I’d like to jump in and give this a go. I don’t really know what my budget is, I’ll be saving my receipts through January, so I’m going to say £580 budget for us 4 humans, & 3 cats during January. That’ll be cleaning/toiletries/pull-ups etc. I really hope I can spend less than that though!
Hi @elsiepac can you reduce my budget to £200 and monthly please. Really want to cut unnecessary spends, with a cheaper to run car, and no pets should be doable. Although the pet part is under review.
After what looks like to be a very expensive December, I went back and the average weekly spend for the last four months has been £125 😱. I can’t quite strip out Xmas properly from December and so I can’t tell if my monthly shop had any impact at all.
I would prefer a max weekly amount for groceries, toilet roll, cleaning stuff etc to be £100, but that might be ambitious to do all at once. Will try for £115 a week, which will come out at £575 for the month.
Have done a very rough meal plan with lots of flexibility, with the aim of doing a massive monthly shop for cupboards, freezer, bread and meat. Then will do everything else weekly and try to run down what I have.
Hi @elsiepac thank you for setting up a new thread, I see I’m on the list for an annual £5,200, I’d like to stick with that please. I had a rubbish year this year so am hoping for better !
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Thanks @elsoepac - very on the ball this month we really appreciate you keeping a tally. I'm in again this year but may well exceed my target in 2022 as inflation is rampant, and I intend adding a few additional things into GC (I realise I have one or two subscription deliveries and also want to include cat things (unless DH buys them at a pets store) - so when they are in the SM shop.
£3000 annual target please
Just realised you have added me with that presumption - thankyou. Please leave the contingency too. I also intend adding a row for treats and entertainment to my spreadsheet so I can track my monthly spend there properly (still won't include it in GC though). This is because I have bought quite a lot of wine and then wondered why I needed to juggle funds between three accounts!
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I have read this thread for interest for the last 6 month and think it’s time l joined and a got a grip with my grocery spends. As it’s the first month lm going to set at £400 this is for 2 adults and a dog but l hope to be under, we shall see.
That’s for all grocery shopping for two adults - food, cleaning products and toiletries - but excludes any money spent at our local butcher’s shop (separate budget). Our month will run from the 1st to the 31st.
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Morning, I'm drinking tea in bed wondering how Christmas Eve has managed to sneak up on me despite months of planning and knowing that it is on the same day every year. Thank you for the new thread elsiepac, please can you keep my challenge at £70.
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Really want to cut unnecessary spends, with a cheaper to run car, and no pets should be doable. Although the pet part is under review.
I would prefer a max weekly amount for groceries, toilet roll, cleaning stuff etc to be £100, but that might be ambitious to do all at once. Will try for £115 a week, which will come out at £575 for the month.
Have done a very rough meal plan with lots of flexibility, with the aim of doing a massive monthly shop for cupboards, freezer, bread and meat. Then will do everything else weekly and try to run down what I have.
£575 for the month for me please!
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£3000 annual target please
Just realised you have added me with that presumption - thankyou. Please leave the contingency too. I also intend adding a row for treats and entertainment to my spreadsheet so I can track my monthly spend there properly (still won't include it in GC though). This is because I have bought quite a lot of wine and then wondered why I needed to juggle funds between three accounts!
Count me “in” please with a budget of £140.
That’s for all grocery shopping for two adults - food, cleaning products and toiletries - but excludes any money spent at our local butcher’s shop (separate budget). Our month will run from the 1st to the 31st.
Thanks for the shiny new thread, @elsiepac
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£10 on flowers and £4.60 on bin liners (for home and garden)
£14.60/ £300
Bulk Buy fund for 2024: £600/£600 🙌
Debt neutral fund: £11.27/£1000
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1st quarter starting weight: 9st 9lbs
2nd quarter starting weight: 9st 7.2lbs
Wholefood plant based diet start weight: 9st 5.6 on 9/5/23
GC - Annual Target: £3000 - Running total:£827.81/£3000
Jan: £100; Feb: £108.31; Mar: £71; Apr: £229.50; May: £225; Jun: £94; Jul: £0; Aug: £0; Sep: £0; Oct: £0; Nov: £0; Dec: £0
Bulk Buy spends: £200/£600
483 this time please
I've spent 155 already. Whoops family of 5, fridge full but a lots of it has a hone already for xmas boxing day Jacob joins.Good luck everyone
Thank you for the new thread elsiepac, please can you keep my challenge at £70.