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February 2013 Grocery Challenge
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Visited my parents today and passed a small T**co so popped in for items that I can't find in my local Co**, such as sweet potatoes and greek yoghurt; no brie though!
Spent £14.01 in total, £8.63 from week 1 and £5.38 from week 2.
Still feel like I am finding my feet, I think I will budget separately for non food items such as dishwasher tablets etc., but am still trying to work on an accurate cost.
It's been nice to read everyone's posts and I hope to get to know you all during the month.
Good Luck All.
January 2025 Grocery Challenge: £220.00/£59.47
January 2025 NSD: 0/30 (unplanned spending)
2025 Frugal Living Challenge0 -
Just updating spends. Only £1.71 today (one YS veg product, and yoghurts, nothing exciting. But im keeping on track with spends, which is good.0
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No spends. Vegetarian lasagne for main meals today.Grocery Challenge for October: £135/£200
NSD Challenge: October 0/140 -
Living_proof wrote: »They were also selling carrier bags jammed full of bananas for £1 - ideal for a family but not much use to me on my own!
I am constantly amazed at how well most of you manage on sometimes very small budgets. It makes me feel like a bit of a spendthrift.
Not necessarily I froze a bag and get them out when I fancy a banana smoothieGc 2013 +26 -5. -4 -7 -14 -15 -10.-8.20 +15p+30+5.80 Dec +9 GROCERY challenge 2014 Jan -2Feb -3 March -1.50 April +5.40 May +4.90 June -3.July 16.50/85
God bless my sweet "old man" Goldie that died in the early hours of 27 th March please see him on my avatar0 -
First grocery spend of the month yesterday of £25.41, this should give us enough food along with the contents of the cupboards & freezers until at least the 10th.Baileys_Babe wrote: »January I'm declaring at £416.37 over by £106.37 :eek:
Having had a look at my virtual paper work and realised we had been under by £103 in December so over all not as bad as I thought. OH knows how much we overspent in January and is on board about trying to claw this overspend back and to be more disciplined in future, I'm not going to tell him just yet about my discovery as he will be less inclined to continue putting in an effort with the GC.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family0 -
Visit to Lidl with my five pound moc spent 32.61 in real money. I have £55 in my purse and £112 in grocery bank account. Would love to be able to keep that in there. Going away for a week of sunshine next week so 7 nsds grocery wise.SPC No. 295 - SPC No10 target £350
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SPC 2014 £150/SPC 2015 £256SPC 2016 £324
Saving for Florida 2018 :j
Matched betting toe dipper.0 -
Small spend on Friday at Mr T then two no spend days this weekend!
Will plan meals for the week and assess the cupboards tomorrow, also decided to be good and stop buying so many snacks, weight is going up now the breast feeding is slowing down, can't get away with eating anything I like any more! At least the bank balance will come down with the waist! Lol!Grocery Challenge 2019 YTD-£820.46/£7200(11%)
Grocery Challenge Feb - £93.10/£600(16%)
£12k in 2019 #: Monthly Saving Accounts £500, Cashback & Competition Sites £2.59, Shopping Saving £152.09,Selling £121.26, Interest & Dividends £43.93, Surveys £0, 365 Day Penny Challenge # £103.44
Total Saved - £923.31/£12000(8%)0 -
NSD today. Went for a walk and took a picnic lunch with us. Made some muffins for lunches and snacks.
HM burgers, wedges and salad for dinner. Hoping for no further spends until Thursday when I need to use my last Ald* voucher.
Hope everyone has had a good weekend.
PP xxxxOriginal mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!0 -
lovelife79 wrote: »
did buy some vitalite and icing sugar to experiment with (best mate is gluten free, dairy free, allergic to sulphites, n prob some other stuff that i cant remember but i said i would try make frosting wi vitalite. should be interesting!)
I find vitalite to be the best and most versatile of the dairy free spreads. Can use it in baking, frying and for spreading, and it makes a pretty good "butter" cream too.0 -
Just made dinner - had sausage, mustard mash, cabbage and carrots with gravy.
To whoever said about the hoisin sauce - I tried it before and it didn't taste quite right but was yummy and easy - just a case of mixing all the ingredients together. Some are quite 'speciality' so I substituted loads which might be why it tasted different - I have all the right ingredients this time. Recipe below:
Hoisin sauce
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons black bean paste (or peanut butter)
1 tablespoon molasses (or honey)
2 teaspoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 garlic clove, finely minced
2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
1 teaspoon chinese hot sauce
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Mix together. Makes 3/4 of a cup - not sure how many servings that is
Have added to index!Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1
Consumer debt free!
Mortgage: -£128,033
Savings: £6,050
- Emergency fund £1,515
- New kitchen £556
- December £420
- Holiday £3,427
- Bills £132
Total joint pension savings: £55,4250
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