September 2018 Grocery Challenge

peony40

After a very disjointed month I have managed to tally up and I am surprised that I came in under budget, just! (£192.26/£200) More by luck than anything.

I will try and join in more on October’s thread as holidays are now over and hopefully back to routine.

pamsdish

Went town to get my currency I had ordered, spent £5 in wilko stocked up ibuprofen and some glucosamine caps, as knee hurting now without walking miles in Budapest.
£13 in home bargains 2 coffee, 4 chewing gum and some gel for knee.
£15 in tesco on enough chicken thighs to last dog until mid Nov, cooking 20 now to freeze separate for kennels.
So £33 in total, so way over budget I dont care anymore, but Oct and Nov will both be 3 week months for budget.

MadamMim2013

£19.48 to add.. May need a couple of things, yet not much so I'm overjoyed at I've come in so far under budget this month.. I shall be reducing next months budget back to £300 and see how it goes

JingsMyBucket

Hello from the Netherlands! We arrived yesterday afternoon and have been kind of going nonstop since then. That's more so because this is a working vacation for both of us. We've both had meetings, deadlines, etc, but just in a different city.

Yesterday I bought €8.84 of train snacks at Delhaize and that was my last spend for the month. I'll add the last 3 days of the month as NSDs into my final totals below.

FINAL TOTALS:
€535.62/€500.00
13/12 NSD

What a month this has been. The party really blew out the budget and there was a lot of "wasteful" spending for it. For example, I still have 6 unopened containers of sour cream in the fridge that need using up. :eek: Those alone represent about €10 of GC money.

Doom_and_Gloom

Since last post we have spent £2.66.

500g brussel sprouts, 1kg courgettes, 200g kale, 1 orange pepper, 6 red peppers and a single pack of Nairns sea salt and balsamic vinegar gluten free oat snacks for a treat.

£192.65/£195.
£2.35 left.

stellata

I've got to the end of the month! Budget was £100, I've spent £89, but that's including a celebration cake I was asked to do at short notice for a family member. It's been a stressful month with lots of stuff but I'm proud of myself. October will be harder to do on £100 as my freezer is nearly empty but I'm still struggling to get more work so here goes, good luck to me!

K9sandFelines

£19.18 spent in Aldi to add to total. One day to go, I don't really need anything else but may have a few purchases before Sunday :eek:

YorksLass

That's me done for September now and I've spent £6.50 this week (milk, potatoes, lunch tongue and ham slices for sandwiches) so I've managed to creep in under-budget (just) by a paltry £1.45. Still, better under than over, even if it is just a small amount!

Well done to everyone who's on or under budget :j . ((Hugs)) and better luck next time to those who didn't.

Hopping over to October now to record first spends - I hope to "see" everyone there. Good luck. xx

selloptape

£327.70 for the month. A fair bit higher than I wanted but hoping for a better Oct. well done everyone x

pamsdish

Wrapping September £63 over, quite a chunk of that is forward shopping for my trip, so not too badly traumatised, Should be okay for October as I will be using up from fridge and away last 10 days.