Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

Frugaldom

Here it is, the brand new thread dedicated to part 3 of this phenomenal challenge.

My final tally for the year to date is as detailed below:

GROCERIES
Jan 2008 £86.09
Feb 2008 £103.68
Mar 2008 £99.52
Apr 2008 £97.05
May 2008 £264.78 (included my bulk buys)
Jun 2008 £36.81
TOTAL FOR GROCERIES £687.93

GIFTS
Jan 2008 £49.23
Feb 2008 £16.97
Mar 2008 £4.49
Apr 2008
May 2008
Jun 2008 £20.47
TOTAL FOR GIFTS £91.16

EVERYTHING ELSE
Jan 2008 £58.90
Feb 2008 £7.58
Mar 2008 £38.50
Apr 2008 £150.00
May 2008 £20.00
Jun 2008 £44.00
TOTAL FOR EVERYTHING ELSE £318.98

UTILITIES
Jan 2008 £419.44
Feb 2008
Mar 2008 £64.72
Apr 2008 £534.14
May 2008
Jun 2008 £55.69
TOTAL FOR UTILITIES £1073.99

HOUSEHOLD
Jan 2008 £52.40
Feb 2008
Mar 2008
Apr 2008
May 2008
Jun 2008
TOTAL FOR HOUSEHOLD £52.40

INTERNET ACCESS
Jan 2008 £24.99
Feb 2008 £6.92
Mar 2008 £14.99
Apr 2008 £14.99
May 2008 £14.99
Jun 2008 £14.99
TOTAL FOR INTERNET ACCESS £91.87

TOTAL £2316.33
BALANCE £1683.67

I have an average of £280.61 per month for the remainder of 2008 and plan on meeting this target by doing the following:

1. Spend no more than £40 on grocery shopping each month to top up the stockpile
2. Use homemade cards and gifts, whenever possible, for special occasions
3. Leave the heating switched off all summer
4. Eat homegrown veggies
5. Cook from scratch, batch cook and freeze
6. Bake bread if it's not available to buy for 35p or less per loaf
7. Make the most of free entertainment and day trips
8. Take advantage of points, cashback and bargains for Christmas present 'stock'
9. Not buy any alcohol (I've started homebrewing instead! :rotfl: )
10. Not buy any cigarettes

Good luck to you all, let the second half of 2008 commence and cheers to all who are still with me on this challenge! :beer:

I STILL LOVE THIS CHALLENGE!
HERE WE GO FOR EVEN MORE FRUGAL FUN!

Frugaldom

I have now requested this thread be closed. I wonder what will make it into last post place?

Mumzy, you have a nice new thread to post in for the morning and Jumble-Bee, I have added a 'frunchkin power' next to your newly updated target in the new thread. Sophiesmum, it should be a very interesting part 3 with regards to the stockpile method of grocery shopping, but I succeeded in June! :j

See you all on the new thread tomorrow