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April 2024 Grocery Challenge
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Eek… I’ve been missing in action but only in person… I have budgeted and also now got a Hyperjar with a structured pot for groceries. I budgeted £400 for Mid April until Mid May and have spent £ 231.31 with £168.69 remaining. I’ve bought cleaning and toiletries for the month so should be achievable. Feel so much more in control than I did in Feb… gone from spending £700+ in a month so massive achievement
Mid April to Mid May £400 budget, on track and going into May with £168.69 (don’t need anything until Thursday) 😊
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I'm declaring at £200 this month - next month will be a lot lower hopefully as I'm doing my vegan storecupboard challenge - I'll declare weekly in May'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
GC - September- £61.23/£350
Debt neutral fund - 2/45
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'4 -
Gosh, well done @number_23 that sort of reduction took me years to achieve (and maintain)number_23 said:Eek… I’ve been missing in action but only in person… I have budgeted and also now got a Hyperjar with a structured pot for groceries. I budgeted £400 for Mid April until Mid May and have spent £ 231.31 with £168.69 remaining. I’ve bought cleaning and toiletries for the month so should be achievable. Feel so much more in control than I did in Feb… gone from spending £700+ in a month so massive achievementMid April to Mid May £400 budget, on track and going into May with £168.69 (don’t need anything until Thursday) 😊
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,373.14 in 8 months, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £1,959.37 to the end of August. This is too high if there is to be anything lovely for Xmas.
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here4 -
The problem with doing a big CostCo shop is that it feels like you shouldn't need to go to the shop ever again, which isn't how it works unfortunately.
5 little shops and a big shop in the last week.
Declaring April at £729/£700Sep Grocery Challenge £340/£350
2026 Grocery Challenge YTD Average £354/£350
2025 Grocery Challenges Average - 104.36% spend vs Budget2 -
I finish my month at £228+ a final splurge of £4.60, so at £232.60, I was £32.60 over budget.
Loan repayments start next month, so must try harder!Keep reading books!4 -
Ahhh…. The C0stc0 factor. You aren’t alone. Personally, @Finstickle, whenever I go to C0stc0, I can’t leave without spending at least £30 on things that weren’t on the shopping list. I’d pop in for a bag of coffee beans and, £50 later, come out with a trolley of stuff. It’s as if I’d left my self-restraint at the door. Thank heavens for having a freezer!Finstickle said:The problem with doing a big CostCo shop is that it feels like you shouldn't need to go to the shop ever again, which isn't how it works unfortunately.
5 little shops and a big shop in the last week.
Declaring April at £729/£700
- 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!
2026 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 92.5 spent out of 80.5 coupons (66 plus 14.5 from 2025) 12 over
57.5 coupons - yarn
12 coupons - 3 M&S thermal bodies
4 coupons - shorty pyjamas
1 coupon - bra
8 coupons - 2 t-shirts (Queens Club & 10CC Cricket)
5 coupons - black leather loafers
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Declaring at £339.31/400. But changed it to 375,so will use the underspend towards may.4
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Declaring at £422 spent for 4 weeks of April (pay day on 4 week cycle). Budgeted £400 so this is over. I have scoured the accounts and there was also about £170 in top up shops. This month was all about seeing how things actually are, now onto improvement!5
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Hi all declaring £392.19/£450 so under budget this month. Happy with that as we've used up some items that have been hanging around for a while.Grocery Challenge 2024
Feb £419.82 Mar £599.53 Apr £405.69 May £531.37 Jun
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Hi everyone.
My month finished on the 12th, so I'm only just in May; but I do still need to tot up my receipts for this month.
I will come back and edit this post, once i know
I'm back and my total for the month is £106.38.GC 2026 £1,339.25/1200.00
(20.49/8 = 2.52 <2/8> coffee) Sep £51.06/100 BB £17.67/20 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning, from 13th to 12th of each month).
One person vegan household, with occasional visitors
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