Frugal for 2014 - the £15pw for 15 weeks challenge!!

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Welcome my new challenge!!

As part of an attempt to make 2014 my year of real frugality, I have decided to set myself up a challenge to spend no more than £15pw on groceries for the next 15 weeks!!!!:eek:

I started the challenge at Solstice as I had realised a few days before that I have an extraordinary amount of food and household products in my house, yet I spend a minimum of £60pw on shopping!:o

This year I want to use up absolutely every food and household product that I have in my home before I go out and purchase anything else......the only things that will be needed regularly as far as I can tell will be fresh fruit and veg, milk, cereal, coffee, sugar and eggs. The occasional packet of foil or cling film may be needed too but other than that, I think I am covered for the next three months!!

As I said, this is the year that I want to become fully committed to living a frugal life.....In April, when my15 week challenge finishes, I intend to keep spending as little as possible - I have purchased seed potatoes and seeds for salad leaves, broad beans, purple climbing beans, rainbow chard and courgettes. I will also plant out my globe artichokes, rhubarb and strawberries and try to source a couple of tomato plants in the spring. This will have a real impact when they are ready... I am going to do a lot more foraging this year....elderberries, blackberries, sloes etc along with sourcing cooking apples and surplus fruits and veg from local suppliers - I can dehydrate whatever I don't have room to freeze and it should help with additional meals throughout the winter of next year!;)

I will post my absolutely enormous food inventory in the next post - I will not be adding to this at all between now and April!

Feel free to join me....even if you can't or don't want to start until after your christmas celebrations or the new year!!!:D