I´m going to start my own challenge.
By marguicha
@marguicha (219877)
Chile
June 3, 2024 7:10pm CST
I have found out that I will have money problems this June,
So I decided to challenge myself and not buy any groceries (except for Luna´s food) during this month.
I don´t know if I will be able to do it. But I will try it.
Now I will read my notifications. See you.![](/Content/images/emotes/hugs.gif)
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19 responses
@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Jun
I am strapped financially every month. Believe me, if you try hard enough you can get by, I order groceries once a month, and in between I work on surveys and get either cash or gift cards and then order things that I might need. I always use a gift card for Amazon to get the dry food for the cats. Lately I have been lucky and a bit gets left over each month,
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
It is easier to get money from surveys if you live in the US. But I have a well stocked freezer and pantry so I´m sure that I can skip a month if I change a little my eating habits.
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@sallypup (59745)
• Centralia, Washington
4 Jun
@marguicha I'm glad you have a well stocked pantry and freezer.
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@Marilynda1225 (81807)
• United States
4 Jun
I hope you don't deprive yourself of necessities and you can manage a month without spending.
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@psanasangma (7244)
• India
4 Jun
Get all the basic minimum needs !! Rest can be awaited
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I think I have most of my minimum needs. Probably I´ll need bread, but not right now.
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@almostoveryou (4517)
• Philippines
4 Jun
I hope you reach your goal. It's been a challenge the past 2 years to budget the money for groceries and utilities. We're not hard up but it's just astounding to see how our grocery spendings have more than tripled and the gas prices won't drop to an affordable rate. Good thing we've moved to a place that's very near work and school. My husband and kids just walk. We've saved a lot of gas money since.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
@almostoveryou I would have had to do that if it wasn´t for some money I inherited.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I am retired. And my retirement money has nothing to do with the way prices go up.
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@almostoveryou (4517)
• Philippines
4 Jun
@marguicha I've heard that retirees in some countries have gone back to work because their pension is no longer enough to sustain them.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I am a food hoarder so I have a big freezer full of food (meat and dishes I´ve made) and the pantry is full too. I will not have enough expensive cheeses to last me until the end of the month but that will be about it.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
6 Jun
@porwest I have learned to keep perishables in good shape for some time. I had to learn to do that at the pandemia. But as I live alone, a lettuce can last almost a month if you just wash the 2 or 3 leaves that you will use. The worst thing that we can do a the perishables is to place them in contact with water. For others, I don´t let them get in contact with oxigen (as in halved avocados).
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
4 Jun
@marguicha Ah. You should do fine with it, then. The only area that would hurt me would be the perishables. But maybe you can do without them?
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@MarieCoyle (34016)
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4 Jun
Somehow, with your love of eggs, I can’t see you going without them, or bread, as you mentioned. I’m sorry things are so tight for you right now.
Is there any news on selling your house, and finding a smaller one?
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
Not yet. I postponed some things with the rain and the winds.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
@MarieCoyle But as the gardener cleaned up the garden before it started to rain, maybe the water will help in the end.
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@MarieCoyle (34016)
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4 Jun
@marguicha
I can understand that, no one wants to run around in nasty weather.
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@kareng (59055)
• United States
6 Jun
@marguicha Oh that is interesting. I had no idea.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
6 Jun
@kareng There are many sites that don´t work outside of the US.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
Those certificates don´t work outside the US. But thank you so much.![](/Content/images/emotes/hugs.gif)
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
LUCK!!! And luck for her too. June is one of the months when I pay taxes. But I will save in other things this year. My birthday is in June but I will not celebrate it.
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
4 Jun
There is no space in the frieezer anyway (lol)
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Jun
I should challenge myself, but it is hard because my husband expects to eat meat every day for dinner and that can be expensive. I personally could go without eating meat every day.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I used to eat a lot more meat when I was young. Now, when I´m lazy, I make an omelette with whatever leftover I have in the fridge.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I have a freezer almost full. And when I cleand up the pantry with Anita and labeled the shelves, I discovered that I was grocery rich.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
6 Jun
@LadyDuck Hoarding is a good thing, most of the time.![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
5 Jun
@marguicha I am glad you have enough without spending money for a while.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
Today I am writing a fake grocery list to stop my cravings. I do have all I need to last for the whole month except for expensive cheeses and maybe salami.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
6 Jun
@wolfgirl569 I bought groceries yesterday. But it was something I know I needed. I asked for Luna´s food (which will last for the whole month) and a lettuce for myself.
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@aninditasen (16140)
• Raurkela, India
4 Jun
If you have enough groceries, it would be OK to cut short on them. I buy small amounts of groceries every month and cut short on clothes and delay on any house maintenance work.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I have a big deep freeze that is full of groceries. I´m a food hoarder. I will use part of thta food.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
11 Jun
@aninditasen I have a freezer for some food, a fridge and a small pantry.
@aninditasen (16140)
• Raurkela, India
11 Jun
@marguicha I don't keep groceries in my freezer and therefore have to buy them every month.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I´m a food hoarder. So I have a pantry full of groceries and a deep freeze full of meat and dishes that I´ve made and saved. I just had some chocolate ice cream I had in the freezer. ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
4 Jun
You can do it! You have your freezer full, don't you?? Good luck.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I know I can do it. I will only crave for some luxuries like expensive cheeses and salami.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I have lots of food. I will only need some luxuries but I´ll skip them for a month.
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@RevivedWarrior (1115)
• India
4 Jun
Not buying food and not having food are too different things. Hope you will not starve in June. See, if there are ways you can get some more household earnings or can roll over money from July to June. Any case, do what you think works for you.Thanks
@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
4 Jun
I have lots of food in my freezer and in my pantry. I will only crave for some luxury food like cheeses or salami.
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