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July 2025 Grocery Challenge
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@JingsMyBucket I cheated and used Aldis puff but they are lovely. Gave one to a neighbour and she complemented my pastry! 🤣
A few spends to add to July
Sainsbury's £6.05
The range. £11.45
Aldi. £31.64
Total. £49.14
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Finishing July at £260.95 / £250craft 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 = £2254.03/£3300
Jan 413.77 Feb £361.32, March £192. April £438.06 May £261.66 June £204.54 July £260.95/ £250 August £273. 40 /£650
Decluttering campaign. 2024= 80 // 52 bin bags full. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏅💐DH ⭐4 -
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 ££110.46/£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 frugality4
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Declaring at £1.59 over my target.Fashion on the Ration 2025 - 1.5 coupons remaining
August Grocery Challenge £0 of £250 spent
Declutter 7 things (net) in 2025. Done, now trying to keep it even (9 over at present).3 -
Congrats @Changeyourlife25, that’s beautiful progress! 🥳1
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Hi All - is there an August thread yet?2
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July Grocery Budget for Two £155.
Last shop for July yesterday. £19.99 spent.
The tomatoes, cucumber and potatoes were on offer. We have had fish, meat and cheese from the freezer, 14 eggs from the hens, and apricots, blackberries, redcurrants, blueberries and the first plums from the garden this week. DH made the bread and daily kefir. He buys extra milk and yellow stickered fruit. We have been given runner beans.
We had members’ birthday free tea and cake for two at the garden centre.
I shopped on the first and last day of the month, 7 times in all, 5 usual grocery shops at Aldi and Asda for stocking up and Lidl in passing, we don’t have one locally. DH bought extra milk and yellow stickered fruit.Total Spent for July £154.53
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My July grocery budget is underspent but the eating out/fun budget has well and truly been busted so I'm going to slither over to August and start afresh. The bright side is at least the grocery underspend can subsidise the overspend on eating out.Well done to all of us for making the effort to manage our grocery spends!3
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@changeyourlifeforever that sounds great for the month. Well done!Grocery challenge June £241.19/£320. July £303.97/£215
August £36.02/£3102 -
I've completely lost track of my spending largely due to being very overwhelmed by the weather and events so am going to draw a line under July and slink off to August to try again. See you all over on the new thread.3
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