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January 2016 Grocery Challenge

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  • DuranGirl
    DuranGirl Posts: 287 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Declaring £152.05 for January out of £280. NEARLY balances out my woeful December!
    3-6 month EF Challenge Member #19: £3590/£6000.[/B] Craft destash from 22.5.22: 46/200. Declutter from 22.5.22: 105/250 Car finance PAID OFF £7,848.88 IN 2019 (0% LOB)
  • TooClumsy
    TooClumsy Posts: 126 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Declaring £249.76/ £250 I have a whopping 24p to do what I wish...

    Have bought a lot of meat and bits for Feb, so am hoping we will come under for Feb! Off to post in Feb GC now :)
    GC Challenge 2018:
    Jan £309.44/£290.72
    Feb £204.81/£290
    March £153.60/£300
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    Spent £4.65 last night on eggs, bread and milk.

    Made a pasta bake for tea, it went down really well.mi thought there'd be left overs but ds1 wanted seconds and finished it off.
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • closemead
    closemead Posts: 45 Forumite
    Total for January 297.18 that was close but we did it! Now to cut it down further.
    March G.C. £300 fail 🙄
    April G.C. £380
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    Busy all day yesterday so ended up doing veggie sausage, chips and YS broc for tea last night. At least it was an nsd
    Busy all day today but will hopefully do a veggie lasagne or quorn pie for tonight.

    Still on jans money.
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,270 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    mrs-moneypenny wrote: »
    Busy all day yesterday so ended up doing veggie sausage, chips and YS broc for tea last night. At least it was an nsd
    Busy all day today but will hopefully do a veggie lasagne or quorn pie for tonight.

    Still on jans money.

    There's more company on Feb's thread, and nobody minds which month you are using :) if you care to join us - my experience is that the "old" month is pretty much abandoned after the last Friday of the month. Your choice of course, but I wouldn't want you to think the support is not there
    SL
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    I'm going to declare at £337.33 and move over to Feb

    Really pleased to be about £60 under budget
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • moneytree1
    moneytree1 Posts: 105 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Declaring £162.56 spent out of £200 budget so under by £37.44 so pleased with that need to keep it as low as possible extras to pay off at the moment.
    2016 £31138 Debt free ?
    Jan Groc £200/162.56

    One step forward closer to debt freedom.;)
  • mumtoomany
    mumtoomany Posts: 1,542 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Just declaring my spends for January, I know I'm really late! I will try harder next time. Grocery spends are £270.66. This is for 5 adults 1 child. Annual allowance is £3440, so under budget so far. Now to read how everyone else is doing, M2m.
    Frugal Living Challenge 2025.


  • miss_try_to_save
    miss_try_to_save Posts: 182 Forumite
    hi all been absent and spending loads but now i have to tighten my belt and budget my income will be going down soon so i intend to do a budget of £240 a month for 3 adults and baby stuff on top of this its a huge drop from what i have been spending and wasting but fingers crossed i can do it today is a nsd so good start my month is from the 2nd may to the 26th may
    oct 2015 grocery challenge £183/£2360



























    0/£600 aug 2016 grocery challenge













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