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April 2018 Grocery Challenge

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  • JingsMyBucket
    JingsMyBucket Posts: 989 Forumite
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    Morning everyone. I’m slowly recovering from that large event I organized that was last week. My numbers for April are...

    Final Total:
    €406.12/€400.00
    16/10 NSD

    I had a very large and unusual spend on April 30th that was €98.59. About €26 of it was cleaning/laundry products and OH’s smoothies. I deliberated for the last couple of days about just adding it to May’s tally as a first spend, but I just decided that I’d rather go into May with a clean slate. This was also an emotional spend. I was at the big store, was recovering from the event and just wanted to try a bunch of new things. I was in “treat yourself” mode and was very aware of it the whole time. And...I was okay with it. :)

    A lot of this food should last us the week excepting the fruit. I’ll push myself to not spend until Friday at least.

    I think I’m the last one to declare, but good luck to all the folks searching for the last receipts!
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,774 Forumite
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    I need to check my phone for a small shop on Monday at work, which i used contactless for, then i am all done.
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £69.15/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • SilverBird_2
    SilverBird_2 Posts: 310 Forumite
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    Declaring a spend of £172.93 for April.
    #Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain #We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us #If you focus on what you have left behind, you will never see what lies ahead - Gusteau/RatatouilleGC 2022: £0/£2,500 total spend
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,774 Forumite
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    K9sandFelines wrote: »
    I need to check my phone for a small shop on Monday at work, which i used contactless for, then i am all done.

    £178.90 of £270.
    Very happy with that result.
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £69.15/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,774 Forumite
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    K9sandFelines wrote: »
    £178.90 of £270.
    Very happy with that result.

    Foind a receipt from 26/4 from Morrisons for 4.49 ... that's definitely it.

    So new total now £182.39
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £69.15/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • Tales17
    Tales17 Posts: 257 Forumite
    Final check in for April, got a few days behind in my checking this week! :)

    - £16.29 on Pet Things (Toy and bedding for hamsters!)

    - £30 on 2 Fruit & Veg Boxes

    - £13 Small Tesco top up shop by other half

    - £7.98 Small Tesco top up shop by other half

    - £55.69 Weekly Click and Collect shop at Tesco

    Bringing in my final total for the month to £548.65, just over £50 under budget! Quite impressed with that!

    See you all in May! :)
    Grocery Challenge 2019 YTD-£820.46/£7200(11%)
    Grocery Challenge Feb - £93.10/£600(16%)
    £12k in 2019 #: Monthly Saving Accounts £500, Cashback & Competition Sites £2.59, Shopping Saving £152.09,Selling £121.26, Interest & Dividends £43.93, Surveys £0, 365 Day Penny Challenge # £103.44
    Total Saved - £923.31/£12000(8%)
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