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April 2021 Grocery Challenge
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Thank you for the new thread @elsiepac. Could you please put me down for £300? Thank you!6
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Afternoon. Can I please join again? Our grocery is soooo out of control (again) and I really need to reign it in as much as possible. I'll try for £500 please (starting 26/3-25/4).
Thank you2 adults and 3 children DD (14), DD (12) & DS (10) :smileyhea and 2 mental beagles.
Paying off debt bit by bit7 -
Thankyou for the new thread @elsiepac, could you put me down for the usual £4 per day please so £120 for the month and I'll be back here on the 1st. Thanks a lot, goldfinches.7
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Morning and thanks for the thread @elsiepac. Could you put me down for £350 for April. Kids are off for 2 weeks, so will be needing more snacks etc.Grocery Challenge 2024
Feb £419.82 Mar £599.53 Apr £405.69 May £531.37 Jun
Declutter challenge 2024 0 items7 -
Good morning and thank you, @elsiepac! I'll go for £500 again, please; once DS3 is actually in residence properly again, I'll see whether we can drop that to £450 once I've assessed what kind of things he's eating now and whether he's bringing anything to the table, so to speak, but - that day is not this day!
Angie - GC Jul 25: £225.85/£500 : 2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge: 26/68: (Money's just a substitute for time & talent...)7 -
Hi @elsiepac, please put me down for £180 for April. My month runs from 25th so I'll keep posting on the March thread until then. Thanks again for the new thread.6
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Hi, I am new to this challenge. Can you put me down for £450 please from start of April?Debts :Paypal £1981.32
Monzo Loan £4278.16
Virgin CC £2137 0% until Dec 23
HSBC £5471.01 0% until Feb 2025
Emergency pot £404.47/2500
1p Savings Challenge £1.45/660
52 week Savings: £22.00/14007 -
Thanks for the new thread @elsiepac.
Please put me in for £140.
I might tweet the amount up slightly, if we have any money left from March, but that is looking unlikely. The £140 is for all supermarket spending for two adults. Our month will run from 1st April to 30th.
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It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!
2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 25.5 spent.
4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
8 - 4 x 100g/450m skeins 3-ply dark green Wool Local yarn
1.5 - sports bra
2 - 100g/220m DK Toft yarn7
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