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April 2014 Grocery Challenge
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Just spent ages replying with quotes & have some how managed to lose it all! Grrr!
Anyway, I had said to recoveringspendaholic - yes, no problem, I'll check out the claire barry butchers some time soon and feed back.
In addition, I had agreed with a member, anyone who regularly buys a paper, would you mind giving us a heads up if there is an Aldi voucher please? Thanking you, in advance
We have had a pretty vegetarian week. Financially driven not an ethical choice! :rotfl: However, I have to say, I didn't really notice until the end of the week! We had.....
Tuesday- the 9p burgers with salad. I enjoyed them. I gave us half a rasher of bacon & some cheese on each one. DH, although he did not moan or state he disliked them, said it tasted like he was eating a refried bean sandwich!
Wednesday- I felt rough so had toast & the rest had leftovers or HM ready meals from freezer.
Thursday (our rushed night) - beans on toast
Friday-cheese omelettes, beans & wedges
So, last night, as DH has been away since Friday (on an expensive, indulgent golf trip) & is not due back until late tonight (EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOTHER'S DAY) I took the kids to McDs for their tea & cooked myself a piece of steak with ys roasted butternut squash & sweet potato!
I have just finished my lukewarm, not very well whisked, full of shell, scrambled eggs on my over buttered toast with my tepid cup of coffee but, hey, it was brought to me in bed & made with the love of my kids (who are now vacuuming everything I vacuumed at 8pm last night)! We're off to the cinema later (different budget) and then later I'll write my meal plan for the week.
Happy Mothering Sunday 2017 GC O-£93.46/£160; S-£136.26/£160; A-£130.55/£160; J-£47.12/£160;
J-£106.63/£190; M-£70.29/£160; A-£197.88/£180; M-£219.35/£180; F-£294.14/£160; J-£168.67/£160
2016 GC £2322.39/£2285; GC-2012-2015 - £9789.91/£7773!
for 2 adults & 2 kids (13 & 11) for all food,toiletries,cleaners etc0 -
Yesterday I did 1st spend of April.........
Al*i - £46.36- which included Prosecco for mothers day dinner
local shop on treats £20.00 OOps!!
I have updated my signature...need to be very careful this month as i have a few birthdays this month. Need to increase the NSD's rapidly.March GC 01-29th £458.77 / £500.00.:j NSD 6/15
April GC 29th-30th £239.36 / £450.00 NSD 1/15
For 2 adults, DS11, DD9 & 2dogs. Includes all food, toiletries, take-aways, lunches etc.0 -
SHE WHO CAN NOT COOK sorry for your loss (Goldie) x:hello::coffee:Penny Pincher in training
Keep Calm Keep Vegan:):staradmin
year's food budget £1,9200 -
Hi all,
Joining the April thread now having declared for March.
Can I adjust my target for this month to $380 please? Maybe $300 was a little too hopeful.March 2020 grocery challenge $921.76/$500AU
April 2020 grocery challenge $744/$800
May 2020 GC $724.11/$750
June 2020 GC $370.31/$700
July 2020 GC $316.87/$7000 -
The Al di vouchers are in the paper on the last Thursday of every month.£36/£240
£5522
One step must start each journey
One word must start each prayer
One hope will raise our spirits
One touch can show you care0 -
£4.70 spend on the orange juice in lidl that is on offer this weekend :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
Grocery Spend Weekly Challenge (Sat-Fri):£30.50/£400 -
aiming for under £400 again this month please.
:T:T:TBusymumofthreeplusdog......
..............on a mission to curtail the spending and build up the savings
2015 NSD total - 50 -
Hi, very happy with March coming in well under target but will need to top up some of the store cupboard items so will keep April at £250 please.
Have fridge/freezer and cupboard stocktake to do but still fair amount of meat, so mainly need fresh & frozen F&V plus general groceries & dairy stuffs.
Must get more baking done this month for lunches & 'afters' been getting a few too many bought in 'just in case' and then using them instead of making
Thanks everyone.
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Need to set my target for April £400 running 31st march - 30 AprilGE 36 *MFD may 2043
MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
Emergency savings £100/£500
12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb0 -
Well our month started yesterday and I have spent loads already :-(
Lidl - 52.25
Tesco - 25.06
Co-op - 9.01
Admittedly that is all my chopped tomatoes, beans, oil etc.
I wasn't going to get anything in co op I popped in for a paper but they had chicken breasts reduced - 4 for £2.09 so I grabbed 4 (all they had)£370/£300 April challenge :T:T0
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