January Grocery Challenge 2015

mrs-moneypenny

nipped coop this morning and got some rts salad, veggies garlic breads and chicken kievs for DS1s tea total spend £5.38

CountingPennies

£6 at land of ice today! Ham, puddings (easy to syn them when bought), curly whurys, milk and 11p on my savings.

CP xx

Caterina

Duvet day today resulted in NSD no. 5!

BrassicWoman

Vegan cheese I bought was gross so got in some sandwich fillings to replace it, and some yogurt. £4.41.

Cwtchie

Well it's all about not spending, spending well and being happy....I think.
Anyway I went out with friends today, very much against the grain because I didn't want to spend! I ended up spending £8.15 on a meal with them and £4 on parking because I didn't drive.....sigh
So that's £12.15 off my budget
But I did have a lovely day

pinkpixie274

Anybody else struggling to stick to their targets already?

Only half way through the week & have dipped into my weekly budget quite a bit...Today I picked up nappies, mouthwash, milk, bread & a few other bits & am now £16.07 lighter, not good when I only have a budget of £45 this week & am yet to do my main shop on saturday (Need to get washing powder too)

Worried that I am going to fail my first ever challenge...

cw18

pinkpixie274 wrote: »

Worried that I am going to fail my first ever challenge...

We don't "fail", we just misjudge what we can do.
Was your £45 pure guesswork, or have you previously kept track of your spends closely?
Are all the spends likely to be weekly? Or can you spread the cost of some items (such as washing powder) over several weeks?

Islandmaid

Hi all,

Spent £16.55 in L!dls today, flippin £9 of which was on Man-flu equipement as DH is now poorly.....

Used up some Kievs from freezer which I bought HP on Lid,s weekend deals, with chips and beans.

We,re getting a new kitchen in Feb (saved for and paid up front) DH is fitting it, so need to use up alot of our food stash.

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Thanks so much to everyone for their kind thoughts, it really does make me feel better to know there are so many caring people out there!


Scan went ok, will get the results next week when I go in for the next dose of chemo.


Went to the restaurant supply shop and spent $99, but most of the specials were on stuff we didn't need, so was quite a bit cheaper then planned. Spending comes from my bulk buy budget, which accumulates from the difference between planned budget and what I actually spend each month. Amazing how much it can add up to over a few months.


DH has wandered off to work today (he just works one day a week at the business he founded and then sold a couple of years ago. A group of his staff bought it and they like having him there, I think it's like a security blanket, just to reassure them everything is fine. Reminds me of that old TV show "Are you being served? when the old owner comes in and says "you're all doing very well!"), so I plan to spend the day creating some new hats, a skill I am trying to develop.


Have a great day all
Cheers
kiwi

meg72

First_Trouble wrote: »

To update I also found 21p


I think any coins found are called roadkill, wombling is finding a sm receipt you can use to advantage, anyway good luck with whatever can be found or used.