January 2023 Grocery Challenge

newroadahead

declaring £245.75 for January, although below my £250 target I have had to rethink what I class as shopping so now on re set for February

NRA

Its_time

Oh dear so just added everything up and I am outside of my budget.  £263.93/£250.  Hopefully will be better next time.  I am sure it's only this close because I did this challenge so thank you, see you in February x

EskarinaWeatherwax

Phew, I am so glad to see the back of January!

Declaring at £167.05/£180 which I am very happy with! Heading over to Feb thread now

zafiro1984

Quietly pleased, came in at £176.49/£200.

It would have been £21.58 lower except that yesterday I had to drive almost 200 miles there and back to collect something and I was tired so picked up a takeaway on the way home.

I looked back at last year and my spend in 2022 was £311.86 for January so considering the general rise in food prices I'm quite happy.

Over to the Feb thread.

2Scratters

Our balance for the end of January is £124.12.
This is due to our money being gleaned through out the month and makes us a month behind. Not sure if this is the best method for me to work with. I may feel more comfortable putting it to one side for now as I don't want to get confused. Or simply put on my big girl pants and get on with it, properly out of my comfort zone. I had delayed taking the money until the end of December as having been paid early and normally get paid on the 27th, but I just kept on pushing through eating and shopping from stores. We literally got to the 24/25th of Jan before withdrawing the money from the bank. 
Actually now having written this down and already having done some shopping with a balance of £31 per week I am going to give it a go. 
Wish me luck

See you in February

2 Scratters xx

mfwin2019

Just todays veg box 20.30 to declare making my final amount

324. 44/350

Very happy with this and I will reserve the 25. 56 remaining to put towards any bulk purchases next time I go to the big C***co store.
See you on the Feb challenge next time I shop. 

SecondStar

Thrilled for January to be over!

Declaring £195.52 / £200.

I’m glad I scraped in under budget, especially for my first time budgeting for 1, but I can do better.

Lanky_larry

January started well, last couple of weeks went to pot a little … just about to total it up. Need to have a think about how I am budgeting feb

Lanky_larry

Oof 

January total £701 / £600 🙈

Saver-upper

A final tally-up tonight. On way home from taking son for haircut, stopped in at Iceland for "milk and bread", and came out £25.18 lighter 

£367.18/£300.00

A bit disappointing considering how much I ran down the fridge/2 under-counter freezers early in the month, and I haven't been buying the biscuits and sweets I normally get. Maybe for a family of 5 at home, plus 20yo daughter visiting during holidays/some weekends it's not too bad. January last year I spent £296.35 on groceries. Maybe not too bad, considering the way prices have gone up since then......