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May 2014 Grocery Challenge
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Thanks for the congratulations
I'm definitely finished with this month so off to June - where has the year gone???! And also, I think I joined the GC in June 2012 - so two whole years ago now!!Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1
Consumer debt free!
Mortgage: -£128,033
Savings: £6,050
- Emergency fund £1,515
- New kitchen £556
- December £420
- Holiday £3,427
- Bills £132
Total joint pension savings: £55,4250 -
An unexpected NSD today as we didn't go out. Haven't had as many as I hoped this month and will struggle next week with it being half term!
Made a yummy sausage casserole for tea. I used 15 sausages, 2 1/2 peppers, 2 1/2 onions, two tins of tomatoes. Also threw in some hm salsa, some carrots and the remainder out of the tomato sauce bottle. I added some water to the bottle and gave it a shake to get every last drop! I also cut the sausages into three so everyone had less sausages than normal but didn't realise! This had done tonight's dinner and another two large family meals so well chuffed with that!
Also made some bread and some muffins! Yum!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!!!0 -
Nsd for me too today. I had lo pizza for dinner, and bf fed me for lunch, so result!!
Have embarked on a weight loss plan as of today. Hopefully will mean less spenditure...
Did all of my banking today so bills paid for the month. Took out money for food, sticking to £100 for June. Supposed to be shopping tomorrow, but don't want to get bread as it'll go off without the children here to eat it. So, going to get the bits that won't go off tom, then cake some bread for me as I love cheese and onion bread but the children aren't keen. Then I'll get a loaf when they're back.
Need to think about my evenings, as that's when I comfort eat...
PG xGrocery challenge for family of three - me, dd(12) and ds(11), feeding dp 2 or 3 x a week too. Only food, not toiletries. Jan £87.97/£100 Feb £0/£100
Frugal 2018 needed! Saving and NOT spending0 -
Hiya. Lost count a bit on the NSDs but had another one yesterday. Shopping today was £32.33 in Al*i mainly fruit, veg and bread.
We had the last HM beef casserole from freezer with mash and steamed veg followed by ice-cream 'pots' from Al*i
DH wants roast beef tomorrow so that will be another dinner out of the freezer (portions frozen from large joint last month) with roasties, Yorkshire and steamed veg. I might have time to make an apple crumble as well
Need to shop at Morry or Mr T tomorrow for rest of shopping. Will check the prices on MySM in the morning before I decide, not forgetting my 5% off Morrys card which is good for another week :T
Hope you all have a super Sunday
Lx£10day.2014=3213/2015=3421/2016=3238/2017=2702/2018=498..APR=12.03/300
GrocC.2014=2162/2015=2083/2016=218/2017=1996/2018=450..APR=17.13/200
Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
GC.NSD..2015=216/2016=213/2017=229/2018=39..APR=03/15
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OS WL= -2/8 ......CC =00......Savings = £13,1400 -
No spends today. 4.50 left in purse, 5 days to go. Total to date £245.50.
Having steak pie for tea with veg and roast pots and going to use a batter mix in cupboard for the Yorkshires., may even take the reduced apple pie I picked up for 50p last week out of freezer for the kids for after dinner too. Happy Sunday everyone x'There are far better things ahead Than any we leave behind '0 -
spends to date £208.64/£250.00-nsd's 6-beginning last week of May's challenge x:hello::coffee:Penny Pincher in training
Keep Calm Keep Vegan:):staradmin
year's food budget £1,9200 -
Well tomorrow is my new month start ... I've managed to shop pretty good ... I'm under budget and I've got a good freezer and larder cupboard full of food for the start of June
Gotta do tonight dinner but that should be easy enough and the shops close early today ... so it should be an NSD ... hopefully !!
LisaDFW
January £0/£11,100
NSD
January 1/310 -
Didn't do too well today, went round the shop with a trolley which I don't normally do and I picked up YS meat and fish which I don't really need. Over budget this week but still within monthly budget. No more YS item shopping for me for a while!
Aldi - £6.92 / Asda £35.71
Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.Stay at home Mum to DS Oct 2011 and DD Dec 2013
Grocery Challenge
April 298.08/300.00 NSD 14 May £213.56/£300 NSD 40 -
Well that's me officially finished for may
... yay under budget !!!
Off to the June GC thread nowx
DFW
January £0/£11,100
NSD
January 1/310 -
spends now at £152.90 for May
Havent had a Sunday lunch today as had a rough couple of days so we just had some soup and ham rolls. Did the others a strawberry and rhubarb pie but didn't fancy any myself. DH and mum both enjoyed it.
Think will have some chops tomorrow out of the freezer, they are on the menu for this week but later on so just moving meals about a bit really.MARCH £62.38/2500
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