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October 2016 Grocery Challenge

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  • buzzyzoe
    buzzyzoe Posts: 477 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 21 September 2016 at 10:50AM
    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!
  • pajama
    pajama Posts: 204 Forumite
    It's a 5 week month for me so put me down for £450 please
    Grocery Challenge - Sept £205.56/£350.00



  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,592 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Homepage Hero
    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for the thread Zippy :)

    Budgets list updated to here :)

    Welcome/welcome back to:
    EverTheOptimist and ab_saver :D

    Good luck all
    Coxy
    Cross-stitch WIP: Fiver Friday challenge 2025 founding member 😊 Read 25 books in 2025 11/25 Currently reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings
  • Tink_04
    Tink_04 Posts: 1,206 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Can I come back?

    I'd like to start a new month on 27th for £250 for a family of 4!
    Living the simple life
  • Could you put me down for £45 for October starting on the 1st, please.
    Oct GC £19.65/£45
    OS Weight Loss 4lbs/12lbs
  • 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!
  • 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

    Thanks
    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
  • £200 again for me for October :)
    I'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013

    Overdraft PAID OFF
    CC PAID OFF
    GC Sept £141.17/200
  • 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-perishables :o And 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:)
  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,592 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Homepage Hero
    Hi all,

    Budgets list updated to here :)

    Welcome/welcome back to:
    Slowly57, BeTheChange and stressedoutmumof1 :D

    Good luck all,
    Coxy
    Cross-stitch WIP: Fiver Friday challenge 2025 founding member 😊 Read 25 books in 2025 11/25 Currently reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings
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