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February 2015 Grocery Challenge
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Today is a no spend day from the grocery challenge
but I had to visit my son today - he is in prison - so I bought £15 of tokens - 2 cuppas for me one drink and chocie bar for my daughter ad £1.30 change guess where the rest went
so I have plenty of money left till the next payday 10 days to go and hopefully all I will need it bread fruit and vegEmergency fund £10,000
Several categories with savings in
Cars, house maintenance, birthdays
Etc I have about 10 categories
Really happy to be debt free after being a compulsive spender0 -
Another £5.79 in Mr T on some bits that I forgot yesterday, took sticking to the list a bit too literally and hadn't realised I hadn't put potatoes on there.0
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a nsd today as its a fluffy pj day and I am not leaving the house dressed like this (I need a total chill out day after the stress of yesterday)Emergency fund £10,000
Several categories with savings in
Cars, house maintenance, birthdays
Etc I have about 10 categories
Really happy to be debt free after being a compulsive spender0 -
Needed flour and sugar - it's pancake day! :j
So another £5.47 in Aldi as I also spotted a future birthday present for my sis in June.Keep reading books!
August grocery challenge Budget £150. Spent so far: £109.32. Remaining: £40.680 -
Morning.
The husband is going to Bookers for washing powder so he will pick up the big pack of chicken breasts while there so a spend today of £20.
I am going to take that out of next months budget though as I have no more chicken breast meals planned for this month.Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.0 -
Hi spends today £1.94
total spends to date = £36.06/£200.00p
7 NSD'S x:hello::coffee:Penny Pincher in training
Keep Calm Keep Vegan:):staradmin
year's food budget £1,9200 -
eeking out the very last of the budget now, in theory we have plenty in it's just getting bf to eat what we have in the cupboads. We have a weekend away (bf covers all the food for this as I pay our share of the hotel room) and then March budget starts a week tomorrow - it can't come fast enough!************************************
Daughter born 26/03/14
Son born 13/02/210 -
I did a months shop 27th Jan
got lot fresh meat split an froze it
still got plenty in
only thing buying every day or every other is milk
will do another big shop Next Thu fresh an froze meat split up an freeze
get plenty fruit in
xxSecrets And Lies Destroy Lives0 -
Spent £27.65 in Aldi yesterday will update siggy now I'm not well that's why I didn't update till nowI'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013
Overdraft PAID OFF
CC PAID OFFGC Sept £141.17/2000 -
£17.60 spent yesterday and £3.01 todayGC 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 Jul £134.25/£150 Aug £34.80/£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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