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May 2018 Grocery Challenge

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    Hi, can I be put down for my usual £80 for the month. I keep it at that, as I can work out at the end of the year, what the yearly total was, by deducting the underspend, which gets allocated to a bulk fund. I'm still on April 'till the end. Good luck everyone.
  • meanmarie
    meanmarie Posts: 5,328 Forumite
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    I would like to try for €500 this month, seem to be spending a fortune since 4 of my adult children, one son in law and 3 grandchildren are back living with us on a temporary basis.......not sure how temporary and they are paying rent etc., but I never seem to have a cent anymore.....only way is to check each spend made.

    Thanks

    Marie
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  • Mrs_Cheshire
    Mrs_Cheshire Posts: 1,186 Forumite
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    Could you put me down for £400 please. That's for the whole 31 days and includes 2 birthdays and an anniversary.
    Grocery Challenge 2020
    Jan £377.98/£380, Feb £417.83/£370 March /£400
  • JingsMyBucket
    JingsMyBucket Posts: 791 Forumite
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    Hello everyone! Could you please put me down for €400 that will last from May 1st – 31st. Thank you and have a good weekend all!
  • tiredwithtwins
    tiredwithtwins Posts: 475 Forumite
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    Hiya
    can I be put down for £350 this month please?
    its a five week month for me, 26th april - 31st may :(
    I managed to keep at about £65 a week in april so im being a bit generous but ive got a family meal to organise in may :)
    ive just had a slight salary increase of around £700/yr so hopefully this month wont be as tight as usual!
    that's for me and my 3 older teenagers (all at college).


    good luck at sticking to your budgets everyone!
    wading through the treacle of life!

    debt 2016 = £21,000. debt 2021 = £0!!!!
  • Highland_Fling
    Highland_Fling Posts: 113 Forumite
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    Good morning everyone
    GC for Highland Fling will be £160
    Thank you
  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    I would like to be in for £200 again please.
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • elsiepac
    elsiepac Posts: 2,561 Ambassador
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    I'm in for £200 again.
    May for me runs from 26th April - 24th May so a nice 4 week month to try and get a handle on my spending again!

    Thanks for keeping the budgets up to date Coxy

    First commitment already made for an Ocad0 shop - £50.22. I did my usual trick of doing a live chat and asking if I have any vouchers, yet again they gave me a £10 voucher which definitely wasn't emailed through to me, so this is always worth doing!

    Could've skipped doing an Ocad0 order this month but needed toothbrush heads and they do them 1/3 off and with a voucher it works out free for me. Just used the rest of the shop to buy more things for my household stocks - nothing urgently needed but like I said I will use it all and needed the toothbrush heads.

    Also actually needed plughole unblocker - my bath is TERRIBLE and frequently gets clogged - not with hair or anything that I can tell, it's certainly not around the plug, but as a relatively modern house I think it's small pipes with a funny bend - anyway I have to make the one exception to my eco friendly cleaning rule for it as the eco stuff doesn't touch it sadly. Anyway it was on offer for £3 so I got a couple so I can have one in the cupboard for next time.
    Also got what I think will be all the tofu I need for May, plus stock cubes, kitchen roll, 27 loo rolls (I stock up while on 3 for 2 offer!) and so on - all the random things you go through without thinking about it!

    I will need a small Sup3rdug shop for the remaining few toiletries bits but that's me good for the month then - should be less than a tenner in there. This will leave me about £35 a week for my food shop which sounds more then do-able. And it is - AS LONG AS I PLAN.



    ...............................£200 Budget
    Date.......Shop......Amount....Remaining
    26 Apr.....Ocad0.....£50.22....£149.78(STOCK)
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  • tiredwithtwins
    tiredwithtwins Posts: 475 Forumite
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    I had a smiliar problem with my sink elsiepac - theres some sort of valve in the outlet pipe that sticks so the water doesn't drain properly .. I find just pouring boiling water down the plughole solves the smell/slow empty ... and about once a month I bung some bleach down there if I don't have any vinegar and bicarb :)
    wading through the treacle of life!

    debt 2016 = £21,000. debt 2021 = £0!!!!
  • pipkin71
    pipkin71 Posts: 21,821 Forumite
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    I have been starting and stopping the grocery challenge for a while now. Do really well for so long and then flip back into excessive spending. Having just added up receipts, I am shocked at how much I spent last month for three (sometimes four of us) and two dogs :eek:

    I need to try and get a handle on this for May as we have a couple of large bills coming in so, £300 for the coming month, please.
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