April 2016 Grocery Challenge

Pandora_2

Evening all :wave:

On Wednesday I spent £10.92 in a variety of shops for lunch stuff, cat food and a couple of dehumidifier/damp trap things.

Yesterday I spent £2.28 on milk and loo rolls, but then I had loads of time to kill and I was really hungry and thinking of the weekend and I was bad and spent another £7.07 on beer, pop and Pringles!! Very naughty I know, but I got 4 pint cans for £3.99 and as one pint in the pub would cost almost that, technically I've saved money!! :rotfl:

I was good today though and had a no spend day I can't really think of any food I desperately need to buy so hopefully I won't spend anything over the weekend either

Have been looking back at when I first did the grocery challenge and how things have changed!! It was 3 years ago and I was on a budget of approx £10 per week rather than the £25 I'm on now!!! I did have a separate budget for the cat back then which is probably a good idea as that is one area where I wouldn't be able to make any savings and so would massively limit how much I could reduce my grocery budget. I'll keep her included for this month but will change it for next month.

I was super poor back then so the £10 budget was actually the most I could afford at the time. It was a bit grim with hardly any wiggle room or treats but I managed! On the plus side, it made me really good at budgeting and I certainly learnt to be a bit creative with cooking and shopping!! I'm in a better position financially at the moment (thankfully!!) but bad things are happening and there's a good chance I'm going to be super poor again pretty soon Keeping my fingers crossed that there won't be a drop in my income for another couple of months, but at least I've got the experience to know I can survive it and if I can use these couple of months to start getting my good habits back then hopefully it won't be too much of a shock to the system when/if it happens.

Anyway, I'm having a super rock'n'roll Friday night and am heading off to bed with a cup of tea and a book. Might even have some of the leftover Easter chocolate as well! :EasterBun

Good night and sweet dreams to you all

t14cy_t

spent £34 on second shop of the month, basics mostly and lots of YS fruit for the chickens!! xx

MoneyMission

Sorry, sorry! Rushing in late with a budget for April. It's a 5 week month for our budgeting purposes so £500 please. Already spent £247.28 but have enough to last us until Friday 15th April and then there's only two weeks left of the budget month.
Spendy month this month as is daughters birthday and am feeding various family members 3 times over the weekend: lunch, tea and cake and roast dinner :eek:

pamsdish

Bought a few bits yesterday to top up, total of £12 -92

[Deleted User]

First shop of the month today ,won't be a great deal as I am going away for a weeks holiday next Friday so only have a few bits to buy :):)

nyc_451

£19.84/£110

Got 8 tins of tuna for £5 - cheap, simple and filling!

I think I have enough food for the weeked...hmm...that means that I have only spent £20 for the week and that includes tuna and butter that will last me for a while! Wow I never though that would be possible... Perhaps I should try to save money on cosmetics and clothes as well, maybe I don't need those expensive face creams afterall...

NewShadow

blue_mango wrote: »

Got 8 tins of tuna for £5 - cheap, simple and filling!

May I ask where from?

[Deleted User]

NewShadow wrote: »

May I ask where from?

You can buy 8 tins of Tesco Value chunks for £4.40

nyc_451

NewShadow wrote: »

May I ask where from?

Hi, it's from iceland john west tuna chunks in sunflower oil, one for £3 and two for £5.

Katsmum2

Hi
£230 more! Petrol, school clothes for ever sprouting DD, shoes and work trousers for DH. Also meal out for mum, her old friend died and we went to raise a glass and say goodbye. Funny old few days.
Keep safe and warm
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