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September 2024 Grocery Challenge

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  • £9.71 over. My aunt had tickets to the Chelsea Physic Garden and of course that trip ended in tea and cake. Then there was a pop up market on the way back and I bought some Kombucha (I've been drinking it with cranberry juice and fizzy water as a v low-alcohol cocktail).  I probably need to add £1.20 to that for my breakfast pastry tomorrow. 

    Despite the fact I always go over I do think I'm spending less than I would if I wasn't doing the challenge - there was a period where I would just grab a coffee every morning or any time I was hanging around at the train station and get lunch out most days. I also think if I put the budget up I'll go over the new target, so I'll leave it where it is for now. 
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  • Ugh, what a fail this month was - super busy with end of summer season at work so I wasnt checking my sums weekly like I did in August and I think that had a partial effect.  However I have reined in the lunch/coffee/takeout spends. Next month will be better hopefully as I get lunch provided for me at work outside of peak season :)

    Declaring £454.25/£400 on groceries, and £206.31/£180 for coffee/lunches.

    See you on the October thread.
  • Well, that was an epic fail for my first grocery challenge - I said I'd £350 for groceries, lunches and coffees out (me and 2 teens on shared custody).

    Clocked up a whopping  £518.07  - groceries was £365.26 and lunches out etc £152.81. Well over £100 of that total was extras/ treats bought when we were camping with friends August bank holiday week (my month starts the 24th when I get paid) but there was still too much frivolity the rest of the month too.

    Am going to try better this month though I have 2 weekends away with DP planned so may go off course again but attempting £350 again.
    @biggerpickle I've found that updating on the thread with each grocery spend really helps to keep me on track. Would you be open to doing that for October? 

  • I'm going to declare today because I can't get to the store today for incidentals due to schedules.  £379.96 / £386.00 spent. £6.04 remaining. We still have about £30 in Love To Shop vouchers for M & S that I'm going to roll over to October. 
  • Went over last week.
    The first part of the budget from this week and into next month has been spent is around £19.84 on eggs, various fresh items plus a couple of cheap jars of sauce.
    I also treated myself to a small sachet of Horlicks too.
    I've decided to take a break from slimming world and try to eat healthy.

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