January 2018 Grocery Challenge

cw18

My remote lock hasn't worked for at least 4 years (probably closer to 5) - and then the alarm started to play up so (having checked with insurance company that not having one wouldn't mean a massive increase in premiums, as a new alarm would have been expensive) that got totally disabled and I don't even have a box on the same key chain any more. My car's almost 15.5 years old.


Am I reading your post right though - does she really want to car share with you? It was bad enough car sharing with my son when I could claim first rights as it was my car, but there's no way I'd consider doing it with a neighbour - I'd rather be without a car!!

ceb1995

Went to get pizza and snacks instead of a takeaway so spent £12.14, so now on £118.56/£190 , last weekly shop of the month tommorow and we're running low on lots of things but confident we'll finish a fair bit under budget.

pamsdish

cw18 wrote: »

My remote lock hasn't worked for at least 4 years (probably closer to 5) - and then the alarm started to play up so (having checked with insurance company that not having one wouldn't mean a massive increase in premiums, as a new alarm would have been expensive) that got totally disabled and I don't even have a box on the same key chain any more. My car's almost 15.5 years old.


Am I reading your post right though - does she really want to car share with you? It was bad enough car sharing with my son when I could claim first rights as it was my car, but there's no way I'd consider doing it with a neighbour - I'd rather be without a car!!

I had her on my insurance after my O.H. passed away, it lasted 12 months before car died, I was footing most of the bills and her driving terrified me, if I was in the car I was driving, as I purchased this car from my daughter told her Paula doing insurance with me as named driver to shut her up, she phoned tonight and mentioned hospital appointment for Thursday which she hinting at me taking her otherwise long bus trip and a taxi, as awkward to get to.

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Missed a £6.17 spend from before I was off college and work with flu.

Back to normal tomorrow /:-)

Small spend of £1.00 on Belvita tops in B and M
Fruit and veg and a few other bits at Aldi totalling £11.53
Shop today of £8.76 in Morrisons on garlic bread for pizzas, veg, onion powder for seitan, and some veggie/vegan bits
Also, £1.48 in work on a two layer box of Family circle biscuits and some ys crisps.

So total to add is £22.77

No idea until i add to signature, if i am over or not. I need a big shop soon; and I think it will have to be before the beginning of next month, as i can't last out til the 1st of Feb !!

MadamMim2013

Whoop.. A NSD for me!! :T
Fingers crossed for another tomorrow :A
Looking forward to payday to transfer any left over to my pot.. Will combine for a few months & then use to pay a bill or perhaps for a family treat
Well done to everyone, January can be a tough month in many ways, this challenge has helped me focus and kept the mind busy, that in turn has kept the 'clouds' at bay, so thanks all for the company! :smileyhea

SilverBird_2

Spent £8.65 in L1dl today on UHT milks, cheese, porridge oats, corned beef, pork shoulder steaks and a frozen pizza.

lynnejk

Evening all

Spends today in S*vers, F Foods and MnS.

So totals of £28.96 spent on bulk buys and £6.34 from monthly total

Still heading in the right direction atm and fingers xd for the month

Hope you're all enjoying the weekend
Lx

thriftwizard

I'm done for January, £5.18 over. Not too downhearted; it could have been a whole lot worse with DS2 "returned" to the fold. We also had to spend £300+ on new tyres for OH's 10 y.o. car, and £125 on a section of exhaust for my 20 y.o. Japanese grey-import van, which means we haven't "recovered" from Christmas quite as quickly as I'd like, but we're well on the way. I do keep some money in reserve for car-related disasters, but haven't had to dip into it. OH needs his for commuting, and my van is essential for my business, and allows me to help care for my 91 y.o. mother 25 miles away (and as a bonus gives us the opportunity for cheap mini-breaks) so we do need to run two vehicles.

The next two months are our council-tax "holidays" which means a bit extra in the housekeeping account to tuck away towards next Christmas - or the next vehicle-related bill. So I'll keep trying to keep expenditure down whilst keeping quality up...

Mrs_Cheshire

Has anyone got any good slow cooker meal ideas that don't include gravy. I know you can do bolagnese and curries but looking for some different ideas to liven up our menu plan.

K9sandFelines

Forgot £1.80 also in work, on two KS pot noodles