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July Grocery Challenge
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I'm setting myself a target of £160 for July for all shop bought spends as I am starting off with fairly empty cupboards and freezer. I have a few meals partly made up in the freezer already from a major cooking session yesterday so I should be fine
Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!0 -
My payday was today and I'm setting a budget of £55 for the month. I mastered three cheap but lovely receipes last month and have some leftover ingredients from those to make them again this month, and quite a bit of stuff leftover from the last week. One thing I find really useful with keeping receipts is that I can look at my shopping list and check how much things cost last time, so I go in to the shops with a pretty accurate idea of how much I'll be spending - I'm awful at keeping track of the overall cost of my basket as I'm walking round!0
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I've started using the calculator function on my cheap and cheerful mobile phone. I use more for this than for calls!
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Ive been saving my receipts etc, and was gonna do this, this month (i get paid today so was starting today). £100 set aside for the month for food for 2 of us, which i know i can do if i meal plan and use what I have.
However, b/f is off work today and went grocery shopping.. spent £85!!!!0 -
:eek: Guess you'll just have to stitch his hands into his pockets Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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emm, i know it sounds funny, but im really annoyed. All my organisation for this month is now out the window on day 1, and im mad0
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Oh dear.
Well, can you re-plan with whatever he did manage to buy...?
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Can you plan on a skinflint end to the month to teach him a lesson? Make sure that all that's left to cook with are things that you like but he's not so keen on
Cruel, I know...
Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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Mango wrote:My payday was today and I'm setting a budget of £55 for the month. I mastered three cheap but lovely receipes last month and have some leftover ingredients from those to make them again this month, and quite a bit of stuff leftover from the last week. One thing I find really useful with keeping receipts is that I can look at my shopping list and check how much things cost last time, so I go in to the shops with a pretty accurate idea of how much I'll be spending - I'm awful at keeping track of the overall cost of my basket as I'm walking round!
What recipes were they Mango?0
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