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October 2016 Grocery Challenge
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Please can I join again for £40 for the month?Mortgage received 21/12/2018
Mortgage at start - £261,980
Current mortgage - £260,276
Saving towards a loft conversion first, then to smash the mortgage down!0 -
It's a 5 week month for me so put me down for £450 pleaseGrocery Challenge - Sept £205.56/£350.000
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for the thread Zippy
Budgets list updated to here
Welcome/welcome back to:
EverTheOptimist and ab_saver
Good luck all
CoxyCross-stitch WIP: Fiver Friday challenge 2025 founding member 😊 Read 25 books in 2025 11/25 Currently reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings0 -
Can I come back?
I'd like to start a new month on 27th for £250 for a family of 4!Living the simple life0 -
Could you put me down for £45 for October starting on the 1st, please.
Oct GC £19.65/£45
OS Weight Loss 4lbs/12lbs0 -
Hello - can I have a go please? Committing in my sig - but I'll be doing it off-line anyway lol - aiming for a £200 spend between 28 September and 26 October (guessing the budget).2022 | Back to the fold - need a Money Saving mojo reboot!
Grocery Challenge JAN 2022 £200/£185.00 left!0 -
Please may I join in? Starting on a new journey and need all the motivation I can find to keep me on track.
I am aiming for £250 from 30th Sept to 27th Oct
ThanksDebt @ 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 = 376/10000 -
£200 again for me for OctoberI'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013
Overdraft PAID OFF
CC PAID OFFGC Sept £141.17/2000 -
Hi :wave: I'd like to join in if possible this month....
There is me, DH and soon to be 18 year old DD.
I'm rather ashamed of the fact we currently spend about £140 a week on food, drink and non-perishablesAnd that's not including lunches which we all buy daily - so approximately another £70 a week on that - £210 in total :eek:
I'd really like to get that down to £100 a week, including lunches, but baby steps... so my challenge for October is to make lunches and based on a 5 week month (shopping day is Friday) total spend to be £750 which would be a £300 reduction - fingers crossed!Squares knitted for my throw ~ 90 (yes!!! I have finally finished it :rotfl: )Squares made for my patchwork quilt ~ 80 (only the "actual" quilting to do now :rotfl:)0 -
Hi all,
Budgets list updated to here
Welcome/welcome back to:
Slowly57, BeTheChange and stressedoutmumof1
Good luck all,
CoxyCross-stitch WIP: Fiver Friday challenge 2025 founding member 😊 Read 25 books in 2025 11/25 Currently reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings0
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