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March 2016 Grocery Challenge
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Evening all
Declaring at £62.25/£110 and 10 NSDs (on hols for 15 days).
So that's £47.75 to my bulk buy fund boosting that to £163.86 :j
Need to get to butcher soon and also freezers looking a bit sad, so will be spending some of that in April methinks.
See you all over on the new thread and good luck with the April challenge
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Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
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Declaring at £424.13/£300:eek:
Not going to beat myself up about it. It's way too much for 2 people. Although there was NO eating out. Indulgences were down to £25 so making good inroads there, Drinks back down to £60.
The freezer and storecupboards are totally rammed so I'm going to try for a few NSDs. This will be helped by the fact that I appear to have left my CCard in Mr T's yesterday.:D I'll call in today to see if its been handed in, then cancel it if necessary.
Serious meal planning needed. Chilli from the freezer tonight.
I hope everyone was more successful in their Challenge. I'm off to Aprils thread.Goals - Weight loss 6/26lb at 22nd Jan 18Mmmm. 26lb at 1/7/18. Oops:o0 -
Managed to get to the end of the month with no more spends, still using stock up so hopefully nothing needed before end of next week, I like the idea of putting unused budget into a seperate bulk buy fund, @lynnejk, I will do that too.Do I need it or just want it.0
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I shuffled some budgets around, so a little bit of a cheat, but counting a Wetherspoons meal from my 'grocery budget' and swapping it for a purchase of party food from Mozza's for OH's last day at work meant I came in at £120/£120 in my grocery budget - bang on!:j
..And in my 'other' budget I was £2 under. Woo hoo! :beer:
Theoretically I was in the black in total for £38 this month. Normally I would wack this over to my debt-busting fund, but being careful as I will need to find funds to support my dad and his wife in some way this month.Keep reading books!
July grocery challenge START: £150.
total SPENT £127.53, REMAINING £22.37.0 -
March total spend £118.30 that's for 2 adults and DGS age 3 for 1 week stayWhy pay full price when you may get it YS0
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My total was £293.76 for March - so over budget again. I think I need to budget a more realistic figure for next month. Well done to everyone who has kept within budgetMortgage and debt free0
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Ended up at £182/£175 overall, so slightly over budget but that was more to do with how my shopping dates fell than a general overspend (bad planning on my part though!)August grocery challenge: £120/£1800
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I've still some way to go to reduce my grocery budget. My total for March is £424.62. I'm sure it is higher as OH is always buying bread but never puts the receipt in our 'grocery' tin so I can tot up how much we are spending. Unfortunately he loves bread and not the sliced in a plastic bag stuff! I'm going to resolve to use the breadmaker more, that might help.Books - the original virtual reality.
Tilly Tidying:0 -
Total for the year upto the end of March is £618.08. this includes all food, cleaning stuff, toiletries etc for 5 adults and 1 child. Around £6.80 per day. hope to go a bit lower once things start to grow. M2m.Frugal Living Challenge 2025.0
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Hey everyone, little late to update, but final totals are £195.92/£250, which is fab, but spent WAY too much money eating out this monthGC Challenge 2018:
Jan £309.44/£290.72
Feb £204.81/£290
March £153.60/£3000
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