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November 2013 Grocery Challenge

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  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,917 Forumite
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    Hi everyone,

    Budgets done to here :)

    Welcome to:
    BlueMoo and shiningfaery :D

    Coxy
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  • [Deleted User]
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    cocoloco wrote: »
    I been keeping a spending diary since March this year- best thing ever to keep on top of your spending (food and others) and see if you can make savings. I keep all my receits and writte it in the diary each evening and then callculate it by day / week on how much I spent and on what? :o
    This helped me to cut down drastically on eating out / going out and take-aways. Good luck with your diary, once you get use to it you will never look back! :p


    Thanks, great idea to calculate daily/weekly etc and then categorise what I am spending it on. Will defo give this a go.
  • WantToBeSE
    WantToBeSE Posts: 7,729 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped! Debt-free and Proud!
    Oh Crikey, i am NOT doing well at the moment...yet another £20 trip to tesco, and another load of junk food :(
    £10k of Debt

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  • K9sandFelines
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    K9sandFelines wrote: »
    This sounds delicious, do you have a recipe please?

    I've just had Mr T order delivered. Total after Christmas bits took off (potential presents), substitutions and offers etc is £47.88. I will need 1% milk and spreadable butter from Mr M/C*-*p later, as cheaper there. Later in the week will get the offers that weren't available in Tesc*s too

    Off to add total to sig.

    £10.03 on milk, spreadable butter, YS Mightly light crisps (i buy these anyway when on offer), and fish fillets for DD1's food tech lesson; and also managed to get two packs of YS Quorn sandwich meat ... could have got more, but just picked up the two.

    Off to update ...
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  • want2Bfrugal
    want2Bfrugal Posts: 69 Forumite
    I've spent £127.93 so far this month. I thought not too bad until my finance program showed that £22.73 was on junk food. :o

    I've got a grocery order coming tomorrow and I've deleted the junk food from it. :T - it was only a choccy bar (35p) but it had to go.
    'If you are not in the 'arena' also getting your a55 kicked then, I'm not interested in your feedback.' Thank you.
  • nearlytherenow
    nearlytherenow Posts: 136 Forumite
    Bluegreen143 wrote: »
    NickJW - have added your garlic, mushroom and balsamic chicken to the index :)

    I made this for lunch yesterday and it was delicious! Really easy to make too. I would definitely recommend it.
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  • Florenceem
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    Spend of £5.94 today - we will need milk tomorrow.
    We had HM Salmon Fishcake + HM Wedges + HM Caulifower Cheese + Mushy Peas for dinner.

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  • NickJW
    NickJW Posts: 680 Forumite
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    nearlytherenow wrote: »
    I made this for lunch yesterday and it was delicious! Really easy to make too. I would definitely recommend it.

    Glad you liked it nearlytherenow. It's definitely one of my easy after work dishes now. :)

    £1.09 spent on some coleslaw in Mr S today - had it with L/O Pork from yesterdays roast alongside L/O roast potatoes.
    Grocery Challenge Jan 24 0/300

    Grocery Challenge 13 -spent £1453.06
    Grocery Challenge 12 -spent £1565.51
  • Billie-jo
    Billie-jo Posts: 1,221 Forumite
    £7.80 spent today.
    DH cooked tea tonight and it was lovely, we had meatballs (these were hm out of freezer) with pasta in a mushroom sauce and a salad.

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    MARCH £62.38/250
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    £19.60 spent in morrisons. Need a tesco shop done too.

    Made a massive batch of chicken (stock made using carcass), potato, leek and carrot soup. Whatever isn't eaten will be frozen.
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
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