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January 2018 Grocery Challenge

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  • bustiblondilocks
    bustiblondilocks Posts: 29 Forumite
    Household disaster, blew 6 lightbulbs in last 24 hours...the horridly expensive 3pin ones!
    Spent 60.93 on online shop to stock up on household bits and fresh fruit and veg. So looking forward to seeing how long the pantry stock will last me! Feeling super optimistic about not spending on groceries for next couple weeks. Have to ..it's all going on lightbulbs
    Year to date spend on non bills: £34.92
    Debts:
    1) overdraft £400
    2) overdraft £500
    3) S credit card £3150 min payment £101 pcm interest £37pcm
    4)T credit card £8108 min payment £200 pcm interest £128pcm
  • JayBurton
    JayBurton Posts: 1 Newbie
    Sounds exciting, will be sure to take part! :j
  • Denzyred
    Denzyred Posts: 1 Newbie
    I'd like to join in. My month starts on the 1st. I haven't kept receipts but will start today and use my bank statement to back date the 3 missed days. My budget for household groceries and cleaning items this month will be £300. 2 adults + 1 dairy free 2year old. I know this is high but we have 3 birthdays this month and I am hosting a tea party for one of them. Would like to reduce by £20 pm tonsettpe at £200 as ultimate aim x
  • System
    System Posts: 178,348 Community Admin
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    I spent £21.49 in Sainsbury’s this morning. I have enough food in the house from shopping in December (spent way too much) to last until at least Sunday. We are making our own curry and skipping the take away this Saturday. Used up the soup for our lunches today too even though I didn’t really feel like eating it, I want to reduce the waste.

    Making roast dinner tonight, going to use all of the potatoes or they’ll get thrown out, any good ideas what I can do with half of them to make and freeze for another meal.
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  • starting_again_in_the_sun
    starting_again_in_the_sun Posts: 142 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary
    Yesterday was a NSD. Today I spent 36.54 euros, this included a fair amount of household bits and toiletries as well as a rosc!n, ready for the Kings, so all in all pleased with what I spent.

    Now have 229.73 left.
  • CattyCatX
    CattyCatX Posts: 76 Forumite
    I'm back in for January! So far, £22/£200 spent, should be the main spend for the rest of the week, aiming for only another £10-15 for some fresh things I couldn't get today :)
  • PennyGrabber
    PennyGrabber Posts: 1,288 Forumite
    Easily managed a nsd today, as I'm home ill! I'm paying for tonight's fish and chips, as it's oh's 40th today, but that comes from my pocket money rather than the GC. Will 'only' amount to about £15, but that's far better than a meal out at a restaurant!!

    Glad I don't have to cook tonight, as can barely stand...

    PG x
    Grocery 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 spending
  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy Birthday to your OH PennyGrabber, my daughter is 40 today too.
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • debtfreeforlife
    debtfreeforlife Posts: 215 Forumite
    First buy of the year - £37ish on fresh food (as I've nothing at all in the house) and £46ish on a big bulk food delivery which should do me for at least two months. So that takes me to £83.91/£220 - I'm expecting to go way under that as I've just been given a £30 W@itrose voucher, so I'll be using that to stock up the currently empty freezer.
  • pipkin71
    pipkin71 Posts: 21,821 Forumite
    Hope you feel better soon, PennyGrabber :)
    There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter
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