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February 2013 Grocery Challenge

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  • meanmarie
    meanmarie Posts: 5,331 Forumite
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    reporting a final total of €162.08 for February

    Marie
    Weight 08 February 86kg
  • My February grocery budget runs til Sunday this week ....

    So far £28.93 A*di

    £5.63 local shop bargains

    £34.56 / £50

    Hopefully should be it :)
    Seal pot challenge no 7- :) # 331 Saved £140 SPC - Target £30
    Grocery challenge - £100 a week
    Weekly Spend Challenge - £40 :)
  • £289.64/300for February so a little under. See you on the march challenge where I will go for £300 again.
    LBM Jan 2012 £32355 now £23984.01
    GC Feb£289.64/300 Mar £284.92/300Apr £215.53/300
    £2 Savers £124/100
    NSDs Jan 9/8 Feb 6/9mar 8/9 Apr 5/9
  • Well I ended up going over again this month - £248.15/£200. Determined to keep within the £200 budget for March!
    £2 Savers Club 2014 #38 | 20p Savers Club 2014 #37 | 50p Savers Club 2014 #29
    £365 in 365 days #89 £9/£365 | DFBX2014 challenge #023 £70/£6500
    Weekly Saving Challenge 2014 #30 £6/£1378
    Save 12k in 2014 #159 £80.62/£2000
  • WELL DONE everyone who was under :T and commiserations to those who spent too much, ah well, onwards to March!!

    Final spend today of £1.49 on a 12 pack of discos for OH at Mr M (half price), bringing my total to: £183.64 :D

    First time I've been under for a while! :j Not to get complacent though as I'm keeping the same budget for March, which is a five week month :eek:

    Had stir-fried veg dressed in honey, chilli, garlic, ginger and soy sauce, along with egg-fried noodles. Was nice but not too filling, ended up having a biscuit after :rotfl:

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    Off to order my Mr A delivery for the weekend!
    Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1

    Consumer debt free!
    Mortgage: -£128,033

    Savings: £6,050
    - Emergency fund £1,515
    - New kitchen £556
    - December £420
    - Holiday £3,427
    - Bills £132

    Total joint pension savings: £55,425
  • £1.89 on a few YS items today so still squeaking in under budget!
  • CRANKY40
    CRANKY40 Posts: 5,911 Forumite
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    My last February shop was £39 something. I did add it up and change my total, just can't remember the pence. Anyway, my total for February was £131.22/£140
  • Karb
    Karb Posts: 853 Forumite
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    Declaring February as green, with a spend of £159.82/£160, so a whole 18p under budget.

    Considering I was up to £121 two weeks ago I'm pretty amazed by that. Though my freezer is looking quite sorry for itself now :rotfl: Definitely need to do a big shop tomorrow
    Debt free since December 2015. It can be done


  • Frogletina
    Frogletina Posts: 3,914 Forumite
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    Declaring February spends at £66.97 (budget was £75)

    I bought
    Pineapple Juices
    Eggs
    Runner beans
    Peppers
    Cucumber and lettuce
    Apple
    Carrots
    Potatoes
    Onions
    Milk
    Cheese/butter
    Bananas
    Baked beans
    2 tins of nut loaf
    Bananas
    Bread
    Stirfry/noodles
    Doughnuts
    Chocolate bars
    Ginger Ale
    Diet Coke
    Bottle of Wine

    Beans/chocolate/nutloaf/wine not eaten yet - so added to my stocks which is not really good as my aim is to run down my stock cupboard
    Not Rachmaninov
    But Nyman
    The heart asks for pleasure first
    SPC 8 £1567.31 SPC 9 £1014.64 SPC 10 # £1164.13 SPC 11 £1598.15 SPC 12 # £994.67 SPC 13 £962.54 SPC 14 £1154.79 SPC15 £715.38 SPC16 £1071.81⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Declutter thread - ⭐⭐🏅
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,779 Forumite
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    Tales17 wrote: »
    Final total of £588.18, over budget again but starting to get to know my spending habits! Will try again next month! :)

    Sorry to be nosey Tales ( hope you see this as you probably won't check back in), but what survey sites do you use? I have signed up to a few but they are all points sites. Are there any that pay in monetary terms? Thanks.
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £85.95/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
    Forever learning the art of frugality
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