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£1 a day Challenge - Veggie - 29-09-2025
Now I know this is not a Challenge that most/all of you will join me in. However, it would be remiss of me not to share it with you.
As you know, I try to keep my daily food spend to £1 a day but I don't have a way to be accurate about it - so, in October, I'm going to give myself £31 to spend on food. If I go to the shop, I'll keep the till receipt and add up what I've spent on MY food - not anyone else's, like the dog.
Anything that I eat from stock (cupboard/freezer) is FREE. I'm hoping that this will free up some cupboard & freezer space and make me use more homegrown fruit & veg.
I'll probably need to buy butter & yogurt out of my £31 which will mean a visit to the shop, and, when I do, I'll try not to be led astray unless I can "afford" it.
Its a bit like returning to the Covid lockdown days, when we were unable to go shopping and lived on whatever we had in the cupboard. I'm going to try it again, without the fear of running out of toilet rolls.
RE: £1 a day Challenge - Vinny - 29-09-2025
Life's too short and we all haven't all got a 'Prawn Lady' though?
RE: £1 a day Challenge - Veggie - 29-09-2025
The way you eat you'd only get a sausage a day.
RE: £1 a day Challenge - Vinny - 29-09-2025
(29-09-2025, 05:51 PM)Veggie Wrote: The way you eat you'd only get a sausage a day.That's all I've had today, sausages, which wee horrible!
Kato liked them though! I caught a rainbow trout today though so it could be on the menu for supper, if not it will be eaten tomorow?
RE: £1 a day Challenge - Veggie - 01-10-2025
I've put £31 in a jar to last me the month. I won't actually be taking the jar shopping with me - I'm not that daft! Its just a visual reminder of my Challenge. All Till receipts will also go in the jar and, hopefully, there'll be enough money to "pay" for my food. There may even be some money left for a treat.
I have to Challenge myself regularly, however ridiculous it seems to you all. It makes my mundane life more interesting.
RE: £1 a day Challenge - Vinny - 01-10-2025
(Yesterday, 12:03 PM)Veggie Wrote: I've put £31 in a jar to last me the month. I won't actually be taking the jar shopping with me - I'm not that daft! Its just a visual reminder of my Challenge. All Till receipts will also go in the jar and, hopefully, there'll be enough money to "pay" for my food. There may even be some money left for a treat.You ae a martyr to the cause veggie
I have to Challenge myself regularly, however ridiculous it seems to you all. It makes my mundane life more interesting.
RE: £1 a day Challenge - JJB - 01-10-2025
(Yesterday, 12:03 PM)Veggie Wrote: I've put £31 in a jar to last me the month. I won't actually be taking the jar shopping with me - I'm not that daft! Its just a visual reminder of my Challenge. All Till receipts will also go in the jar and, hopefully, there'll be enough money to "pay" for my food. There may even be some money left for a treat.
I have to Challenge myself regularly, however ridiculous it seems to you all. It makes my mundane life more interesting.
It lends a little something to our lives too.