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February 2014 Grocery Challenge

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  • Afternoon everyone :)
    Feb finished for me yesterday, so after double checking (& triple checking... My brains not playing ball today), I can declare a final total of £194.75 / £200, so £5.25 under budget. I'm over the moon with that :j
    Since last October I've managed to halve the monthly grocery spends (spent £400 in October), no longer buy 'ready meals' (unless they're really cheap YS, lol), Batch cook & bought/use a Slow cooker which has fast become the love of my life :D I'm actually amazed at how far I've come, & also just how much I'm actually enjoying doing this too! I'm keeping the budget the same for March, but it's my first 5 week month this year, so hopefully I can get that extra week in & still come under... Fingers crossed!

    See you all on the march thread, off to update sig :)
  • im going to declare a slight over spend and start now for March

    feb spends £402.39 so over by £2.39 which for me is not bad

    £400 for march
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  • kayester
    kayester Posts: 1,844 Forumite
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    my bread milk and loo roll ended up being £31.00!!! thats WITH £12 voucher, did stock up on a lot of things for March that were on offer though, so declaring at £525.28 a whopping £125.28 over budget!!! :eek:

    I am confident my March will be under. and it will hopefully even out for the spends for the year over the next few months!!

    not going anywhere tomorrow so NSD. see you all in March
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  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 27 February 2014 at 11:17PM
    lynnejk wrote: »
    Good luck with the diet Meg :D


    Another NSD today. DH had steak pie (freezer) with steamed veg picked over from fridge (ssssh) and I had shepherd's pie (LOs in freezer) and b. beans. :)


    Nearly there - phew ! and hope you all have a thrifty Thursday
    Lx

    Thanks for that, this will be our 4th week and they have been doing better than me, but its weigh in tonight, I have just had a sneaky go on the scales before they come, and I think I have won. I stayed the same last week, but this week have lost 4lb.

    So fingers crossed if I have won its steak and kidney pie with chips for me tomorrow and crusty bread and butter with a big chunk of cheese :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and then I wont mind havng to be good again.
    Slimming World at target
  • mags50_2
    mags50_2 Posts: 381 Forumite
    Spends today of £12.28 and I'm out raiding the £ shops tomorrow....eek.
    Going to be a tight squeeze this month, but I've loads of food in, so I'm sure I'll be ok dropping the budget next month.

    I must say I'm thoroughly enjoying this challenge but I hope I'm saying this at the end of the year!! :)
    A family that eats together, stays together

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    GC JAN £259.63/£400 FEB £346.41/£350.00 MAR £212.57/£300 APR £1/£250
  • I've just added a few more pounds to my signature, I've only got £40 left and I've got 2 more shops to do before I start my March challenge on the 10th, so much for adding any spare to the college bus fund! :(
    new challenge?
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  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Spoke to soon did`nt win challenge tonight and have sat here pondering how I managed to put on a pound in a couple of hours, then it dawned on me, first weighed myself straight of bath in my Birthday suit, second weighed with clothes on, ah well no pie for another week..
    good job I didn't take it out of freezer.
    Slimming World at target
  • lynnejk
    lynnejk Posts: 5,732 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler Debt-free and Proud!
    meg72 wrote: »
    I stayed the same last week, but this week have lost 4lb.

    So fingers crossed if I have won its steak and kidney pie with chips for me tomorrow and crusty bread and butter with a big chunk of cheese :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and then I wont mind havng to be good again.
    meg72 wrote: »
    Spoke to soon did`nt win challenge tonight and have sat here pondering how I managed to put on a pound in a couple of hours, then it dawned on me, first weighed myself straight of bath in my Birthday suit, second weighed with clothes on, ah well no pie for another week..
    good job I didn't take it out of freezer.


    By my reckoning that means you have LOST 3 lbs :T WELL DONE - Have a small piece of bread (olive oil spread) and small piece of cheese - you deserve a little treat once a week and it helps with the diet so long as just now and then ;)


    I had to buy milk - thought I would - so just 79p today and only tomorrow to go. DH had mince in gravy (from freezer) with carrots, end of swede and other half tin of peas. I had LO baked spag bol (from freezer) with some of the green salad left in fridge.


    Made two different curries today, with chicken bought from Ad*i at weekend, and got a veg/bean curry out freezer. So tomorrow will just cook some rice and use ends of salad and we can mix and match and freeze what's left.


    Not finished until the end though so not declaring yet :rotfl:


    Have a fantastic Friday
    Lx
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    GrocC.2014=2162/2015=2083/2016=218/2017=1996/2018=450..APR=17.13/200
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  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Off to March now so declaring Feb a success for me - just under :):)
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • BlueMoo
    BlueMoo Posts: 424 Forumite
    Hello, Sorry I'm so late with posting this. Had to go on work trip.

    However, I finished at approx 96.75 (can't be 100% as somehow my receipts have gone walkabouts)

    Well done everyone who came in, and keep trying those who didn't.

    See you in March
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