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October 2025 Grocery Challenge

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  • I am going to stick to £400 budget for 2 adults and 2 teenagers for October. This includes household consumables and basic toiletries.


    £0/£400
    Voucher savings £
    Unnecessary spend  £
    Grocery challenge:
    Oct 24.£/£400
    Sept 24 £500/£500

    Dec 2023
    Debt pay down: from move
    loan: £11500
    CC £4222, Jan 24 £3831, 

    Oct 2024 new debt pay down
    Personal loan £10000
    Cc: £3758

    Barclaycard (£187) £0  
    Debt to family - (£200) £0
    Tesco (£2200) (£5343) 0
    Halifax (£488) £298 =£0
    Virgin £3611 = £3572
    Santander = £1500
    Total: Mar 2020 (£6486 ) Apr £6109 May £5665 (+£106 tranfer fee); June £5331 Sept (£950 added) £5343, Dec  £5070 April 2021 PAID OFF!!
  • mandco
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    Might need to revise my budget for oct as turns out my cat is having kittens
    starting oct slightly early with some bulk buy pet food in Tesco - currently 4 for 3 = £68.99 
    this year do something that scares you for courage is not the absence of fear just the knowledge that some things are worth the risk
  • Down for £400 please 


    After putting the budget up to 600 for a few months, I’ve been learning where I go wrong, a much more successful month for me in September. £400 for next month allows me to put the extra £200 straight into savings for ds1 18th birthday in November! 

    Looking forward to October! Let’s hope the weather drops enough for a month of soupy goodness!! 
    October GC 🧡🫶 £111.19/£400
    September GC 🥨🍕 - £475.63/£600
     
    PAD Oct 💰 - £17.30
    PAD Sept 💪 - £205.50
    PAD August  🤑 - £151.90 
    PAD July 💷 - £305.60

    NSD Oct 💳 - 2/10
    NSD Sept 🙏 - 8/10
    NSD August ✋ - 3/10 
    NSD July 🚫 - 12/10

    Debt Marstons - paid off (June 25)
    Debt Clearpay - paid off (July 25) 
    Debt Ovo - paid off (July 25)
    Debt Klarna- paid off (September 25) 
    Debt Capitol one- £446.13
    Debt Barclaycard - £1,192.00
    Debt Uksl  - £1,389.83

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