November 2021 Grocery Challenge

flossyblog

Hi everyone, hope you are feeling better elsiepac
total spent on groceries in November €357.67 that's €107.67 over budget. I am definately over my year budget already with one month to go.

Finstickle

Declaring for November at £560.73 / £550.00

I thought I was under but found a Tesco charge that I have no receipt for so assume DD bought something without telling me!!!

Average spend per day £16.37 to date, target £16.50 so happy with that.
8 NSDs - slightly below average but I did lots of small shops at the beginning of the month.

cornishchick

last few days of November budget
I had £26,80 left for the last week, I used 
£15.72 to bulk buy some favourites.
£7.17 Today on top-ups of bread and cheese and some lozenges. so a total of £22.89 to add to the grand total , making ..

£96.09/£100.  

I am happy with that, MY new month starts tomorrow, but trying to do a no-spend as long as I can. pension paid today, but Im gonna try and hold off shopping till I get paid for my work, around the 9th.. see how I go. 

esjw

Declaring at £607.88/£500 for November.

As it was the first month of tracking everything in nearly 8 years the £500 really was a guestimate and I thought I was on track at £492.51 until DH pulled a wad of receipts out of his wallet - hey ho.

On the positive side it's helped highlight some areas we can make savings.

MissRikkiC

My plan for November was to shop less, as in go to the shops less and change up what we were eating. 

Glad to say both of the above happened, less meat too which I am pleased about but spent more than budgeted.  Sticking with the budget this month even though it’s a weird one and will see how we fare for January. Enjoyed being a week behind today so I could catch up. 

Glad you’re okay @elsiepac sorry to hear you were unwell 

PipneyJane

Good evening All

I have totally lost the plot this month.  I know what's left in the grocery purse £20.90, so I can work out what we spent, but I've lost track of where and how much.  (To add to it, I've just lost the post I was writing.  GRRRRRRR)

I'm declaring at £138.10/£159, leaving £20.90 to roll forward to December.

Part of why I'm so far behind is that my beloved iPAD Mini is dying and that is what I use for tracking.  It was a present for my 50th birthday, back in 2015, so it's served me well.  I've bought a replacement but that doesn't play nicely with the cover-and-keyboard that I've been using - the magnets are in the wrong places - so I purchased a replacement cover-and-keyboard from a different manufacturer.  The cover is fine; the keyboard is rubbish.  I'm a touch typist and can't type on it.  

Hope everyone is well.  Now to catch up.

- Pip

PS:  @elsiepac Sorry to hear you've been ill.

Herbyme

Declaring at 598.79/600. Thank goodness it’s December tomorrow! ( I don’t normally say that 😂)

pamsdish

Declaring within budget, just, which is quite surprising in one way, away every weekend, but, I do contribute in shopping, so swings and roundabouts.

K9sandFelines

I can't remember when I last posted, but I came in under budget this month; so having no bulk buys and only nipping to the shops when absolutely essential has helped.
I hadn't been counting in previous bulk buys, as and when they were used. So think that makes all the difference as well, rather than a massive total when purchased. 

My month ended on the 25th of Nov. So off to December thread now. 

Doom_and_Gloom

Doom_and_Gloom said:

£245.99/£240.
£5.99 over.

Hoping that is it but I won't declare until the end of the month.

Yay, we didn't spend any more after that post so can declare November at £245.99, so £5.99 over which isn't too bad.

Hope you are better now elsiepac, be kind to yourself. 

Off to the December thread now.