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April 2018 Grocery Challenge

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  • LizzieWb
    LizzieWb Posts: 16 Forumite
    Hi, sorry for joining late, I was over budget for March so I will try for the equivalent budget for April, £448 please. I've already spent £116 but that should cover a few more days yet.....
    Sealed pot challenge - 12 - #004

  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    £21.75 between Tesco, B&M and Home Bargains.
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • Tales17
    Tales17 Posts: 257 Forumite
    Finally updated March thread with final totals:

    £9.97 - Pets at Home, bedding for the hamsters which was needed before we went away for Easter as friends were looking after them, otherwise I would have pushed that sped into April!

    £54.40 - Sainsburys, £9 off a £60 shop and mainly stocking up the cupboards

    £16.15, small top up at Tesco to get a few things for 6 hour car trip and a couple of things that I prefer to buy there!

    Bringing total to £616.90 for March, slightly over £600 budget but still within target for the year so I am happy with that !

    Now to work on April spends to date bu heading out swimming with the kids first so will update later! :D
    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%)
  • kkffoo
    kkffoo Posts: 72 Forumite
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    edited 6 April 2018 at 2:45PM
    End of the week and £2.80 in credit, rejoice!
    We ran out of things for dessert mid-week, so I made some scones. They looked great (glazed with yoghurt), but I had overdone the baking powder and they were not nice at all.
    Everyone was disappointed, but there was no time to make more.
    I was wondering what scones made with yeast might taste like, and saw there were recipes out there.
    Still no time, so I've thrown a yeast 'scone' mix in the bread maker to see what happens.
    Target £80 per week groceries, household and cleaning for four adults.
  • Itisme_2
    Itisme_2 Posts: 152 Forumite
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    edited 6 April 2018 at 3:29PM
    Another £4.99, £8.85, and £1.45 at Tesco recently (so £15.29).

    Total so far £57.83/£250.
  • daydreamsofaunicorn
    daydreamsofaunicorn Posts: 32 Forumite
    Wednesday's spends were £7.80 at slimming class & £3.40 at Subway. £3.00 also spent at Subway on Thursday.
    January Make £20 a day - £0/£620
  • thriftwizard
    thriftwizard Posts: 4,662 Forumite
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    £34 spent at the market today; there'll be at least another £10 tomorrow or Sunday, depending on whether I manage to whiz down there tomorrow morning before haring off west for a family do. But fresh fruit, veg, nuts, seeds & cheese are all stocked up for the week now.
    Angie - GC April 24 £356.14/£480: 2024 Fashion on the Ration Challenge: 10/68: (Money's just a substitute for time & talent...)
  • SilverBird_2
    SilverBird_2 Posts: 310 Forumite
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    April's GC budget will be £180.
    #Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain #We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us #If you focus on what you have left behind, you will never see what lies ahead - Gusteau/RatatouilleGC 2022: £0/£2,500 total spend
  • Mrs_Cheshire
    Mrs_Cheshire Posts: 1,182 Forumite
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    small spend of £1.58 on 2 packs of sweets at the garage so I had some change for the car park later. I need to sort some change out so I don't have to keep spending unneccessary money to get change.
    What do you all do for car park change?
    Grocery Challenge 2020
    Jan £377.98/£380, Feb £417.83/£370 March /£400
  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    I throw all my change in a dish, when accumulated I bag it for bank, but there is about £20 in my ashtray in the car £s 50p 20p possibly a few 10p, so always change for parking and a quick car wash, if I think running down I use from my dish to top up.
    Do I need it or just want it.
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