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May 2012 Grocery Challenge
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Declaring at £337.66/£340 for May
see you over in the June thread x
GC Mar 11 £437.08Apr 11 £459.26 May 11 £485.52 June 11 £423.79July 11 £409.22 Aug 11 £250.10Sept 11 £396.14Oct 11 £382.37Nov 11 £372.55Dec 11 £332.29 Jan 12 £375.19:Feb 12 £349.58Mar 12 £279.66Apr 12 £249.12May 12 £337.66/Jun 12 £362.58/Jul 12 £317.03/Aug 12 £354.02/Sept £439.72/Oct 12 £210.160 -
declaring for MAY £481.30
and heading over to juneSPC~12 ot 124
In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind0 -
I had another NSD today. That means my total for May is £422.23/£360 - over spend £62.23"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."Weight loss challenge:j: week 1~ Napoleon Bonaparte
target 8lbs in 4 weeks
Grocery Challenge June: £100/£500
left to spend £400
Declutter June: 0/100
NSD 6 June/6 July: 0/20 -
Declaring £79.79/£100 for May GC and 22 NSD/31 :T
Not been well for a few days to the end of May, and couldn't eat, so saved a bit there! AND lost some weight! :rotfl:
Well done to everyone who kept the right side of their budget :T and better luck in June to those of you who slipped over!Needs, NOT wants!
No food waste since November 2010. :j
No debts.0 -
Declaring £317.21 for May. Not great but could have been worse really. Will have to try harder in June.
FSJan GC £298.62/£300 Feb £298.01/£300 March £331.06/£300 April £69.96/£300
Learning to accept the things i cannot change0 -
I'm declaring at £136.20 out of my £150 May GC budget. See you all over on the June thread*** PROPHECY_GRRL****** DEBT FREE AS OF 17/10/11 - I DID IT!!! ***0
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MunniMuncha wrote: »Hi PG - my OH and I are having a continuing debate about getting a BM. He says that it will be another thing to clog up the side/cupboard, the bread you make is smaller than a shop bought loaf so we will need more than one loaf a day - what do you think?
Thanking you in advance :T
Sorry, only just seen your post.
The bread I make lasts us long enough. Last week, I made a loaf last for a week, but my two have one slice between them for lunch, as the slices are so much bigger.
I reckon if we used bread more, I would only make two loaves a week. This would not even use a whole bag of flour, so not very expensive. And, you get the fresh taste. tbh, with the panny, the bread stays fresh for the whole week, but with the cookw0rks one I had, it didn't. Definitely a case of more expensive is better here, I'm afraid. Seriously lush bread though.Grocery challenge for family of three - me, dd(12) and ds(11), feeding dp 2 or 3 x a week too. Only food, not toiletries. Jan £87.97/£100 Feb £0/£100
Frugal 2018 needed! Saving and NOT spending0 -
Declaring at £192.54 / £140.
Sounds bad but actually £140 was what I was aiming for before the baby arrived, and when I add up from my receipts, £50 of the month's spend was on baby stuff. So I consider that I have overspent by £2.54 which I'm not too worried about!
There isn't much I can do about the baby spend, so I'm going to exclude it next month although it will complicate the accounting a bit. June might be cheap because I am running down the freezer stock to defrost it, but if I defrost before the end of the month then the re-stock may kill my budget! Heading over to June now...0 -
:beer::beer:Congratulations on your new arrival. :beer:Declaring at £192.54 / £140.
There isn't much I can do about the baby spend, so I'm going to exclude it next month although it will complicate the accounting a bit. June might be cheap because I am running down the freezer stock to defrost it, but if I defrost before the end of the month then the re-stock may kill my budget! Heading over to June now...
This is the new you. Baby is now an ongoing expense. Better include them in the budget because you are now have an extra mouth to feed/clothe/clean etc. Surely the budget would be expected to rise to take account of the new person."Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."Weight loss challenge:j: week 1~ Napoleon Bonaparte
target 8lbs in 4 weeks
Grocery Challenge June: £100/£500
left to spend £400
Declutter June: 0/100
NSD 6 June/6 July: 0/20 -
I know it's very late to declare for May, but I've just totalled it up and I think I've done £144.65 / £200. So very pleased with that! It's a bit difficult to work out exactly, as we went away just before the end of the month. But I didn't go over, and that's the main thing! So, on to June!0
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