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September 2011 Grocery Challenge

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  • majjak
    majjak Posts: 380 Forumite
    Could I join in this month please? I'll aim for £300 this month. That's for 6 of us and a doggie :D.

    Already have a freezer full of reduced goodies from Waitr*se so I should be able to shave a bit off the above figure but I don't want to scare myself too much ! :rotfl:
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  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
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    Hello lovelies,

    New challenge, am gonna do it this month :A

    Already spent 37.46 on pet food, lunch box bits etc for the month
    Another 51.97 at wholesaler on meat, again for the month also bought a huge catering tub of good instant coffee for £13, included in that, will last prob 2 months.
    Spent 9.98 on a months worth of posh 'pod' coffee - Hmmm a theme developing here :D well we,ve all got a vice:rotfl::rotfl:

    Run out of orange juice and will need a few lunchbox basics before school starts, but will hopefully not spend too much this weekend.

    Freezer is bulging as are the cupboards :p

    Good luck all xx
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    £300/£130
  • Hi everyone

    I would like to join you all again. Please can you put me down for £350 for the month.

    Thanks Tracey
    Officially debt free :j
  • lynneee
    lynneee Posts: 877 Forumite
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    edited 1 September 2011 at 6:10PM
    Hi all, would love to join for this month (Im a newbie to this thread!). Would like to achieve £225
    There are 5 of us in our house, and Im including all cleaning products, nappies and toiletries.
    Hope everyone has a good month!
    mortgage £800 overpayment 2022. £600/£2400 2023 🙂 savings £1853/£1800 😊
  • I would like to aim for £60 in September please. Have been a bit naughty, playing truant for the last 2 or 3 months - well, I think I have done quite well on the whole, but haven't been recording my spends.

    This month I'm all fired up to do well!
    Keeping two cats and myself on a small budget, and enjoying life while we're at it!
  • cattysmum
    cattysmum Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Hi this is my second month doing the GC and am quite enjoying it, it certainly makes me think about what I am buying, whether I need it or not so this month as Im quite well stocked up I am am going for September £350.00 On nights this week so not going for a biggish shop until weekend so today is my 1st NSD of the month!! Good luck everyone I love this thread it is soo friendly and motivating.
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  • Good evening everyone,

    could Highland Fling be put down for £120 for September GC.

    Sort of lost track of posts in August but may still be able to read them if I find a spare hour or two.

    Hope everyone managed to stick to their budget. I am finding it more difficult each month.
    It takes a long time to eat an elephant and I'm doing it a bite at a time!!!
  • Evening All :)

    i've not done the grocery challenge for a few months was doing it on my own though on my diary, but have fallen by the wayside a little :o so have come back here if you'll have me!

    I did a big shop the other day in our local wholesalers so spent around £200 but am not counting that towards the monthly spends as it was bulk of lots and lots of things (inc. enough meat for the month). Then i did a shop in asda which was £70 so am aiming to spend £250 this month in all. :beer:
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. Aug-£200.
    Total- £1362.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650

    EF- first goal £300
  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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  • Evie74_2
    Evie74_2 Posts: 265 Forumite
    Joining this thread for the first time!

    Could you please put me down for £260 for September? This is to buy all food and household groceries for two adults and two children - I'm working on £60 per person for the month plus £20 extra for unforeseen expenses.

    Thank you :)

    Evie
    "Live simply, so that others may simply live"
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