April 2020 Grocery Challenge

Suffolk_lass

Well done elsie for getting this month's thread back to normal. I know you are really busy. Do shout (PM me) if you want help.

Re Covid 19, my neighbour's company (a major insurance co) are looking to move their call centre staff across all the floors in the building so that if they are impacted it takes out one team on a floor and not the whole call centre. Just realised I am answering your question from the March thread - no matter. I am expecting to be locked down shortly as in the vulnerable (impaired lungs) group. Our (Suffolk, collective) rather laid back attitude to stockpiling ended in an instant and it took me an hour to get out of Morries with my small trolley yesterday - we only popped in for cat food and litter to save going to the bigger town with the pets place and it was worse than Christmas - well, just like Christmas but with no stock to put out! I actually saw someone with a pile of about five packs of chicken saying "this was the last fresh chicken" and added it to the huge trolley of food they had. I picked up two bags of litter instead of the three I went in for, so I left a few for others. We can always mix it with paper from the shredder if it comes to it.

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Thanks for the new thread elsiepac.  I will sign up again this month but increase back to £150. Please put me down for £150 for April.  Many thanks

boultdj

Can I be put down for £250 please elsiepac.
I'm still on the March thread for another 9 day's and over all ready, so hope to get back on track this month.

lantanna

Can I be put down for €300 please. Tricky month ahead with work uncertainities. Taking each day as it comes

Jacs205

Thank you elsiepac, I'm going to be more realistic and say £600 for April but won't start until my March ends on the 26th.  Looks like hubby may be out of a contract job soon though because of covid19 so I better get better at this quick style.

PipneyJane

Thank you for the new thread, @elsiepac.  Please put me down for £120 for April.  It may go up, depending on what gets rolled over from March’s budget.

- Pip

lantanna

I have severe anxiety at the minute so this month will be a struggle for me to stay focused and not overspend. £35 in Lidl today, £14 in local shop. One day at a time

JingsMyBucket

Hello from America everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve done the GC but elsiepac, I’d like to rejoin for April please. Could you put me down for $300.00 for April 1st to 30th. 

Suffolk_lass

lantanna said:

I have severe anxiety at the minute so this month will be a struggle for me to stay focused and not overspend. £35 in Lidl today, £14 in local shop. One day at a time

Sorry to hear you have severe anxiety at the minute, I used to use "one moment meditation" a you-tube clip by the American, Martin Boroson and I found it excellent for just emptying my head and recentering my thoughts. Here is a link to the you-tube clip - I think they do an app too. It took a few watches and doing it with him for me, but I found it really helped

lantanna

Thank you Suffolk lass, I will look that up.  Head emptying is definitely something I need! 

£25 in Asda today, when work finishes tomorrow at 1pm I plan to self isolate until Monday.