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October 2016 Grocery Challenge

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  • lynnejk
    lynnejk Posts: 5,732 Forumite
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    Afternoon all

    Spends today in Al*i of £27.40, mainly fruit, veggies and stuff for pack-ups plus some cereals and tea.

    Hope you all have a money-saving Monday
    Lx
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    Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
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  • Slowly57
    Slowly57 Posts: 353 Forumite
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    I'm going to go over my GC guesstimate BUT in swapping out summer to winter coats and some bags - I have rounded up nearly £20 in change (and a load of old train/bus tickets)!! Will use this to pad out my budget if required! Now go and turn those pockets out lol
    2022 | Back to the fold - need a Money Saving mojo reboot!

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  • BeTheChange
    BeTheChange Posts: 89 Forumite
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    £2 spend today so £98.54/£250
    Debt @ Sept '16 = £51804 Oct '16= £51,095 1.37% paid off
    Oct grocery challenge = £229.05/£250
    Oct AFD challenge = 20/31
    Oct NSD = 13/18
    Emergency Fund member #209 = 376/1000
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    We haven't spent much this week; £36 odd in Mr S using a £4.50 voucher and eggs, wine and shake n vac in B&M. My total is now £189.80/£500 so I am back on track with my budget.

    I am away Tuesday to Friday so as long as DH keeps away from the sandwich van at work we shouldn't spend anything until our Mr S delivery on Thursday night (booked then to use a £10 of £50 voucher).

    We are overhauling our diet so I am off to do a meal plan :)
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  • mrs_motivated
    mrs_motivated Posts: 1,608 Forumite
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    Did the weekly shop yesterday which came in at £75 exactly ....although I went to lidl so still need to buy some condensed soup to use in a chicken and mushroom pie and they don't sell it, so will have a small spend later in the week.

    So that's a total of £156/£420
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  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
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    Bought big listerine (£3.99) and Bread (60p) today. My OH also spent £1.60 during the week whilst I was away.

    Budget a little tight this month but I'm sure we will survive.
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  • thriftwizard
    thriftwizard Posts: 4,875 Forumite
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    £11 spent at the market today, £3 on fruit and £8 on nuts, seeds & salt at the health food stall. The fruit will only last a few days but the salt, nuts & seeds should last until the end of November. Meals are planned for the rest of the week and the only things I will still need to buy are tinned chick peas & tomato puree for my veggie daughter, and bread, though I will also bake some.
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  • t14cy_t
    t14cy_t Posts: 1,459 Forumite
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    spends of £11 yesterday, all YS goodies from morrisons and tesco. freezer now full again!! xx
  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
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    Hi everyone.
    £41.51 this week which was a bit high really but as I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead I did buy some extra meat and have done lots of easy freezer meals. This will make life a bit easier and will hopefully means a lower spend this week and next.
    PP x
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  • hazeldreams
    hazeldreams Posts: 401 Forumite
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    Morning!

    Just popping by to report spends so far for October of £180.79/400

    Hoping to come in under budget this month!
    £1589.94 cc - DFD 31/12/22; £156,737.24 mortgage free target date 1/10/2026; £158,327.18 Total; Starting debt Jan 2019 £393,068; 60% cleared.
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