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November 2021 Grocery Challenge

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  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    £18.81 over the weekend in A1d1 and Morries
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • @Suffolk_lass I also cook my cooking apples the same way when I have the oven on for other things. I have not tried adding dates though .. I find dried fruit and nuts impossible to keep in the house, as soon as I buy them I eat them all within 2 days - this includes sultanas etc !! It is very annoying when I want to bake sweet treats. 

    Grocery Challenge  £55.65 / £140  + £6/ £100 bulk 
    On way back from booster and flu jab spent £28 in Waitrose but over £8 back on cashback, then home for 2+ days ill  + £2.65 Sunday on some sweets, crisps and sparkling watre so a bit pointless spend TBH.

    Luckily I had put a FR chicken in oven in the morning before  walking to Doctor for my FLU/COVID jab last week (which knocked me out for 3 days as I was already ill)  and cooked loads brown rice so had chicken to eat and fair amount of nibbles including some GF DF bars that helped me thru feeling awful..

    Plus today I made chicken stock, half went into a very delicious chicken soup with the last bit of the chicken that I have had 2 huge bowls already and may well not manage to freeze any as it will all be eaten!... and the other half of the stock will make up beetroot soup today as I have some in, some of that I will manage to freeze.

    My freezer is rammed - no second hand or free ones around me available at present  - I may yet swoop in and get a black Friday deal if I can see one for under £200 (and cash back!) 

    Now I have this bulk store pot started I  will see where is best to bulk buy online /offline  stores such as pulses, brown rice , dairy free milk etc - any suggestions welcome.


    Free Money £14.58/£100
    £8.34 from  Shopmium/Green Jinn offers - there is a great Japanese coffee Shopmium offer on 50% at Waitrose - you can do it 6 times on diff blends. It is still on.


    Nov NSD             4/15     (M/T/F/S) 
    hopefully today as well (Monday) I have run out of eggs, DF milk etc but I could wait a day or so.
    Not spending much at all elsewhere, some new aeropress coffee filters, nothing really on entertainment  this week as ill.
    Need to start the Xmas shopping... I have £400 only in the gifts pot as I add to it ach month but it seems there are birthdays every month including one in December ...

    DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
    No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff.    Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest
  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    Tried to calculate my missing amounts, given up and guessed at £250, staying at S.I.L. weekends, contributing veg and some meats, so a very rough approximation.
    Do I need it or just want it.
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