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September 2013 Grocery Challenge
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declaring at £489.16 for sept so over by a fair bit
in again with a budget of £400 for october
doing soup for our tea tonight the lads will have something early as they have scouts and other things.
it will be leftover soup as DD2 did way too much roasted veggies yesterday so they will be added to stock and blitzed as a mixed veg soup tonightSPC~12 ot 124
In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind0 -
Declaring at £180.91 from a budget of £220 so under budget by £39.09 very happy with that.
See you all on the Oct thread.MARCH £62.38/2500 -
Spend of £1 on milk today.
Dinner was LO garlic rice - made into Egg Fried Rice plus pastie.0 -
I'm very happy as of today I spent £187.71
as my target was £250 I am over the moon about this :jMFW £190,450/£141,1400 -
£9.50 spent yesterday. Will be another overspend. Can't wait for October 4th to start again.Wife and mother :jGrocery budget
April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.0524lbs in 12 weeks 15/240 -
Can I join in for Oct?I'm hoping for a target of £200 for me, OH, n 2 dogs, n 2 grandkids.That's for all food, dog food , toiletries etc!!"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
(Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D0 -
Can I join in for Oct?I'm hoping for a target of £200 for me, OH, n 2 dogs, n 2 grandkids.That's for all food, dog food , toiletries etc!!
Hi Candygirl, you need to go to October thread at the start of Oldstyle, and Coxy will no doubt add you!GC 2026 ~ J £213.45/180 F £180.21/£120 M £158.53/£150 A £184.65/£150 M £128.78/120 J £140.89/120 £28.48/30 BF Jul £49.67/retrial 45.93/50 Bulk Fund (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month).One 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/p1
Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
£57.71 spent today. £12.50 of that was on lavender oil and vervain for my son (he is a horrific sleeper and before he's prescribed melatonin we want to explore aromatherapy).
I'm writing this month off
Wife and mother :jGrocery budget
April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.0524lbs in 12 weeks 15/240 -
I'm declaring a small overspend for September, not happy, but less than I was dreading! Was aiming for £450, but coming in at £478, thanks to the lovely peeps who organise all this! Hopping over to October to start again!
A xoNew start 2026:
GC July £270/£350
NSD July 10/310
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