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February 2013 Grocery Challenge
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reporting a final total of €162.08 for February
MarieWeight 08 February 86kg0 -
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
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£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 5/90 -
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/£20000 -
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
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:
Off to order my Mr A delivery for the weekend!Part time working mum of DS (2015) and DD (2018).
NET WORTH Nov 25: £159,943
Assets: £230,000
Investments: £70,169
Savings: £3,288
Debt: -£143,514 (£700 CC / £16k car / £127k mortgage)0 -
£1.89 on a few YS items today so still squeaking in under budget!0
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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/£1400
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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 tomorrowDebt free since December 2015. It can be done0 -
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 cupboardNot 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 - ⭐⭐🏅0 -
Final total of £588.18, over budget again but starting to get to know my spending habits! Will try again next month!

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