September 2015 Grocery Challenge

moneyonmymindsam

Been a really tough month made it last 1st to 30th ...whoop whoop !!!


Everyone has kept me motivated so thank you!!! :T


Finished up the months shopping with £1.52p left ...out of £100


Been really conscious of what I have been buying has helped masses
I have a huge stock cupboard and am now the proud owner of a mini freezer........ simple things and all that ...lol :beer:

lynnejk

Evening all


Had a final NSD today.


I'm declaring at £ 196.32/200 so that's £ 3.68 to Bulk buy fund and with 14 NSD for the month not counting my days on holiday :j


Well done everyone for doing the challenge and 'see' you over in October
Lx

t14cy_t

nsd yesterday so £2 left in budget. no alcohol in October so going in at £200 total for month. see you on the other side!x

K9sandFelines

Im quite.a.bit over this.month but I bulk.bought £30worth of coffee from Amazon and 450 teabags., so it was justified

Hollysan

I'm over as well - by £51.81! Must try harder.... And October is half term, Hallowe'en and probably family visiting. Oh dear.

Congrats to everyone who did it!

Hollysan

Wysiwyg49

t14cy_t wrote: »

nsd yesterday so £2 left in budget. no alcohol in October so going in at £200 total for month. see you on the other side!x

I'm doing Sober October too - an even bigger challenge!! Maybe going public with it will help me stick to it...

SpikyHedgehog

By pay day (the 28th), I had £11.16 left out of the £300, but by the 30th I only had £1.76. Still, I came in under the £300 with a final spend of £298.24 so am extremely pleased!

Problems for me were: not being more organised with getting cash from the bank for DS2's bus fare so I kept going to the shop to get change;
Finding bugs in my flour when I went to make bread :mad: (I felt worse than when I found headlice in the boys' hair!) and needing to buy bread instead. And throw away all the cereal stuff from the cupbaord, oh, and the icing sugar. Will only replace gradually as needed!

cw18

Just finished off my September accounts

Budget was £244.90, of which I hoped to not exceed £200 with no more than £105 being spent in shops.

I'm declaring at just £156.40, with £105.51 spent in shops. More than happy with the very small shop overspend though, as Monday alone I accounted for an £18.12 spend on items that I'll get £7.50 cashback on (I don't deduct cashback) - and the majority of those items will spread over at least the next 6 months

mrsd

Well by some stroke of working out (kids being away mostly) I only spent £84 so was well in my budget and spent the extra on some Christmas food bits.
Not sure with DS home for 2 weekends this month I will be able to spend so little again but will try and keep my shopping to a minimum.

cyantist

Spent £106.86 which I am really pleased with. Based on spends so far (all DH) October is going to be nowhere near as successful!