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September 2017 Grocery Challenge
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Hello, I spent £18.73 in Iceland yesterday, mainly on Slimming World ready meals which are expensive. However, I was in real danger of ordering a takeaway if I didn't, which would have been a disaster for both the diet and the budget. Add in £6 on cat food today and my total stands at £36.73.
I feel like that's pretty high for Day 4 without having done an actual Big Shop, so I need to give my head a bit of a shake!Weightloss: 14.5/65lb0 -
i can declare i'm now debt free!!!! I called company and they gave me money off for an early closure, I'm so pleased.
only spends today were for a bottle of wine to celebrate, not in this budget
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purpleybat wrote: »i can declare i'm now debt free!!!! I called company and they gave me money off for an early closure, I'm so pleased.
only spends today were for a bottle of wine to celebrate, not in this budget
Enjoy the wine - congrats :beer:
total spend so far this month 122.20/300 more than I would have hoped but not too late to redeem myself. I'm pretty sure I'm OK until next week. - famous last words0 -
purpleybat wrote: »i can declare i'm now debt free!!!! I called company and they gave me money off for an early closure, I'm so pleased.
only spends today were for a bottle of wine to celebrate, not in this budget
That must be such a relief for you
Enjoy your bottle of wine There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
purpleybat wrote: »i can declare i'm now debt free!!!! I called company and they gave me money off for an early closure, I'm so pleased.
only spends today were for a bottle of wine to celebrate, not in this budget
:j:j:T:T:beer::beer::D:D:money::money:Do I need it or just want it.0 -
purpleybat wrote: »i can declare i'm now debt free!!!! I called company and they gave me money off for an early closure, I'm so pleased.
only spends today were for a bottle of wine to celebrate, not in this budget
That bottle of wine is definitely money well spent! Congratulations!:beer:Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 20250 -
WHOOPEE DO ! :T :T :dance: :dance: :T :Tpurpleybat wrote: »i can declare i'm now debt free!!!! I called company and they gave me money off for an early closure, I'm so pleased.
only spends today were for a bottle of wine to celebrate, not in this budget
Brilliant news - well done and enjoy the wine :beer: _party_ :beer:
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 -
There have been some good suggestions made above............
Items
Pack if 9 toilet rolls. £2.80
Toilet wipes. £0.78
2 x washing up liquid. £1.00
2x pot noodle. £1.00
2x soups. £0.90
Fruit. £4.22
Yoghurts. £2.00
Choc mousse x6. £1.00
Tub Philadelphia. £1.00
Milk. £1.50
4 x tins tuna. £4.00. Should have been £3.50 was overcharged
Tin sweet corn. £0.38
Uncle beds rice. £1.00
Savers loaf. £0.36
Crisps. £1.00
Biscuits/bars. £2.09
Magazine. £0.67
I would just add that you need some veggies and try to look for cheaper options such as bananas and oranges for fruit.
There are other discount shops as well, such as F Foods, Home Bags, and the £ shops and B*M. Maybe you could do a fortnightly run to take in Al*i or L*dl and some of these others as well ?
I know it's hard when you're on a limited budget, but it does get easier as you go along and find little ways of stretching the pennies to go a bit further. Good luck
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 -
Well done purpleybat!
I'm on £29.38 now, which consists of one weekly shop and one ffoods pizza run. It's higher than I wanted it to be by this point, but shouldn't need to shop again until the 10th, ie a third through the month but not a third through the money
We had sausage plait today - 4 sausages made a plait big enough for the three of us for dinner plus my lunch tomorrow!! Love it!
PG xGrocery challenge for family of three - me, dd(12) and ds(11), feeding dp 2 or 3 x a week too. Only food, not toiletries. Jan £87.97/£100 Feb £0/£100
Frugal 2018 needed! Saving and NOT spending0 -
Congratulations Purpleybat!!!Weightloss: 14.5/65lb0
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