January 2012 Grocery Challenge

elizabunny

Hello everyone.

Have already declared for the month. £1 spent today for some herbs for the bunny.

Looking forward to my new shopping month tomorrow. Signature all updated Good luck for February everyone!:j

familyms

Hi everyone - Well January challenge went slightly 'off course' this weekend, however still only spent £340 in total on Groceries alone!? However plan on trying to keep to £250 for February - especially short month. Also on this thread-sorry if sounds silly but do you only include food stuffs in Grocery challenge or do you add Car/travel costs?

Twiceblessed

A quick post to declare at £159.43 for january. Would have been a lot more but ex paid for food for DDs birthday party

rising_from_the_ashes

familyms wrote: »

Hi everyone - Well January challenge went slightly 'off course' this weekend, however still only spent £340 in total on Groceries alone!? However plan on trying to keep to £250 for February - especially short month. Also on this thread-sorry if sounds silly but do you only include food stuffs in Grocery challenge or do you add Car/travel costs?

Well done on making it through the first month!:D

It's really up to you what you want to include .. or not!

I know some people include fuel but others don't.

As I live in a pretty rural area, car travel is a necessity every day and I have a separate budget for fuel.

It's an 18 mile round trip to the nearest fuel station and sm :eek: (I always have lots of bread & milk as ain't going all that way just for them!;)). As I have to go for fuel anyway, I go to the sm whilst there so don't add these costs to my GC.

My personal GC includes groceries (alcohol / any work lunches if I run out of stuff / takeaways etc), household cleaning stuff and toiletries but I don't include pet costs as I have a separate budget for them.

kc26

First time in doing this challenge so I guessed at what I spent, I have just updated my totals for this month. Noting everything I spent was an eye opener but I have came in under budget woop woop
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£263.98/£300

I also included all my magazines, toiletries and cleaning items in this as I buy these at the supermarket and this includes a big shop at Aldi tonight for all my cupboard items as i have ate out a lot this month from cupboards and freezer. I am really pleased roll on next month.

Please put me down for £300 again for February.

I am going to stick to this amount for a few months to see how I go and then maybe reduce it to the average over 3 months.

Souk08

Hi all, I left my freezer door open this month :mad: and had to replace food so put me down for £90 for January. I never go over like this, fuming!

arrowlili

hi, just wanted to make my final declaration of £320.67 for january... nearly £80 under :j:beer::j

see you all in febs thread!

xxlouisexx56

I spent 26 pounds on weds for the kids before I left for ny and spent nothing since I got back yesterday as sil had bits in for us. New shopping month tomorrow so I think I'm under?

Herbyme

What a shame Souk, I feel for you re the freezer. Well done all on amazing achievements and progress. As Spiggs says, it has to get easier once it gets to be a habit. As opposed to lining the sms' pockets being a habit - for far too long. Pity it's only necessity that's driven me here in earnest but better late than never.

Declared for the month, slightly under budget and aiming to trim it next month, 2 days less but we are away a couple of those days, food for which comes out of the same budget, plus 2 birthdays to cater for, so not sure how it will go...

Thanks again MUCHLY to everyone on here, especially the old hands (no offence meant!) who are so helpful and full of useful info. See you all on the Feb thread :wave:

rej-c

Well, I've rounded off the month with 2 NSDs, so declaring a final [overspend] total of...

£112.43/£100

for January - and I missed my slightly ambitious NSD target by 3, which, TBH, is closer than I expected to get to it.

Onward and downward [for the £ total] and upward [for the NSDs] :T