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October 2021 Grocery Challenge

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  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,046 Forumite
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    Just been and done the final shop of the month, £16.88 in Asda.  Pay day next Friday so a slightly shorter than normal month (straight 4 weeks).  Total spend for October £158.27/£180.  Extremely pleased with that so will aim to stick at £180 going forward 😃
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £20MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; June 2025 £19,394.00 2025 OP £1589/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £2050/£21,930 (9.34%)
  • jozbo
    jozbo Posts: 334 Forumite
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    Final shop of the month at L1dl, £24.68 and we are now at £278.50/£280 which needs to last until next Friday . Budget includes alcohol toiletries and cleaning products and fortnightly fruit and veg boxes. However that DD didn’t come out this month so have actually spent more than last month (am in fruit and veg debt!)
    it was having COVID and needing to self isolate that meant we had to self isolate so online deliveries cost us dear.
  • £17.17 spent since last post. 

    £212.46/£240.
    £27.54 left.
    I am a vegan woman. My OH is a lovely omni guy :D
  • Smoosh
    Smoosh Posts: 1,629 Forumite
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    Fizzy drink and doughnuts bought today (oops) - £1.70.

    £191.36/£200.
  • goldfinches
    goldfinches Posts: 2,533 Forumite
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    I was doing very well on the NSD front until today I fell off the wagon with a bang as I found a new Chinese supermarket right next to the Barnardo's shop. It was a wonderful cornucopia of things I've only read about in recipes and so of course I succumbed to the temptation and spent £6.97 on firm tofu, edible rice paper and black sesame seeds.

    That makes my new monthly total £69.24/£124 and my average daily spend £3.14 which isn't bad.

    However, tomorrow I'm going to need milk, yoghurt and radishes as well as ingredients for whichever slow cooker dish I decide to make so I think that's going to come to about £15 or so and won't get me to the end of the month either.  

    I have acquired (ahem) a bag for life full of windfall apples yesterday - from the back of a local hotel where they were lying on the grass looking delicious - so I'm covered for fruit for the next fortnight or so and I had them stewed with lemon juice and muscovado sugar and greek style yoghurt for breakfast. Yum.

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  • newroadahead
    newroadahead Posts: 1,340 Forumite
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    Hi All
    Been a busy week but have just counted the numbers we came in slightly under budget for food and toiletries but spent far too much in one other area so really must try to.improve 
    I really want to try to get back to batch cooking especially with colder weather settling In
    Will go to New thread for total for October 
    Thank you all
    NRA 
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  • MandM90
    MandM90 Posts: 2,246 Forumite
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    I have £70.02 left out of £400. My last shop will be delivered on 30th Oct. I'm looking forward to Nov as only three Saturdays so I'll have £100/week 💰💰💰
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