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March 2024 Grocery Challenge

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  • Going for £600 again as worked for Feb but need to more strict about writing down the bits and bobs we pick up as and when to be more accurate 
  • Hi,

    I am planning a musclefood shop this month to get some more meat in, still a good stock of other items so going to resist CostCo and focus on keeping the overall number down.

    I am going to go for £500 this month please @elsiepac

    June Grocery Challenge         £0/£250
    2024 Grocery Challenges      Jan - £390/£350  Feb - £431/£500  Mar £499/£500  Apr £729/£700 
                                                   May £413/£450

    2021 £pd Average                  £16.41
    2021 Declutter                        369/365 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🏅🏅🏅
  • Hi I've dropped off for a couple of months. Lots of life changes. My budgets taken a massive hit so having to reassess things. I'm reducing my budget from £80 per week to £70 per week and decided to track only food/drink in this budget.  Consumables will be separate.

    So £350 this month for two adults and two teenagers. I've got a good freezer and pantry stock so I think it's doable. Thank you for the need thread! 
    Grocery challenge:
    Oct 24.£/£400
    Sept 24 £500/£500

    Dec 2023
    Debt pay down: from move
    loan: £11500
    CC £4222, Jan 24 £3831, 

    Oct 2024 new debt pay down
    Personal loan £10000
    Cc: £3758

    Barclaycard (£187) £0  
    Debt to family - (£200) £0
    Tesco (£2200) (£5343) 0
    Halifax (£488) £298 =£0
    Virgin £3611 = £3572
    Santander = £1500
    Total: Mar 2020 (£6486 ) Apr £6109 May £5665 (+£106 tranfer fee); June £5331 Sept (£950 added) £5343, Dec  £5070 April 2021 PAID OFF!!
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,316 Forumite
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    £45.35 spent at Aldi today. I went whilst DH was at the dentist! 🤣. Lots of meat and veg bought. Branded items coming  from Tescos on Saturday. Just lunches and basics to get after that for the rest of the month. 
    craft stash 2023 =161, 2024 = 119  2025 = £25.96 spent,  128 made and 5 mended,
    GC 2022 = £3154.96 
          2023 = £3334. 84 
          2024 = £.3221.81 
          2025 = £2043.99/£3300
    Jan 413.77 Feb £361.32, March £192. April  £438.06 May £261.66 June £204.54 July £172.64/ £250 
    Decluttering campaign. 2024= 76 and half/52 bin bags full. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏅💐DH ⭐
  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,652 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Good afternoon All

    Firstly, apologies @elsiepac, please change my budget to £145.80 for March.  We had £5.80 to roll over from February.

    Secondly, I have two shops to declare from today.  £5.58 spent in L!dl on breakfast cereals, lactose free milk (99p), Black Bread (£1.19), and Cotton Buds (65p).  All stuff that was needed but the aim was to push us over the £100 threshold, in order to get a free jar of Lazy Ginger.  (Might as well and we’ll need it soon enough.)

    The second shop was in Sainsbugs, again to take advantage of some offers.  £20.46 spent, mainly on 8 bottles of Fevertree ginger beer (£1.44, down from £2), 3 Yeo Valley honey yoghurts (£1.55 down from £2.15), and various fresh veg.

    The above brings our March spend to £26.04/£145.80, leaving £119.76 for the rest of the month.

    Meal plans for the next few days are:

    Today - chicken stir fry made with left-over combi-rice-bulgar-wheat and veg from a chicken tray bake earlier in the week
    Friday - Savoury Bread & Butter Pudding (4 slices bread, 1 can tuna, 1 can sweetcorn, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 100g cheddar)
    Saturday - Broccoli & Crème Fraiche Pasta, made with chorizo and 
    Sunday - roast chicken, which I’ll probably do in the slow cooker and then cook roast potatoes and roast sweet potatoes in our combi-oven
    Monday - Chicken risotto made with leftovers from Sunday’s roast.  (I have chemo on Monday so DH will probably have to cook it.)

    Breakfasts are cereal.  Lunches are leftovers. (Virtually all my dinner recipes feed at least four people.)

    - Pip

    "Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'

    It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!

    2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 25.5 spent.

    4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
    4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
    6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
    8 - 4 x 100g/450m skeins 3-ply dark green Wool Local yarn
    1.5 - sports bra
    2 - 100g/220m DK Toft yarn
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