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April 2014 Grocery Challenge

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  • Frizzle_2
    Frizzle_2 Posts: 1,104 Forumite
    Spent £40.01 in aldi so with £5 off a £40 spend voucher, it came to £35.01. Couldn't have got closer if I tried!!! Also spent £7 in poundland on snacks!
    Grocery challenge-
    J- 52.40/£200 M- 187.56 A- 212.93 M-193.44 F-201.31 J- 240.62 D- £149.27 N- £210.69 O- 196.80
    S- 213.68 A- £213.03 J- 249.66 J-206.29, M- 252.91, A-£250, M- £250

    debt free as of feb 2015. Now saving for deposit for new house! Moving in June 2015!!!
  • philsmum
    philsmum Posts: 150 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 10 April 2014 at 3:08PM
    Not a bad week and 6NSD. Hope everyone has a good weekend. Missed the Aldi £5 voucher, newsagent sold out by 9-30am. People buying 6 newspapers, guy in shop couldn't believe it. Sign of the times.
    Debt free from April 2012:T:T:T:T:j:j:j:j
  • Crowdpleaser
    Crowdpleaser Posts: 1,277 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Nsd here. Have written most of a shopping list and will sit on asdo.com tomorrow evening to order it. Im at work this evening then a couple episodes of breaking bad in order.... x
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,861 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Had a good few spends today, as was off to the pictures; so went into HB for the first time in ages, and got treats for the film, two Ferrero Rocher filled bunnies, treats for weekend and toiletries and crisps. About £25 of crap.
    Then spent about £8 in MrM on two YS baguettes, milkshakes and four packets of quorn sandwich meat. Also bought full price tuna and and something else. Thought receipts were in purse, so i will update once I come across them.

    Managed to find my receipts, but can't find a C*-*p receipt for the other day, and i can't for the life of me figure out what else other than milk that I bought so will have to just add £1

    So from 7th I've got HB £25.08, and £7.70 Morris*ns.
    Think the 8th was a NSD.
    The 9th was a £4.67 spend at M*rrisons
    Today was £41.00 odd at Tesco -£4.00 i handed back, plus £12.66 at L*dl included everything mentioned plus swing bin liners and bin bags (forgot I needed those).
    £1 some point on milk.

    So by my reckoning thats £88.11 to add:eek: plus a few pence as the Tesco shop needs checking, can't get up for receipt as cat on me.
    GC 2025 so far £1461.52/£1710 Dec 13th - Jan 12 = £55.52/180 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month.Two person vegan household, with occasional visitors)
    Join me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,861 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Managed to find my receipts, but can't find a C*-*p receipt for the other day, and i can't for the life of me figure out what else other than milk that I bought so will have to just add £1

    So from 7th I've got HB £25.08, and £7.70 Morris*ns.
    Think the 8th was a NSD.
    The 9th was a £4.67 spend at M*rrisons
    Today was £41.00 odd at Tesco -£4.00 i handed back, plus £12.66 at L*dl included everything mentioned plus swing bin liners and bin bags (forgot I needed those).
    £1 some point on milk.

    So by my reckoning thats £88.11 to add:eek: plus a few pence as the Tesco shop needs checking, can't get up for receipt as cat on me.

    £1.43 to add as shopping was £41.43 (have already deducted the £4.00). So SIG now needs amending to £162.38
    GC 2025 so far £1461.52/£1710 Dec 13th - Jan 12 = £55.52/180 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month.Two person vegan household, with occasional visitors)
    Join me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • cw18
    cw18 Posts: 8,630 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    small spend of £2.47 at A1di today on mushrooms (£1.58) and 3 peppers (89p)
    Cheryl
  • Ladyluck1
    Ladyluck1 Posts: 749 Forumite
    edited 10 April 2014 at 6:01PM
    A few NSDs here but spent £2 today on tortilla wraps, a lettuce and an avocado as DS wanted 'chicken wraps' :)
    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
  • Spend of £10.37 today but used £5.00 of nectar points. Got YS hot cross buns, garlic bread and mushrooms, some odds and ends for lunch, and a half-bottle of gin - decided I couldn't stretch to a whole one, prize nectar points or not.
    New graduate trying to get debt-free.
    Make £5/day challenge: August £84.08/155
    I owe £5400 (plus £
    34,000 Student Finance)

  • Florenceem
    Florenceem Posts: 8,589 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Homepage Hero
    Spends of £2.30 on milk, grapes and whoops bits.
    Grapes were £1 for a large bowl at market.
    For dinner we had Liver/Bacon RM with some whoops spring greens.
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    Decluttering Achieved - 2023 - 10,364 Decluttering - 2024 - 8,365 August - 0/45
    GC NSD 2023 - 242/365
    2023 Craft Makes - 245 Craft Spends 2023 - £676.03/£400
    Books read - 2023 - 37
    GC - 2024 4 Week Period £57.82/£100 NSD - 138
    2024 Craft Makes - 240 Craft Spends 2024 £426.80/£500
  • Billie-jo
    Billie-jo Posts: 1,221 Forumite
    Spent £23.04 today in A1di. It was absolutely packed today and a pain to get around.
    Tonight we had pork chops with veg & little potatoes.


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    MARCH £62.38/250
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