Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

tweets · 31 December 2017 at 8:40PM

Watching Madness Live on Pick tv

[Deleted User] · 31 December 2017 at 8:42PM

Just finished totting up this years finances, oh the fun on NYE

MHOC - we spent Groceries - £1,340.58

That's on 2 of us, however, and the big however here is we spent around 5 months of the year outside of the UK and this figure includes buying groceries to make meals in other countries around the world. Shame we can't travel with more of a stockpile sometimes LOL

locarr · 31 December 2017 at 9:34PM

mrsmac10 · 31 December 2017 at 9:45PM

Deleted_User wrote: »

Just finished totting up this years finances, oh the fun on NYE
MHOC - we spent Groceries - £1,340.58

That's on 2 of us, however, and the big however here is we spent around 5 months of the year outside of the UK and this figure includes buying groceries to make meals in other countries around the world. Shame we can't travel with more of a stockpile sometimes LOL

I am in awe of this amount I am trying to think of a budget but it will be much higher than this and I will be delighted if I can get near it.

I have tracked my spending since Boxing Day it’s :eek:

My AP produced a £20 dining voucher , £5 Greggs and a free coke Will be “shopping” again tomorrow.

Avina_Ritelaff · 31 December 2017 at 10:18PM

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous new year – I am looking forward to 2018 being as good as 2017 – two stanzas from one of my favourite poets which sums up my view on life – a sort of survival guide in a “jungle” populated by some who have little moral rectitude. Gonna av to give up the ciggies this year

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

michaels · 31 December 2017 at 10:19PM

mhoc wrote: »

Has anyone managed to keep a chart or an excel of their everyday housekeeping spending for the whole of 2017?

I started doing this properly - mainly as a guide to giving me exact figures for if/when OH retires - and working out what is a manageable amount for us to live on
I've managed an entire year :T - tomorrow will have a look at the figures to see if there are any areas that could be improved.

so far groceries are a prime candidate- our household increased by 50% in April but even so the average weekly spend just on food for humans (not cats, birds or foxes) (not added in this weekends spends yet) but its averaging out at £45 a week (sadly there are never any good yellow labels or RTCs locally)
(multiply this by 52 - gobsmacking figure )

Someone called Cleo sends me regular scarey texts telling me just how much dw has spent on our cards :eek:

Serendipitious wrote: »

Sada mag - no mocs.

But there's a full page ad saying Mullers singles will be 12 for £3 from 2nd Jan to 25th.

And a selection of 4 recipes using baked beans...

Hmm, wonder if we will need to take the xmas bakery trigger with us to the store....

michaels · 31 December 2017 at 10:22PM

mrsmac10 wrote: »

I am in awe of this amount I am trying to think of a budget but it will be much higher than this and I will be delighted if I can get near it.

I have tracked my spending since Boxing Day it’s :eek:

My AP produced a £20 dining voucher , £5 Greggs and a free coke Will be “shopping” again tomorrow.

Put ap onto another droid but no nfc phone and can now see the expirey dates = have about a dozen of the costa 3/10s the expire on 2nd Jan so will need to try to extend them, I think there is a 46p item?

[Deleted User] · 31 December 2017 at 10:28PM

mrsmac10 wrote: »

I am in awe of this amount I am trying to think of a budget but it will be much higher than this and I will be delighted if I can get near it.

I have tracked my spending since Boxing Day it’s :eek:

My AP produced a £20 dining voucher , £5 Greggs and a free coke Will be “shopping” again tomorrow.

I'm a little :eek: at us spending £1.3k if I'm honest :rotfl:

The year prior it was about half that but our diet was much worse and the hauls from the supermarket were much more speradic as we had a lot less cash. This year we've bought everything we desire, healthy - and otherwise :rotfl:

pacifica9 · 31 December 2017 at 10:37PM

Deleted_User wrote: »

I'm a little :eek: at us spending £1.3k if I'm honest :rotfl:

The year prior it was about half that but our diet was much worse and the hauls from the supermarket were much more speradic as we had a lot less cash. This year we've bought everything we desire, healthy - and otherwise :rotfl:

So, my grocery spend for 2017 totals £756.79 - but this is for a one person household.

davemorton · 31 December 2017 at 10:38PM

pacifica9 wrote: »

So, my grocery spend for 2017 totals £756.79 - but this is for a one person household.

£14.55 a week, thats amazing! :beer:

Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

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