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July 2021 Grocery Challenge

elsiepac · 2021-06-16 09:58:50

Hi everyone, Welcome to the seventh Grocery Challenge of 2021! If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your June Budget then keep on posting in the June Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not…

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flossyblog Posts: 259 Forumite

8 August 2021 at 10:46AM edited 8 August 2021 at 11:05AM

Mixed bag this month,
I've gone €268.05 over budget, largely due to toiletries, we renewed our electric toothbrushes(€54 1+1 free) Bought a bottle of perfume(€108) as old one all used up. shampoo and conditioner (€56.50) plus some tea tree oil (€15.99

€242.76=grocery shop
€40.80=Mcdonalds
€234.49=toiletries
€518.05 =total

€2001 spent on groceries so far to date.

Grocery challenge year budget €3K Jan €190 Feb €225 Mar €313 Apr €202 May €224 June €329 July €518 Aug €231Sep €389 Oct €314 Nov €358 Dec €335 Total spent €3628
2021Frugal living challenge year budget €12.250 Total spent €15.678
Jan €438 Feb €1200 Mar €508 Apr €799 May €1122 June €1595 July €835 Aug €480 Sep €957 Oct €993 Nov €909 Dec €2698

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