January 2008 Grocery Challenge

Frugaldom

Hello again everyone
I think I was in the wrong thread when I originally asked to join (December thread). My aim is £120 for January 2008. That's for 3 adults.

Thanks for letting me join

Irish_Mom

Hi all,

Newbie here, can i join as well! I really need to get a tight grip on finances next year as building our house
I'm going to try for €200.00 (01jan-31jan) for 2 adults, dd(16yrs), 2 dogs, 2 cats and a hen!!
oh dear , is this possible?!!!
Fingers crossed!!!!!

lil_me

Everyone so far has been added, this post is mainly for me so I don't get lost off :rotfl:

This challenge list may help some reduce their signatures, I know many who have more than 4 LINES have had them removed by moderators and if you are using just those to track something you will not get to see the data once it is deleted as they do not PM you it or email you it.

affordmylife, yes interesting, but as has been said previously many include things others don't in their budget, like alcohol, work meals, cleaning stuff, toiletries, animal feeds/care, eating out/takeaways, parking costs, fuel costs, gas/electricity even. So possibly more interesting that some also include much more in what they consider a grocery budget, for some it's more a 'what's left after the direct debits' challenge rather than just groceries..

39redrose

Hi everyone
Read the boards daily but have only ever posted once. I love this community and the feel-good factor and sense of support it promotes between everyone. I'd like to join in please with the grocery challenge; myself, DH, DD (17), DD (9), 2 rabbits, a hamster and two goldfish! Get paid around 25th/26th, so aiming for approx £50 a week, even though it's a bit like old Mother Hubbard's at the moment!

K
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In_Search_Of_Me

I'm back after a disasterous few months - have managed to get everything else down but the groceries are the remaining bastion to be cleared! I'll go for £150 if thats OK for me & 3 cats - their food is quite expensive and I want to suceed & then drop it down!! Start from 1st I assume?

Mollymop5

oops I also posted my January challenge in Decembers thread so can I join here please.I'm starting at £150 with the hope of reducing it a little every month so I'm at a comfortable level.My cupboards are quite bare at the mo cos we emptied them before xmas and just bought what we needed to use.So I am starting from scratch with alot of essentials!

mumzyof2

I have just bought everything in that i need so freezer fridge cupboard stocked up..

belfastgirl23

Hi everyone, wow this thread has grown really fast!! Guess we're all making very positive new year resolutions

I want to try to set myself a GC for the year of £1800 - £2000. The theory behind this is that it's easy to go off the rails once I've 'failed' so I'm trying to give myself a bigger target as an incentive to keep to the smaller ones Or fail by less if you see what I mean.

I want to have a very lean January as a way of making this achievable so I'm going for £100 - £110. It will be tight given that it's a five week month but we have most of the essentials in so no need to do a big tesco shop. Hopefully it's mainly topping up with F&V (other resolution as always is to lose weight!).

Sorry I didn't get to read all the folks in the first two pages but our internet is being rubbish tonight and each page takes forever to load. Just to say good luck to all the new people and welcome back to the oldies And as always thanks lil'me for keeping us all on track...

And happy new year to everyone

PS on the signature issue, it can really help if you keep your writing as small as possible, that way you can get more info in

bails

Hi, I'd like to join in please! I'm setting my initial budget as £150, see how we get on. Can anyone tell me, do I include pet food in this? Is it simply food or anything bought in the supermarket e.g. toiletries etc? And do vouchers/BOGOF etc come off the total? (at the moment they go into my PMS fund). Sorry, spot the newbie!

malvena_2

Hallo Everyone

Could I join in too please.
I have checked my cupboards and they are fairly well stocked, except for laundry products.

I am going to aim for £50 this month for me and the cat. I get a free cooked lunch monday to friday and free fruit if I wish, so its just breakfasts, evenings and weekends to cater for. (It will kill me when my contract comes to an end :eek:, it probably wont be £50 then).

I also want to get back into cooking from scratch so this will definately help.

M