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January 2012 Grocery Challenge
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Hi Lori
It is never too late to join, just decide on your budget for the rest of the month (that can be calander or from whenever payday is) and then post it in big red letters for Helen Jelly to see easily, she will then add you to the front page
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Jane Sequichie Hifler
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Jane Sequichie Hifler
Benjamin Franklin
Hi
I use B00t$ own brand eye make-up remover, they do fragrance free in a blue bottle and cucumber in a green one....it's the best I've ever used, shifts waterproof mascara easily and only costs £1.50 - definitely worth trying.
as a new store they wont no wot sells and wot dpesnt so after a few days thye will prob have QUITE a few reductions.. at my store (mine is an express tho) they do there 1st reductions between around 2pm -4pm and later reductions (normally between 75 and 90%) between 6pm -8pm, its definately worth checkin out for the first few weeks at least! wen my store opened we had loads of stuff reduced! not entirely sure wot it will b like in an extra but hope this helps
I will also be at Costco tomorrow, reordering my contacts so I will price up some bulk buying items tonight.
I have had the most horrendous quarterly electricity and gas bill - £425:eek: which is entirely due to my kids leaving the back door wide open, leaving every light in the house on all night and all day, leaving their phone chargers plugged in and switched on even when they are out, putting the oven on several times a day to heat up stuff when they don't want what I have made, boiling the kettle loads, having two showers a day each etc etc. The result is that I am thinking of banning the use of the oven and getting a slow cooker. I was thinking of getting the Morphy Richards flavour savour one - it is more expensive than others becuase you can brown the meat in it first and things but I think it might save me money in the long run. Do any of you have this one?
Off to have a good read of the thread now! Hope you are not too cold - it is freezing here!
ENDIS. Employed, no disposable income or savings!
Went on to Mr T as I had run out of the coffee we like (I admit to brand snobbery for certain things) and had price checked it was £1 off a refill pack. 2nd purse bought me 3 packs.
Spent £18.47 from 2nd purse but will "make" £11 on that when I use it. Spend to date this month is £177.70 plus 2nd purse so GC total is looking achievable; not bad for month 1. G shopping comes from DH account and he gets paid the last Friday in the month except Christmas where it was the week before. Hammered the account but the challenge is helping enormously.
Hot water bottle tonight I think (-3 here). Apparently not cold enough to warrant shutting the bedroom window though; according to the DH. He sleeps on top of the bedclothes all year round, just tucking his toes in around 4-5am when it chills down a bit!! In contrast I reside under an ancient goose down quilt we bought in 1990 that's about 24tog when fluffed up. Not working too well at the moment as the kits play pounce and duvet monsters whenever I'm in bed. They are so funny I don't mind. :rotfl:
Well done everybody :T
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OS Grocery Challenge 2022 target £1,483.77/£3,000 annual (not incl £500 contingency) - try to keep it really low for July
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if you get chance would you add the title of the recipe into the post please? (just to clarify for anyone following the link in years to come)
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I'm adding NSDs for Thursday and Saturday, and a massive 78p spent in Mr S on Friday on drinks, painkillers and big turkey-size roasting bags [not that I'm going to be roasting turkeys, but they'll be good for big batches of roasted stuff, and it was the last pack, for 10p!].
There may be a bit of pre-working week spending tomorrow, but I'll check back in with the total if there is. Actually, looking at the meal plan for the week, there's next to nothing we'll need - may look out for some roasting veg whoopsies, and a small wholemeal loaf; may also need a pint of milk for Him Indoors at some point during the week. Might stick with a lazy NSD at home tomorrow after all...