August please,,think i will try to cut this in sept when kids gone back to school!!

OrangeFairy

First time we have gone over i think :(:(:( don't know what happened this month.

Declaring £250 - £20 over budget! :mad::mad:

Hippeechiq

Declaring £299.08 for July
which is £24.08 over budget - I'm quite pleased with that for my 1st attempt, especially given that we've had the month from hell and my eye hasn't been completely on the ball.

Need to have a few more NSDs methinks

Circumstances have changed, and it's going to be tough to bring it home at £275 but it's important to keep trying I think

I think that's the important thing to remember here - even if we don't come in on budget, we are at least trying to

albacookie

Another £2.01 spent so final total £96.88/100, will head over to the August thread will be sticking with £100.

Gintotmelinda

I am declaring on £347.36. I am very pleased with this amount (under budget ), but DH and I went to Paris for 5 days so would have spent more at home. Still being part of this concentrated the mind wonderfully and I hope to see my monthly totals dropping. See you all over on the August challenge!

Take care, Gin

freakyogre

I haven't spent anything today, so my total for July will be £39.15.

I've just worked out how much I spent on what and it looks like this (i've tried to group things as best as I can): -

£9.80 on fruit and veg
£3.82 on dairy (mainly milk)
£3.29 on 'junk' - (ice creams, sweets and biscuits)
£1.98 on crisps (crisps are not classed as junk, they're a staple in my diet)
£1.97 on pulses
£3.23 on bakery, frozen and meat (bagels, chips and sausages)
£15.06 on toiletries/household stuff

It should have been slightly higher as my dad paid for some of my shopping earlier in the month (probably about £5 worth), but I still would have been under my target amount I've been using up a lot from my freezer which has helped a lot, but will need to stock up again in the future (although my freezer is still pretty full somehow!)

Winchelsea

Spent £2.93 on Thursday (when DD3 came for the day), which left 48p in my grocery budget.

Have not touched it since, so am declaring a spend for July of £59.52 out of £60!

Am so pleased! And grateful to you all - without the challenge I know money would have occasionally haemorrhaged out of my purse!

[Deleted User]

I am declaring £198.76 - I am so chuffed with myself - already looking forward to next month. Chatting with friends yesterday that have the same number of mouths to feed spending £140 per week!! So glad that I proved it could be done!

Off to find next months board now!