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August 2014 Grocery Challenge
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Afternoon all
Didn't pick up a Sun (whoops) so asked Hubby to see if there is one on his way home but don't hold out much hope! Spent £16.37 today, want to spend as little as possible for rest of week to come in under weekly budget. Planned NSD for tomorrow as I have to go in the opposite directions of the shops and don't want to do that much walking! Got stuff in for lunch and tea, will need to go out on Saturday though.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 -
That Morrison voucher sounds good, I have a "local" by me, usually these vouchers aren't valid the local stores, is this one the case too?
If you are trying to make up your spends to use a voucher, definitely go for stocking up on something you use with no sell-by date. I did this for a while and I found that each time Sainsburys gave me a voucher they nudged the minimum spend up.
Now I mostly shop in Lidl, the money off vouchers have dramatically dropped in the minimum spend needed. I still rarely use them, even a £20 shop is a stretch for me in Sainsburys these days.We Made-it-3 on 28/01/11 with birth of our gorgeous DD.0 -
3rd spend of the month, at Morrys....with £2 voucher from previous shopping and a £3 cashback from bank to shop at Morrys. Ended up paying £5.84...One find was YS 19p box of stirfry veg and 35p for 6 large tomatoes.GC - Oct £36.17/£31
GC - Sep £35.56/£30:o
GC - Aug £30.73/£31
GC - Jul £30.80/£310 -
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A small shop today of £16.99 cash but would have been £21.99 if I hadn't got the Sun today! Total spend is now £101.19/£250, so feeling happy with that as only another couple of weeks until pay day.
Denise0 -
spends to date £76.92/£160.00p:hello::coffee:Penny Pincher in training
Keep Calm Keep Vegan:):staradmin
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Hello !
Thanks Coxy for the welcome i have spent £30/£180 so far
Mobo xxCC1-£1729.53
CC2-£4323.00
LOAN-£14,519.05
TOTAL DEBT £20,571.58 :eek:
Then there's the mortgage0 -
Evening all
just updated my sig to reflect this months spendage thus far. 8 days into this months cash and I'm practically half way through it already! It's all good though, only need top ups for the next 11 or so days. We're trying to use up everything in the freezer as i want to do a big farmfoods shop with next months budget.
I've decided that I'm going to have a separate budget for household and toiletries and this includes pet supplies too (we have a cat and a rabbit) this budget is £30 and I've gone over it by 76p already but I don't need anything else. I will get better - promise haha!
Hope everyone is doing ok
Kate xAs of 5/4/16 :
*Grocery Challenge 31st March - 27th April £53.36 NSD's 6/28 *RAGI2016: #34 £43.64/5000 -
Mozzakate, I also have a separate 'budget' for household, toiletries and pets. I don't have any influence over these things, they're bought when they're needed/on offer, and that's that. Food, however, is an area where I need to try hard to keep to a budget, as it would be possible for me to spend £100s a month, which I just don't have.
Went to morries to spend one of my lovely vouchers today. Will go again tom and sat. Let's hope their stuff keeps as well as the aldee stuff!
Will update sig at some point...
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 -
Small spend today of 1.80 on 2 jugs of milk. Intend tomorrow to be nsd.C.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z #7 member N.I splinter-group co-ordinater
I dont suffer from insanity....I enjoy every minute of it!!.:)
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