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January 2020 Grocery Challenge

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  • peony40
    peony40 Posts: 645 Forumite
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    Morning,

    I’d like to join you all this year. Please can you put me down for £200 for January. This is to cover food/toiletries/household bits for myself and DH.

    Our freezer and pantry are full, and as the freezer definitely needs defrosting I will be eating from here first, so hopefully, will have money left over from the budget.

    Many thanks for running this challenge.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited 27 December 2019 at 9:11AM
    Last year turned into an uncontrolled disaster due to not paying attention :o
    In again this year with a new determination and a lot less going on!! £3600 annual budget for me please! :D This will be broken down into £150 a month on day to day stuff and £150 bulk purchases.
  • MountainAsh
    MountainAsh Posts: 7 Forumite
    Hello!

    Can I join please? £500

    That's for two adults & two children. My month runs from today to 30th January.

    I've joined before but been absolutely useless at coming back on here to update! Hoping 2020 is the year I do come back as feel a bit like I could do with some support as struggling with money a bit lately. BUT, 2020 is going to be a blooming good year! Bring it on!
  • sausageelza
    sausageelza Posts: 27 Forumite
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    edited 27 December 2019 at 10:54AM
    Hi

    Can I join in? I'm a newbie that has joined MSE to get a grip on our shocking waste of money.

    Could you put me down for £450. This includes food for 2 adults and one dog, toiletries and cleaning products. It sounds a lot I know, but we have regularly hit the £600 mark over the last few months :eek: and will need to come down slowly.

    Thank you :)
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  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,055 Forumite
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    Please sign me up for £120, Elsiepac. Thanks again for running the Grocery challenge. I hope that 2020 is a great year for you.

    That £120 covers all general groceries for 2 adults. We have a separate Meat Fund (£40/month) but that only gets spent every 3 months or so.

    - Pip
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  • StripeyTightsSpottySocks
    StripeyTightsSpottySocks Posts: 414 Forumite
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    Hi elsiepac thank you so much for running this thread. Please can you put me down for

    £100 for January please. Annual £1,325 & cat food to be recorded Cat food £22.60

    December i was gutted to come in 10p over budget - i really thought i'd made the target!

    This year i'm doing an annual budget of £1,325 this is for 2 adults food and all toiletries and cleaning products too. The cats spends will be recorded but i'll never cut back on them so i'm not including it in the challenge ;)
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  • patentgirl
    patentgirl Posts: 1,028 Forumite
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    Morning I haven't been in here for ages can you out me down for £150 till end of January as I have enough food to keep an army going and will try and use up to start a new running total in February.Thank you
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  • Bake-a-Cake
    Bake-a-Cake Posts: 19 Forumite
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    Thank you elsiepac for stating the new thread. I`m going to aim for a yearly total of £5200
    hopefully I can keep to a £100 a week budget.
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  • killielila
    killielila Posts: 297 Forumite
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    hi all can i join in My budget its £200 for 4 weeks but im hoping to come in way under as my freezer is well stocked as i totally blew budget in Dec - spending to relieve depression never works well
    finances disaster but baby-stepping back to security:


    2024 let's do this !!
  • MadamMim2013
    MadamMim2013 Posts: 887 Forumite
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    edited 27 December 2019 at 3:14PM
    Helloooo...
    Back and enthusiastic for 2020.. :rotfl:

    Please put me down for £350 for JAN :D

    Shall be really keeping an eye on what’s going out the house this month.. no need for treats.. Soooo much given to us! :rotfl:

    Good luck to all & here’s to a prosperous new year :T:j:T
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