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February 2016 Grocery Challenge

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  • Katsmum2
    Katsmum2 Posts: 53 Forumite
    Hi
    £10 and £31.50 for school dinners.
    Sooooo... £822.84 including medical, petrol, food, pets and 'other'.
    Going to try for £600 next month and see. Cutting in stages seems the most sensible; let's see hey.
    Keep safe and warm and see you on March board.
    X
    March Budget : £600
    April Budget: £ 550
  • Rowan9
    Rowan9 Posts: 2,242 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Declaring at £102 from £120 budget for the 2 of us and not counting the dog :-)
    I'm really pleased as we ate healthily. Luckily we had quite a lot in the freezer from Christmas but having the budget and wanting to do it meant I thought about meals and bought carefully.
    Looking forward to March now.
    Well done everyone
  • lynnejk
    lynnejk Posts: 5,732 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler Debt-free and Proud!
    Evening all


    Had a final NSD today so that makes 16 NSD for the month :j


    Declaring at £164.03/£200 for Feb, so that means I can add £35.97 to my Bulk buy fund, making that up to £118.23 :j


    'See' you all in March
    Lx
    £10day.2014=3213/2015=3421/2016=3238/2017=2702/2018=498..APR=12.03/300
    GrocC.2014=2162/2015=2083/2016=218/2017=1996/2018=450..APR=17.13/200
    Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
    GC.NSD..2015=216/2016=213/2017=229/2018=39..APR=03/15
    SPC130:staradminx61..2014=1178/2015=1287/2016=4616/2017=3843
    OS WL= -2/8 ......CC =00......Savings = £13,140
  • mothershipton
    mothershipton Posts: 304 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    All done at £346. I think we still spend too much but my OH doesn't. Although he has been very good and not bought too much junk recently. Will see you on the March thread.
    Grocery Challenge Feb 16 £346 /400
  • t14cy_t
    t14cy_t Posts: 1,471 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    spent £13 on fab YS goodies that should of cost £78 yesterday, mainly meat and cheese so freezer is full to start march and am under budget at £191/£200. see you on the march thread.xx
  • DuranGirl
    DuranGirl Posts: 287 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Declaring £220.35 for February out of a budget of £260. Didn't have to do an online order for my student DD this month, which helped. Still quite a bit of food in the freezer, so am chancing my arm and reducing March's budget to £250 for three adults.
    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)
  • flipper_72
    flipper_72 Posts: 681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    flipper_72 wrote: »
    I forgot to buy eggs and yoghurt so popped into Lidl today, definitely can't go shopping tomorrow or Monday now. Additional spend £3.26 so total £197.45/£200. Ok, I am determined not to spend any more money this month.

    Forgot to take drinks with us on Sunday so ended up spending £2.10 on drinks for the kids.
    Total £199.55/£200
  • FurryBeastOz
    FurryBeastOz Posts: 1,380 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Another epic overspend. £396.35. BUT £115 down on last month, and indulgence was down £16.90. I'm really going to attack drinks this month Pepsi Max, Non-alcoholic wine and Beer £78. That can come right down!

    I'm actually surprised it wasn't worse as I've been ill for 2 weeks so a lot more snack food bought. Back to proper meal planning, and we still have a fairly full freezer. OK. Off to March.
    Goals - Weight loss 6/26lb at 22nd Jan 18
    Mmmm. 26lb at 1/7/18. Oops:o
  • Mumof2_2
    Mumof2_2 Posts: 2,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Declaring £354 out of my £390 budget for February so pleased with that. Off to March now.
    Flymarkeeteer: £168 and counting
  • Savvy_sewing
    Savvy_sewing Posts: 11,580 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Rampant Recycler
    Declaring £99.00 exactly for February.
    However March will be higher as I had an Approved Food order £44.97 today and a meat order around £45 tomorrow.
    When I die I will know that I have lived, loved, mattered and made a difference, even if in a small way.
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