October 2021 Grocery Challenge

K9sandFelines

Thanks for a new month @elsiepac
Please put me down for £250.
I'm desperately trying to drop this, but not quite down to a one person household yet. 

joedenise

I use my credit card for all grocery shopping and then pay off at the end of the month.  The reason for this is to collect Tesco points.  I rarely shop in Tesco but have their CC.  I use YNAB to keep track of my grocery spend so although it gets paid next month it still comes out of this month's budget - if that makes sense!

Dizzydolly123

Could i join for October please, ive literally not done this challenge for years, its a case of necessity now sadly as funds are low, i usually spend around 400 a month, id like to set the challenge at 300 as my cupboards and freezer are crammed 

Pixiehouse55

PipneyJane said:

Pixiehouse55 said:

Hi everyone. I'm not going to do a budget for October as I haven't got a clue how it's going to work out in our motor home. I will keep popping in and update you all and to keep an eye on you 🤣😂 
We move out Thursday morning 
love n hugs xx

Good luck with the move, @Pixiehouse55.  This week will be tough on you.

Love-n-hugs

- Pip

Thanks Pip. It's been tough as we got let down. Women buying our bed blocked me and basically she didn't want it!! I asked her several times. The bloke buying my husbands lathe bailed out. Couldn't get the petrol to get here from Devon. So we now have bedstead. Lathe. Dressing table and solid oak dining table going in storage.... neighbour is going to try and sell it all for us.  Roll on Thursday morning when we move out. Feeling exhausted. But hey ho, we will be doing what we've been planning to do for 8 years.. Will pop in when I can. Look for Pixie on the move in our motor home ☺☺☺  xxx

nannygladys

Tomorrow is the start of the October grocery challanged for me. Still £15 weekly  for me please.
Week 1 - 29/9 - 5/10.  =  £0/£15
Nannyg

Suffolk_lass

carolinerunner said:

Suffolk_lass said:

I've done a store-cupboard order to be delivered this week. I need to make sure I have a bit of fuel left and have a hospital appointment in the next town. I already need to edit the order as I forgot dishwasher tabs but reading on here has reminded me. It will be my main shop for October and to make sure, it has gone on my credit card, rather than the debit one.

How does that work with the different cards @Suffolk_lass? Always keen to pinch your ideas 😂 !

@carolinerunner it's not complicated. If I am buying at the end of a month and it is predominantly a stores shop, If my spend to date is over £100 I use the credit card (JL one, for the vouchers) to postpone the payment point.

This is the first time I have gone for delivery rather than click and collect and I realise the payment will actually get taken in November. My CC cut off date is 16th (October for this transaction) for the statement with payment taken around the 10th of the following month - so it is a good job I have an annualised budget really, with a separate pot for stores.

I'll post my up to date figures tomorrow. I have been scooping my monthly leftovers (allowing £200 a month) into the stores pot that started at £400 and it is at £610 with over £400 spent so far this year before the shop. DH's pension comes in on Friday or Monday for the fresh part and the wine (!  ) will go to the treats and entertainment pot that is not in this challenge.

I gave myself a serious talking to last night and removed the turkey that was in the shopping basket. Actually, it was for the planned trip to Scotland (10 people in two cottages) but frankly, we don't need to be so extravagant.

jozbo

September was my first grocery challenge - I’m going to do £280 again

please put me down for £280 for October 

Balancinglife

Hi
The September challenge really helped me keep on budget so definitely joining this month. 

£350 again for 2 adults and 2 children 
Running 25th to 24th
spent a lot weekend but most were monthly items and We also had guests for dinner on Sunday 
£69 -Ald!
£8 - F.foods
£3 Lid!
£24 B&M
£8 Tesc0
£52 Q save

£164/£350

MandM90

Just spent ~£100 on the supermarket shop however we shall see what they manage to deliver (usually 1-2 things missing) and £10 I'm going to take from the gifts budget as I got ingredients for dinner, ice cream, choc sauce and some treats for a friend who is recovering from a thyroidectomy. Dropping dinner off at her house on Monday Eve and other friends are covering other days. So that's ~£90 gone for me, but will update the amount when it comes on Saturday. Quite pleased really as there are a few personal care bits and I snuck in some matches, candles and other bits for the house.

Finstickle

Hi @elsiepac can I be put down for £480 please?

This is lower than last month but I actually think we'll be fine.  I've already done a musclefood order for £78.50 which arrives on Saturday and provides 58 portions of meat, so that will spread over more than just October.  that leaves £100pw for everything else.

We're stocked up on cleaning products, no big events meal wise, I'm going to have a few weeks without wine as wanting to focus on exercise a fair bit this month.  Also relatively well stocked for pantry staples so am feeling positive!!!

Current total £78.40/£480