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June 2013 Grocery Challenge
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Hi meg72 - not sure how much it costs to run or how to find out. Might try googling it later to see if I can find out. Thanks1% at a time no. 40. £8000 (For dream family holiday) 94/100
MFW 2013 no. 62 £10,000/£10,000
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husband let loose in morrisons yesterday as I had bad back, £101 damage. This takes us to £250 spends already this month and we are only halfway through and the oldest son is at home. Must nag more...Grocery Challenge Feb 16 £346 /4000
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Florenceem wrote: »I wonder if it was your local store only - overstocked. Good bargains.
I dont think so as it was a full length promotion poster on Window.Slimming World at target0 -
Thanks - will visit my local store.I dont think so as it was a full length promotion poster on Window.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 -
mothershipton wrote: »husband let loose in morrisons yesterday as I had bad back, £101 damage. This takes us to £250 spends already this month and we are only halfway through and the oldest son is at home. Must nag more...
Oh feel for you the more I read about husbands being let loose with the budget the more I appreciate not having one now. Theres only me to blame for going over.Slimming World at target0 -
My henny pennies are laying somewhere but not in the laying box - thanks to the dopey broody one who won't let them in. No eggs in over 2 weeks so there must be a massive clutch of them somewhere! So I will be that mad woman stalking hens around the field looking for the golden hoard of eggs!!
Ha, mine do this too. Crawling through the shrubbery looking for the mystical egg mountain is hard work!'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need' Marcus Tullius Cicero0 -
Sorry to butt in as I forgot to sign up for the challenge at the start of the month but was wondering......
I have a big american style fridge freezer & we're going away for approx 3.5 weeks in July. Is it worth emptying them out before we go and switching it off while we're gone? Will we save enough in electricity costs to make it worth the hassle?
TIA
I would not switch it off - they can get quite cantankerous about resuming normal working after a spell being switched off. I would empty the fridge and pad out any space in the freezer with cheap or no-cost items (freezer packs for your cold box or loaves of bread) so that it works as efficiently as possible while you are away
SLSave £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here0 -
Not posted for a few days but I'm off to update my sig.
Well that plan was immediately ditched.
I had started tonights dinner as I posted, about 800g leftover roast lamb in a tomato sauce with a bit of basil to have with pasta or rice.
When I looked up from my post I saw DS (age 10) tipping vinegar into it. I checked the pan, he had put a hearty dose of every herb and spice in the drawer into it and some more.
Result a very very hot curried lamb with an undertone of vinegar.
Beans on toast for dinner tonight and a huge waste of lamb and 2 tins of tomatoes
Off to do a meal and shopping plan for the rest of the month which will be very difficult and as a couple of payments are larger than expected and I have no money to last me until payday on 15th July
Bye for now
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NSD :T ... been a while!GC 2026 Jan 13th - Feb 12th = £61.37/180 (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
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NSD today
September 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
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