August 2014 Grocery Challenge

Billie-jo

Last shop this morning came to £7.93 which means we have spent £157.03 throughout August on the gc. Good result and leaves £42.97 to go in the savings pot. :j
To those yet to declare good luck in coming under budget. To those who are over - keep trying and hopefully you will have spent less than you would have done before you joined this challenge.

icontinuetodream

Declaring at £265/£300 :j.....cutting down to £250 for September though so not sure I'll be quite so happy this time next month!!

Saver-upper

Well,I went to Aldi to take advantage of £5 off voucher.I did need to get meat and fruit.As it was I spent £71.25 in ALDI (lots of meat and store-cupboard stuff.)

Spent this month£286.79/£300.

I am quite pleased with that,though a little disappointed how much today's shop bumped it up.

This was my first month doing the challenge (family of 2 adults,4 children age 12 and under).Until today I had been thinking how well I was doing.Today bumped it up a bit.Still,under budget,so that is good.Will transfer the saving across to savings account.:T

Lizling

Another 93p spent yesterday on the first and only yellow stickered items I've found this month: a mint plant and some posh chips.

I'm also going to have to add £10 for the shopping that never showed up on my bank statement. I'm beginning to think I must have paid in cash, and I rarely have more than a tenner on me, so I don't think it will have been more.

So, that means I'm declaring £76.67/£90 for the month.

I'm very happy with that. I ate very well this month from having to take my own lunches to work, and I don't really need to get it any lower. I'll repeat the challenge in September to make sure I'm properly back in the OS habit.

prophecy_grrl

Hi all
Have just totted up my receipts and am declaring £161.01/£150 for August. Bit gutted I've gone over budget but I got a really good deal in cat food and stocked up so should come under this month. Will deduct my overspend from my sept budget goal to try and recoup

P_grrl xx

Make-it-3

Shops are closed, so time to declare. I am £5.76 under budget after weekend spends. Although in all likelihood this is more likely to be a small overspend as OH went to the market today and I have no idea what that came too.

Off over to September, hopefully it will be a bit livelier with the holidays now drawing to a close.

mobo1980

good morning I spent £187/£180for august over by £7

Thankyou
Mobo xx

Catcherupper14

Whoops - I keep forgetting to post.


My total spend was £146.71/£200

Solstice_3

I should be declaring today but don't get paid until Friday. The day my money comes in moved and I didn't take it in to account I am way over budget already too 4 days and I can start again

wishus

I made it! £142.52 out of £170 :money:

September avanti!