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April 2024 Grocery Challenge
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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!
July grocery challenge START: £150.
total SPENT £127.53, REMAINING £22.37.4 -
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!
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 yarn3 -
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
Declutter challenge 2024 0 items3 -
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 Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality1
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