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July 2014 Grocery Challenge
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Squeezed a NSD today. Had half an hour to kill before ds1 finished holiday club but popped to mums instead of popping to the shops! Yay! Think I have seen her everyday this week!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 -
Got sent home from work early tonight, so what i saved on taxi fare i used to pay for some YS goodies in the Co-op ... lots of bread, brioche and a few cakes, Sunbites on offer (my faves at the mo), and fruit reduced in M*rrisons, which was then further discounted by a £1 for the fruit offer that's currently running. Plus, water and full price fruit.
Total £7.98GC 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/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
Declaring at €185.62, little over, but extra mouths to feed so not bad
MarieWeight 08 February 86kg0 -
Despite saying I wouldn't go over my budget, I have
, not by too much but it was spent on little things I kept running out of (squash!)
I'm increasing my budget for August and trying to stock up on different things.:)GC Jan -£100/£83.70
Debts - as of Jan 2015
Overdraft £1000/
Tax Credits £1100/0 -
Updated sig again with £6.00 odd spend.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/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0
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declaring July's budget £219.94/£250.00p
10 Nsd's
Off to August's thread x:hello::coffee:Penny Pincher in training
Keep Calm Keep Vegan:):staradmin
year's food budget £1,9200 -
Updated signature after a few bitty spends - had run out of diet lemonade and we just had to have a few French beers from Al*i for the weekend!!!
Should be last spend for July so declaring as under budget!!!!July 16 £95/£200
Nov 16 £0/£200
"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." Thich Nhat Hahn0 -
Bmma - well done a good under spend.
Am like one or two on here and trying to decide what to get if I manage to pick up some of the vouchers for meat next week - am thinking rump steak, lamb chops and then maybe pork loin or similar.
Think it will be a case of going there first instead of last when we go shopping.
Spent just £4.41 today as didn’t need potatoes in the end.
Brought some spinach the other day and cooked with it today (if you can call wilting spinach cooking it)
I did spinach, tomatoes on the vine, mushrooms and poached egg on toast with chives scattered over the top. It was delicious and will be having it again.
MARCH £62.38/2500 -
Went to Asda today, spent £10.69 leaves me £79.26 to last until 4th August.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 -
Now had a small over spend but not being harsh ln myself, the cupboards and fridge are fit to burst and it is only a very small overspend considering i wont need to shop till next week which will be August anyhows.
Spent 9.74 in Iceland and £32.86 in Morries, which included special ingrediants for OHs cooking next weekend
. I pick ingrediants and the dish he cooks, i supervise = yummy dinner and he learns some more cooking skills plus we get to spend some giggles togethor
Not doing a final declare yet tho as not the 31st till Thurday.:oGC £157.08/150 @26.7.14
Roadkill £0.010
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