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March 2013 Grocery Challenge
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I am guilty of this too sorryGc 2013 +26 -5. -4 -7 -14 -15 -10.-8.20 +15p+30+5.80 Dec +9 GROCERY challenge 2014 Jan -2Feb -3 March -1.50 April +5.40 May +4.90 June -3.July 16.50/85
God bless my sweet "old man" Goldie that died in the early hours of 27 th March please see him on my avatar0 -
Evening,
£3 spent today on milk, finger rolls & malteser bunnies
Sig updated.
Still on track & hoping to come in under budget.
BE xMarch grocery challenge 147.28 / 150.00 :j
April grocery challenge 60.36 / 150.000 -
Three small (ish!) shops to report - t's delivery £29,
£7.95 at asda for weetabix (TCB click save :T) fruit juice etc , and few essentials from ffoods.
Siggy updated -on track so far but will need to meal plan for next week and use up co tents of freezer -slipped a bit from that !,. FEB GC £255.82£240 :mad::mad::mad:
MAR GC 230.46/ £240 :T:T
APRIL GC 237.84/ £230
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MAY GC £296.10/£ 270 (5 week month !):mad:0 -
NSD here.
Quick dinner here as busy day.
We had HM wedges, pizza plus carrots, onions and sugar snap peas.
Decluttering Achieved - 2023 - 10,364 Decluttering - 2024 - 8,365 August - 0/45
GC NSD 2023 - 242/365
2023 Craft Makes - 245 Craft Spends 2023 - £676.03/£400
Books read - 2023 - 37
GC - 2024 4 Week Period £57.82/£100 NSD - 138
2024 Craft Makes - 240 Craft Spends 2024 £426.80/£5000 -
Sorry forgot to post last week! On track with spends of £16.43 at Lidl and £26.11 at mr T last week and £23.61 at Lidl ( bought cushelle on offer) and £18 at mr t. Apparently I saved £3.05 with their price promise .Credit card bill came this week and its at least half the usual as I am spending less at mr t. So I can see the benefits of the grocery challenge already.My secret fantasy is having 2 men....
1 cooking and 1 cleaning.0 -
NSD yesterday, some small spends to report today:
W*lkers crisps x6 - £1
YS trout fillet - 85p
Milk 2pints - 89p
OH made a lovely veggie and bean curry as I was at an exercise class after work - there is a portion left with some rice for my lunch tomorrow plus another portion (without rice) in the freezer).
I've been super organised this evening and made 5 portions of lentil and veg soup for the freezer for next week's lunches, the pizza dough for tomorrow's dinner, tuna sandwiches for OH's lunches tomorrow and Friday (he generally makes his own but occasionally I do, it saves money as he would use one tin for one day, while I made one tin do two :rotfl:). Plus I repotted some thyme seedings that desperately needed into a proper pot. So far I've planted blackcurrants (but won't get fruit til next year) and raspberries outside, and sowed some chilli, thyme, chive and basil inside. Really desperate to get mixed lettuce, spinach and baby carrots started in pots as I'd love to make even more of my little garden than I did last year!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 -
Bluegreen143 wrote: »the pizza dough for tomorrow's dinner,
... to take mine out of the freezer for DD, or the meal plan would have reverted to Friday's tea.
Well done on the virtuous achievements of today :TGC 2025 so far £1461.52/£1710 Dec 13th - Jan 12 = £55.52/180 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month.Two person vegan household, with occasional visitors)Join me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
K9sandFelines wrote: »... to take mine out of the freezer for DD, or the meal plan would have reverted to Friday's tea.
Well done on the virtuous achievements of today :T
Haha glad I could be of service! :rotfl: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 -
I did an NSD! Well, I spent in another shop but it was non-grocery and essentials, and then I went in the supermarket and very nearly bought things, but I RESISTED. Yay!
Have to get the top-up shopping in tomorrow though.0 -
2 nsds but today there will be a spend on tangerines, bananas, frozen veggies and bacon. if I'm lucky the parents will pay hahaha.
payday is a week on monday so it should be milk, bread and cheese just after the fruit and veg shop today...fingers crossed************************************
Oct 2025 Grocery Challenge: £302/£3000
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