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July 2014 Grocery Challenge
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can I join you please
my target is £120 for groceries and £42 for formula
total target £162
thankyou
xmas £53.82/£500holiday £140/£600 emergency1 0/£1000£10 a day x 556 days = £5560 / £12.63 (after postage and fees)house fund £50000 + £10,000 fees + £10000 renovationsemergency2 £5000
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I've felt like rubbish all weekend, but managed to shop yest as I had to take bf while he has no car. Got loads for my money, incl lots of cherries and raspberries. Spent £18 in total, but a bit of that is not gc, so will report back with actual spend. Pleased, as I allow myself £1pppd, so I had around £15-£20 to spend to stay ahead of the game this month. Feeling good, now need to focus on not mucking up the last ten days of the month, as is my habit!!!
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 -
Hi,
Three NSDs to report (Thurs, Fri and Today) so 10 in total! Saturday shop was spread between the market, a butcher, a specialist cheese shop, tesc0 and a1di. Mostly from the list but the extortionate cooked meat (£4 for 6 fairly thin slices) and a fair sized pork pie (£1.99) for lunch account for the extra - took out own buttered bread hoping to save money too :mad:.
Spend of £56.19 in total so £113.20/£300 spent and only 2 more shops til the new budget comes in!
Incidentally, if, like me, your OH insists on wholegrain rice (don't understand how processed rice can be so much cheaper than unprocessed), tesc0 have got the tilda wholegrain basmati 1kg for £3. Not bad since the 500g bag is £2.59.
Off to update siggy.
Vicky xGrocery challenge:December 2022 £151.96/£400 . Advent decluttering challenge 47/240.0 -
Hiya everyone and a warm welcome to all the new peoples and returners :hello:B& M selling sugar for 75p
Hiya - we found sugar in Li*l last week for 69p :j
Thanks cw18 - They CLAIM to be cheaper than shopping in the supermarkets - but that's based on (mainly) organic produce. I don't think they are very MSE especially after the first one with introductory discount, and actually still need to be convinced that they're cheaper than supermarkets etc. For me it's all about trying new things - be that new ingredients, new combinations of ingredients, or new ways of cooking ingredients.
Think I'll stick to making my own. I love cookery books and now of course there is browsing on the net. I often just put in what-ever main ingredient I have and browse for something new. Or sometimes see something in a mag or newspaper and follow up. I also buy things on SO or YS and then find a recipe - which is occasionally a bit strange (well I tell DH it's just something different) :rotfl: I have been known to stand in the SM and read the ingredients and cooking instructions on a ready-meal so I can copy at home :laugh:
Had a lovely 'brunch' today of YS smoked salmon, SO asparagus, poached eggs, toasted rolls and HM hollandaise sauce. We then had HM soup (LO oxtail stew from freezer)with added cooked new pots and mixed beans, spiced up with some garlic and chilli for tea followed by berries and HM yoghurt
Hope you all have a magical Monday
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Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
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I am so glad Im back! Just reading through the posts gives me such encouragement! Went to A*ldi today, spent @£25 on stuff to make my meals for the week for me and OH. I made a gingerbread and a banana walnut loaf with stuff lurking in my cupboard and overripe nanas instead of chucking out. Very pleased with myself and OH is chuffed cos I haven't baked for two years. Gosh I enjoyed it!!
you will always be rich enough to be generous.0 -
NSD today yay! My flapjack didn't turn out well it was very sweet and sticky but then I did think there was too much sugar in the recipe. Will try another one next time - I will suceed!Stay at home Mum to DS Oct 2011 and DD Dec 2013
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April 298.08/300.00 NSD 14 May £213.56/£300 NSD 40 -
I've written up a meal plan with what's in the cupboards to run to a week Friday so I'll only need to pick up some fresh bits, probably from l!dl when I go into town. Then I'll do a second big shop on the 18th.
So far so good on the no shopping front was tempted to nip in today as I'd paid parking but resisted the urge.
Got plenty of flour etc to make breads, if oh would just drink his coffee black like me that'd mean even less trips to the shop!Nov grocery challenge £77.22/£250
New oven fund £18.28 (savings from grocery challenge)0 -
Managed a NSD yesterday, but spent £16.86 on top-up shopping today. That should take me to Sunday.Hopefully I can keep my wallet at home and try and get through the week without spending a penny.
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I'm starting to run out of staples so tonight I went to Aldi:
Porridge oats 1kg 75p
Nutella £1.99
Sweet potatoes (2 bags) £1.50
Bananas 68p
Sugar snap peas 69p
Garlic baguette 34p
= £16.47/£40“I want to be a glow worm, A glow worm's never glum'Coz how can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum?" ~ Dr A. TappingI'm finding my way back to sanity again... but I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there~ LifehouseWhat’s fur ye will make go by ye… but also what’s not fur ye, ye can jist scroll on by!0 -
Tesco spends £28.29 today.GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July ££110.46/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0
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