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November 2013 Grocery Challenge

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  • sachatith
    sachatith Posts: 222 Forumite
    Not sure if its an error but at the moment 5kg of potatoes on Mr T online is showing as £1.74!!
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  • K9sandFelines
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    Spends of £3.28 on Quorn meat in Mr M and £2.03 on various YS breads in the C*-*p. Anticipated spend of £61.62 on Mr T online shop ...will see and change sig if any different due to subs handed back, missing products etc etc
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £89.90/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
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  • K9sandFelines
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    sachatith wrote: »
    Not sure if its an error but at the moment 5kg of potatoes on Mr T online is showing as £1.74!!

    I tried to order those for today and it said i needed to change my delivery slot to qualify for the offer ... so i missed out. Maybe if there is a glitch or they have renewed the offer (maybe with people do roasties et al for Christmas, i can try again !!??)
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £89.90/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • sachatith
    sachatith Posts: 222 Forumite
    K9sandFelines wrote: »
    I tried to order those for today and it said i needed to change my delivery slot to qualify for the offer ... so i missed out. Maybe if there is a glitch or they have renewed the offer (maybe with people do roasties et al for Christmas, i can try again !!??)

    Possibly... I am placing an order for this Saturday, weird though because it's not showing up as an offer, just the normal price! Fingers crossed as I am going to get two bags so that I can freeze chips and wedges a plenty!
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  • K9sandFelines
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    K9sandFelines wrote: »
    Spends of £3.28 on Quorn meat in Mr M and £2.03 on various YS breads in the C*-*p. Anticipated spend of £61.62 on Mr T online shop ...will see and change sig if any different due to subs handed back, missing products etc etc

    Can add £3.24 back on :)
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £89.90/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
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  • First_Trouble
    First_Trouble Posts: 974 Forumite
    Well... blew the budget but lessons learnt. I'm calling it now for November a whopping £100.12 over budget. Am determined to not buy anything now until December starts, freezer delving until then. See you all in December.

    Tue Beef & Onion Pie & Chips
    Wed Sausage & Stuffing Plait w chips & Beans
    Thu BBQ Drumsticks w Stir Fried Peppers, Mush & Onion & Rice
    Fri Chilli Con Carne w Rice/Chips
    Sat Pork Steaks & Chips/Rice
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  • malamay
    malamay Posts: 793 Forumite
    We've been away, and today was meant to be my shopping day. I had a £5 mr T voucher from last week that I was going to use. Trying to plan my list this morning I noticed the voucher ran out yesterday :mad: Not sure how I managed to fail at the planning, but it happened. Anyhow, a NSD today as I was too annoyed to do the shopping, and still under my reduced November budget. December starts on Friday for me, so all is still looking well.
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  • Faete
    Faete Posts: 171 Forumite
    natnat13 wrote: »
    I did a big shop at Mr As yesterday, I had no kids and I wanted to get stocked up in case the weather gets bad (I'm quite remote).

    I've got no kids in stock either, is there good eating on them? ;) :rotfl:

    £1 spent on a large bag of bananas - that'll see me to the end of the week - no more spendies! :D

    Fae xx
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  • she_who_can_not_cook
    she_who_can_not_cook Posts: 650 Forumite
    Annie_99 wrote: »
    :jGood Morning! I said earlier in the week that I was doing well with my budget and as tomorrow is payday I can confirm I've come under budget by £25
    This is the first time I have managed to stick at my budget
    I found out yesterday I've got a new job with more hours too! :j

    Well done you
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  • she_who_can_not_cook
    she_who_can_not_cook Posts: 650 Forumite
    edited 25 November 2013 at 8:05PM
    want2Bfrugal wrote: »
    Approaching the last week of Nov and I have done well - thanks to the challenge - and I have come in under budget so far by £100.

    Have manage to do this by eating stuff out of the freezer and walking past the bargains/YS when shopping.

    Walking past YS, I can hear the cries. Yes, I made this conscious decision as I realise that I have got in this situation (full freezer, spending too much) because I was not eating the stuff that went into my freezer first and was dazzled by the bargains every time I went shopping. My Bad, a very full freezer and high shopping bills.

    Glad to report that as I am making every effort (it's been hard) to eat what I have first and then buy what I need even if it means walking past YS for now.

    When I can control my magpie tendencies I can start buying YS but in moderation. Do not want to slip back into my bad habits.

    Thank you everyone and the challenge. I hope by the new year I will be reporting that my freezer has a frequent stock turnover and I'm buying YS to reduce spending even further.

    I have put on my upright freezer an a4 sheet of paper with
    No more meals until sept 2013
    It's an attempt to stop reduce / any shopping off plan iykwim.
    I did go the herons for HIS d and b and picked up a walls viennetta it's was big..I just said to myself that's not a meal ( oh dear)
    At this moment I have meat reduced dated June/ July 2013 to go thru so the idea is not to buy another reduced until I have ended the stuff BB sept
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    God bless my sweet "old man" Goldie that died in the early hours of 27 th March please see him on my avatar
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