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December 2013 Grocery Challenge

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  • wilf55
    wilf55 Posts: 3,102 Forumite
    Error. I still have £40 left of my budget. Not that ill hit it but might be close.
    Save 12k in 2015 member 187. £62.50/6000
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Spent just over a tenner last night in Te$co on bread, milk and cat food. As my kitty is elderly and fussy, he eats Purina senior food which is normally £5.50 a bag :eek: It was on two for £8 last night so I decided to stock up.

    I've tried him on lower-priced cat foods and the results weren't great. The Aldi one made him alternate between refusing to eat and throwing up on the bathroom floor :rotfl: It's worth paying the extra!

    That should leave me with £120ish until payday on Wednesday which is doable (more than!) although I do have a £3 off £20 spend voucher for Sainsbugs which has to be used by Monday. I'm going to wander down at the weekend and check out their meat to see if there is anything which looks nice for Christmas and won't break the bank. I have about £12 in Nectar points to use as well, so could do Christmas dinner for under a tenner in real money if I'm careful :D
  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    £4 on Philly cream cheese, asda are doing 300grms for £1, as the 200grms are 1.87 I thought it a good deal, love this on baked potato,crackers etc.
    Slimming World at target
  • BlueMoo
    BlueMoo Posts: 424 Forumite
    wilf55 - Don't give up. You have £40 left which should be enough to cover your other spends. I'm confident that you can keep to the budget :T:T:T:T:T:T:T

    *****

    Spent unbudgeted £1.39 on bananas. Also meant over £5 spent last week which was not needed. Anyhoo, not the end of the world and poor OH is run ragged at the moment at work so he is forgiven.

    *****

    Dinner last night of Pecorino pasta.
    M3 Dec2015 #160 Target £150,000 (BU £155000)
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,790 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD yesterday but 4.53 spent today. Might need a drink before I hit home, as majorly thirsty. Just out of reach of the shops at the mo.
    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 £134.25/£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
  • marris
    marris Posts: 644 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    spent £3,28 today and 7,69 yesterday (bought j2o for christmas in morrisons B1G2FREE ). will update my sig. it hit me today that christmas is just 2 weeks away :snow_laug:santa2:
    Jan GC £66,82/100 Jan NSD 17/31; Feb GC £71,67/100 Feb NSD 14/28;Mar GC £81,82/100 Mar NSD 16/31;Apr GC £99,54/100 Apr NSD 14/30; May GC £127,20/100 May NSD 12/31; June GC £70,05/100 June NSD 17/30; July GC £47,52/100 NSD 05/31
  • marris
    marris Posts: 644 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    also got my biggerst roadkill yesterday i found 100 1st class stamps on the ground on my way to nursary. and also won a bottle of red wine today in the nursary raffle :j
    maybe i should by a lottery ticket ? (but i do not believe in lottery )
    Jan GC £66,82/100 Jan NSD 17/31; Feb GC £71,67/100 Feb NSD 14/28;Mar GC £81,82/100 Mar NSD 16/31;Apr GC £99,54/100 Apr NSD 14/30; May GC £127,20/100 May NSD 12/31; June GC £70,05/100 June NSD 17/30; July GC £47,52/100 NSD 05/31
  • Fru-gal_2
    Fru-gal_2 Posts: 32 Forumite
    In case you haven't seen the mse email. There is a 5 off 40 pound shop in ald1 voucher in the mirror tomorrow. :)

    So now I have a dilemma, I don't need an ald1 shop but the 5 off is tempting me ......
    Grocery challenge: dec 294/280, January 250/250, February 168/200:T march 258/260
  • Ladyluck1
    Ladyluck1 Posts: 749 Forumite
    £10.15 spent in coop on lots of stuff. Most things were 75% reduced and even got some lovely ham for lunches with 2 more days date on for 25% off.. :)
    I'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013

    Overdraft PAID OFF
    CC PAID OFF
    GC Sept £141.17/200
  • just_the_two_of_us
    just_the_two_of_us Posts: 1,142 Forumite
    Small spend today on baby congratulations card and wrapping paper! Lovely news. Signature updated.

    Rest of GC cash out of bank ready for this week's shop and meat order.
    July 16 £95/£200
    Nov 16 £0/£200


    "To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." Thich Nhat Hahn
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