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May 2020 Grocery Challenge
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Everything is deliveries as we are still both shielding, it does make it easier to track.
£27 Anniversary ordering in from a local independent café it was stunning, and there was enough for tea the following day as well
£27 Birthday ordered in, this was also tea the next day.
£30.09 Delivery
£53.11 Delivery
£40.55 Todays Delivery
Total so far £177.75
£92.25 left for May
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Just checking in with latest spends - £5.30 at Coop on bread, butter and milk. £33.01 spent at Morribobs after saying would not go there! Was also doing DF's shop (85 and vulnerable) who only likes Mr M - so not worth two trips. YS on a few items - bacon, muffins and wraps. Also managed to get SR flour at 60p a kilo which had been decanted into paper veg bags - one had already exploded up the aisle so they may want to rethink that one. No farm shop share this week - aim one last shop next week to stay in budget.....this may be aspirational as seem to do well then all goes out of the window....January 2020 Grocery challenge £119.45/£200
February 2020 Grocery challenge £195.22 /£200
March 2020 - gone to pot...
April 2020 - £339.45/£200
May 2020 - £194.99/£3003 -
😲😲😲 Oh dear. The bags they put the 6 pick and mix rolls in would have been betterfairy3 said:Just checking in with latest spends - £5.30 at Coop on bread, butter and milk. £33.01 spent at Morribobs after saying would not go there! Was also doing DF's shop (85 and vulnerable) who only likes Mr M - so not worth two trips. YS on a few items - bacon, muffins and wraps. Also managed to get SR flour at 60p a kilo which had been decanted into paper veg bags - one had already exploded up the aisle so they may want to rethink that one. No farm shop share this week - aim one last shop next week to stay in budget.....this may be aspirational as seem to do well then all goes out of the window....Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,836.47 in 9 months, against a £10k target The Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I have a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £2270.73 to the end of Oct
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2027 thread brand new and sparkling - feel free to join us and say what and how you are planning
My keep within our budget diary is here4 -
Main shop done today in Icel*nd and a visit to the butchers and small SM next to it (needed Weeta*ix but Icel*and didn't have any) and spent a total of £20.12 and now have £95.13/£250 left which I'm pleased with. Will be one top up shop early next week plus another main shop in a week's time so should come in under budget - that'll be for the first time this year I think!
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A small shop the other day when I had to go to the chemist - so $44.01 to add. March 2020 grocery challenge $921.76/$500AU
April 2020 grocery challenge $744/$800
May 2020 GC $724.11/$750
June 2020 GC $370.31/$700
July 2020 GC $316.87/$7004 -
Memories of St Trinian’s and flour bombs, spring to mind. Best not store it i the bag it came in.fairy3 said:Just checking in with latest spends - £5.30 at Coop on bread, butter and milk. £33.01 spent at Morribobs after saying would not go there! Was also doing DF's shop (85 and vulnerable) who only likes Mr M - so not worth two trips. YS on a few items - bacon, muffins and wraps. Also managed to get SR flour at 60p a kilo which had been decanted into paper veg bags - one had already exploded up the aisle so they may want to rethink that one. No farm shop share this week - aim one last shop next week to stay in budget.....this may be aspirational as seem to do well then all goes out of the window....
- Pip (guess what I binge-watched at the weekend thanks to the BBC?)
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2026 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 107.5 spent out of 80.5 coupons (66 plus 14.5 from 2025) 27 over
Coupon Spend
57.5 - yarn
12 - 3 M&S thermal bodies
4 - shorty pyjamas
1 - bra
8 - 2 t-shirts (Queens Club & 10CC Cricket)
5 - black leather loafers
5 - leather handbag
15 - DKNY black puffer coat5 -
Shhh! the June thread is up...Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,836.47 in 9 months, against a £10k target The Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I have a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £2270.73 to the end of Oct
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2027 thread brand new and sparkling - feel free to join us and say what and how you are planning
My keep within our budget diary is here6 -
PipneyJane said:Memories of St Trinian’s and flour bombs, spring to mind. Best not store it i the bag it came in.
- Pip (guess what I binge-watched at the weekend thanks to the BBC?)
It was quite amusing really as the wearied check out lady said 'Do you want me to put it in another bag? Been doing this all morning hmmph'. I watched Belles of St Trinians too at the weekend - really enjoyed it - hard to believe it was made 65 years ago!
Flour has been decanted into a click and lock and is now safe from causing mayhem.January 2020 Grocery challenge £119.45/£200
February 2020 Grocery challenge £195.22 /£200
March 2020 - gone to pot...
April 2020 - £339.45/£200
May 2020 - £194.99/£3005 -
£10.46 in Tesco, B&M and Home BargainsDo I need it or just want it.5
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I've done two shops at Adli this week, together they came to £38.53, and I'm now fairly well stocked. DS3 is living at home on extended uni vacation, like most other students he does not know what will happen next term. He likes his snacks and has been buying extras with his own money which I'm not counting in the challenge. I don't charge him housekeeping,so these little extras help to make our diet more interesting although not helping our waistlines. Today he has treated us to some Chinese take-away type food from Sains, which we will have for tea. I've been doing more baking than I have done for years. Hobnobs, chocolate cake and gingerbread today.Grocery challenge 2026: £1,205/1,5007
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