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May 2016 Grocery Challenge
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I forgot to add the two TA's. $12.56
Signature updated.Overprepare, then go with the flow.
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£8 spends on bits in sai******s, though would of been £18 if i hadnt used coupons! x0
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£19.31 & £48.49 in Tesco and Lidl respectively which brings me to £214.75/£250 with just over half the month gone, which isn't good! However, I have only to buy fruit, veg and milk for the rest of the month as I have loads of pretty much everything else. The Tesco shop has been justified in my mind as they had double packs of Lavazza at £4.50 instead of £5.70 and I had a voucher for £2 off a £20 spend so I got four packs of coffee and a few other bits I needed so I won't have to buy coffee for a couple of months. This grocery challenge is harder than I thought!!0
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Got to nip to the shop tonight to get a few fresh bits for tea. Going to write a list now so that I only get what I need. I'm also starving, which is not good for me because I tend to spend more. Starting to imagine people having cheeseburger heads at work...0
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Afternoon all
Spent £9.06 in Morrys yesterday but NSD today :j
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 = £13,1400 -
Lots of NSDs this month
£34.00 on dog food, milk, cheese, fresh fruit and veg and two lamb joints at a farm shop we called in at today on our way back from a friends farm.
Will update my signature later.0 -
NSD today, will have to go out tomorrow and pick up a few bits.Stay at home Mum to DS Oct 2011 and DD Dec 2013
Grocery Challenge
April 298.08/300.00 NSD 14 May £213.56/£300 NSD 40 -
Slight cheat today - DS owed me some money (£20) so he bought some cat food and few other household bits - now the £20 lent to DS was not from my grocery budget, so do I add this to my spends or not ?Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
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nsd yesterday, yipee! x0
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I think you should take £20 from your budget into your other cash, it will only nag you if you don`t.Islandmaid wrote: »Slight cheat today - DS owed me some money (£20) so he bought some cat food and few other household bits - now the £20 lent to DS was not from my grocery budget, so do I add this to my spends or not ?Do I need it or just want it.0
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