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January 2013 Grocery Challenge
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Just got results back from Mr T Price promise, 2 out of 5 receipts were cheaper elsewhere so got nearly £2 of vouchers to print off! I'm impressed! I wonder how far back you can go as I have a lot of old receipts hanging around!
Nice one!!!
I think its 28 days or thereabouts.
There'll be no stopping you now :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
Grocery Spend Weekly Challenge (Sat-Fri):£30.50/£400 -
NSD woo-hoo....Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
£300/£1300 -
another 50p in mr ts finding it hard to not spend not doing to beat myself up just yet as this is the 1st time I have done the GCSeptember GC 30th aug-4th Oct £332.74/£375 NSD 3
Gc Jan £234.85/200
Feb £298.92/280:(March £298.42/£280:( April £270.49/280:) May Gc £351.08/£350 June £300.06/280 July £256.15/£240
Aug £318.74/£2800 -
So much for me not spending until Friday! Went into town today which I don't do very often but had to go to the bank. Popped into HB while I was there and got 4 tins of chopped toms for £1 and a jar of curry paste for 59p.
Also called in at poundstretcher to get some coat hangers for my newly organised and decluttered wardrobe
and saw 18 loo rolls for £2.99 or 2 packs for £5 so I got 2 packs which should keep us going for a while!
Signature update and keeping away from the shops now - too tempting:o
PP xxOriginal mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!0 -
Hi there, I checked this out, as I had a few of these and it`s 28 days.Just got results back from Mr T Price promise, 2 out of 5 receipts were cheaper elsewhere so got nearly £2 of vouchers to print off! I'm impressed! I wonder how far back you can go as I have a lot of old receipts hanging around!Grocery Challenge 2013: July week 1 £90/£87.41
week 2 £90.00/£118.38:eek: week 3 £90/£60.54:jweek4 £90/£79.90 week5 £45/£00
End of mortgage april 2030
Mortgage overpayment from june 2013 aiming for £400 a month: £451
Emergency fund 2013 from june £700 -
Thanks I will be finding my giant Xmas receipt and getting that sorted then! It will become a weekly ritual now to check it out! Grocery Challenge 2019 YTD-£820.46/£7200(11%)
Grocery Challenge Feb - £93.10/£600(16%)
£12k in 2019 #: Monthly Saving Accounts £500, Cashback & Competition Sites £2.59, Shopping Saving £152.09,Selling £121.26, Interest & Dividends £43.93, Surveys £0, 365 Day Penny Challenge # £103.44
Total Saved - £923.31/£12000(8%)0 -
Another £6 today. We ran out of fruit so I popped to mr t and bought bananas apples clementines and a box of fish fingers for tomorrow's dinner for the kids. Fruit is so expensive *sigh*
Tomorrows dinner is sorted, so is Thursdays. Will do weekly shop on Friday or Saturday morning.0 -
I tried T's price promise for the first time yesterday after reading about it on here - 3 big receipts about £100 each but they were all cheapest at T. I should be pleased really that I haven't been ripped off shouldn't I!
Flapjack makers: I tried some the other day but it's really crumbly :-( Any suggestions to improve my recipe for next time? I would like it crunchy rather than chewy. TIA.
I had my T's delivery yesterday. I get one roughly every 10 days. Disappointed that it still came to £116, despite my more focussed efforts on cooking from scratch etc. I did stock up on baby food as DD's just started weaning so won't need so much of that next time. (I know I should be making my own baby food but I'm not in the swing of things yet, and still struggling with post natal depression so going easy on myself.)0 -
Watch out with not drinking milk - you need calcium to help avoid Osteoporosis. Take care!!
Thanks for your concerns - I had already thought about that but I still include a lot of yoghurt and cheese in my WW menus - the way I see it I would rather eat a yoghurt which I enjoy than use the points in coffee as it doesn't really make it taste that different to be honest - thanks again!May GC 433.32/ 350 :eek: Apr GC 263.43 /300
Mar GC 346.43 /350 Feb GC 248.01/300
Jan GC 249.47/4000 -
Another NSD for me - I am soooo pleased!
Kids all had leftover pasta for lunch and home made cookies from the freezer - DH & I had HM bread sandwiches for lunch then all had chilli & rice for tea.
Got to take the car in tomorrow morning for a recall and have to wait as they have no car for me so I plan to pop into the local MrT for some Flora on BOGOF and then have a bit of a mooch to check out some prices, so def not an NSD tomorrow.May GC 433.32/ 350 :eek: Apr GC 263.43 /300
Mar GC 346.43 /350 Feb GC 248.01/300
Jan GC 249.47/4000
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