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October 2012 Grocery Challenge

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  • smelkel87
    smelkel87 Posts: 24 Forumite
    Can you put me down for £150 for October please. I have managed to get other half on board properly now and as we still have over £30 of sept budget we are trying to cut it even more.. This is for all food and cleaning products... Good luck everyone xx
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  • DanielleNic87
    DanielleNic87 Posts: 1,064 Forumite
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    After a sucessful Sept GC i would like to carry on. Pease can you put me down for another £100. It is going to be avery tight month as Oh is only going to be paid 3 weeks worth of wages as they are changing all the pay days around :mad: Really not sure how we are going to cope.

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  • malamay
    malamay Posts: 793 Forumite
    Can you please count me in? We were under £150 in September, so I'd like to aim for £125 in October. There are two of us and a cat, and we should still afford some treats on this budget!
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  • Possession
    Possession Posts: 3,262 Forumite
    £5 off when you spend £35 voucher for Aldi in the Daily Mirror tomorrow.
  • happyjude189
    happyjude189 Posts: 1 Newbie
    Can I join the grocery challenge? For 2 adults, 2 gerbils & a hamster my budget for October will be £150
  • she_who_can_not_cook
    she_who_can_not_cook Posts: 650 Forumite
    yet another aldi and coke stop and tomorrow its lidl for the chicken legs for 1.99
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  • CupOfChai
    CupOfChai Posts: 1,411 Forumite
    Can I try for £165 in October please?
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    Thanks rosieben!

    Reporting a spend of £5.16 - mostly on pears. :rotfl: Our corner-shop Tesco had loads of them. Mr Merle decided to pick up an entire tray (12 in all - and we left loads behind so I don't feel too bad), I told him that might be a bit much, but he wouldn't hear of it, lol. I'm going to have to look out some more recipes now. :p We confuddled all the students and alcoholics that were inhabiting the premises at 11pm as there was only one checkout open (self service) and there we were shovelling pears into bag after bag. :rotfl:

    Also managed to pick up three cans of evaporated milk at 30p a pop, and also some half price Ambrosia. A fifth of what we paid went on a 4 pack of Mars Bars for Mr Merle(!). Bit of a good haul at any rate. x
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  • 1step-at-a-time
    1step-at-a-time Posts: 57 Forumite
    edited 27 September 2012 at 5:02AM
    First month for me and can I be put down for 200 please? There are only 2 adults and it is just for our food and for household as the animals have their own little budget for food etc. I'd actually like it to be half that, but thought it best to start off with a reasonable amount and try to cut it month-by-month.
  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,594 Forumite
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    Welcome to all the newbies :wave:

    Budgets done to here

    If I've missed anyone, or you would like to come off the list please let me know, thanks :)
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