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November 2020 Grocery Challenge
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Spent £34.13 at Lidl and £1.93 at the shop this morning for Lunch and some buttermilk.
£122.27 / £320
Actually quite pleased as this will hopefully last me until next Monday (so from 1st - 23rd November) but I've decided to run my budget payday to payday so will start a new challenge on 20th November.
Now using Financier.io to budget (thanks again @BrassicWoman) and looking forward to seeing how I get on next month!3 -
The first shop of my month. Was very pleased that i only spent £36 in lidl, but then went to Tesco for about 3 extra bits and ended up buying more (obviously 🙄) and spent an extra £28. So a total of £56 which is annoying but isn't too bad as my limit is £70 per week. Few things unplanned for i got more of as they were on offer or hard to get lately. So I think my best bet it to try not to go to the supermarket weekly and just go sent I'm desperate! But.... Got a £10 voucher from lidl that needs using up in under one week so i guess I'll be back in a week's time!Grocery challenge:
Oct 24.£/£400
Sept 24 £500/£500
Dec 2023
Debt pay down: from move
loan: £11500
CC £4222, Jan 24 £3831,
Oct 2024 new debt pay down
Personal loan £10000
Cc: £3758
Barclaycard (£187) £0
Debt to family - (£200) £0
Tesco (£2200) (£5343) 0
Halifax (£488) £298 =£0
Virgin £3611 = £3572
Santander = £1500
Total: Mar 2020 (£6486 ) Apr £6109 May £5665 (+£106 tranfer fee); June £5331 Sept (£950 added) £5343, Dec £5070 April 2021 PAID OFF!!4 -
Went to M&S this afternoon in a rage because my rubber washing up gloves had an impossible to spot hole in one hand and what I thought was a packet containing another pair under the sink turned out to be j cloths! Grrr expletive
Spent £10.03 including the astronomical sum of £2.80 for extra strong Marigolds and then spent £1.84 in T*sco on the way home on a new kitchen note pad. That leaves me with £75.70 to last until the end of this month.
Off to bed now and tomorrow's another day, night all, goldfinches.4 -
That's a relief, getting your hob fixed now!Doom_and_Gloom said:£26.20 spent since last post.
We have a working hob now so yay for that. Will make budgeting a bit easier, however we are already over.
Will only buy what is needed. Will only buy what is needed!
£193.25/£180.
£13.25 over.
Our extractor is still waiting for the splashback to be delivered before it goes up. I really need to paint the ceiling but keep putting it off because I don't fancy washing it (as there are marks from the old cupboards). Awaiting delivery of some primer undercoat too before I can do the base units in their new shade of grey - it won't be finished by Christmas after nearly four months waiting for the splashback. Nightmare!Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
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 thread
My new diary is here5 -
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2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 39.5 spent.
4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
22 - yarn
1.5 - sports bra
2 - leather wallet4 -
Had to brave Smith's today to purchase new pens and discovered that the person who laid out their one-way system is an idiot! Between hopelessly confusing layout and rain splattered glasses that were misting up indoors over my mask, I made a complete mess of the whole thing and when another customer asked me if I was in the queue for the self-scanner checkouts I had to say "I hope so."
Anyway I spent £6.99 so have £68.71 left.
Night all and sweet dreams, goldfinches."She could squeeze a nickel until the buffalo pooped."
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£26.10 spent on the groceries this week. Was able to reduce spending by creating stuff out of the flour 'mountain' of a 14kg bag that was my OH's crazy purchase during lockdown. Interesting just how inventive we've become
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Oh dear food this month was £394 but that did include Christmas cake ingredients plus our service user that lives with us has had to have different food to us. Must try harder.....Mortgage free September 2021. Narrowboat brought October 2021
Emergency fund £7500
Christmas fund £14305 -
Another £70.08 spent.
£71.93/ £180.005
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