To feel I’ve let you all down?

[Jumell]

I had a thread about me sounding £30 a month on all good /drink a week or so ago.

Today - 11th is officially the last day of the ‘month’ and I’m ashamed to say the total I’ve spent on food this month is closer to £100!

I feel like I’ve let you all down, but most of all I’ve let myself down!!

However, thanks everyone but on the thread I had some excellent shopping recipe ideas 🙌

So thank you !

It's not really a surprise, it was totally unrealistic unless you were going to live on porridge!

Can I have a link to your original thread please?

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5221463-to-spend-ps30-a-month-on-all-food-and-drink#aibu-poll

I think to be frugal you have to realistic. You also need a working knowledge of nutrition. No point in saving money then ending up ill.
Look at a site called six figures under, lots of money saving and meal ideas on there.

Ah thanks for the heads up 🙌

I tried to not do a weekly shop last week to save money and empty the cupboard and freezer out. Still managed to pop into Tesco and spend £68 and eat out 3 times 😮.

£30 a month is very unrealistic unless you are very good at meal planning and prepping.

You haven't let anybody down - not your family, not yourself. £30 per month was a really big ask and I think many people would fail to fall in with it.

What you've probably done though, as a side-effect, is spend an awful lot less than you would have done in that time period, before your 'experiment'. You also know a lot more now about what works for you and what doesn't.

Yes absolutely!!!

your post is 100% spot on !

.. and thank you you’ve made me feel better about it all ..

I doubt anyone was actually bothered whether you spent £30 or not, to be honest.

Unless you are in financial difficulty (which I assume you're not from the wording of the previous post and being wasteful) I don't think it is to be congratulated to be frugal with your diet, health should be the aim, I don't feel guilt about spending money on good quality, healthy food, which you would not have done on that budget. We seem obsessed with making food as cheaply as possible but I don't agree with that as a sole goal.

What does 'to be honest' even mean?

You really thought strangers on the internet would feel let down that you didn't starve yourself on £30 a month?

You really thought that strangers on the internet needed to read your narky post?

I'm interested in what the OP posted.

How have you let anyone down, no one actually cares we are strangers on the internet and anyway everyone told you £100 was a more realistic budget.

You need to nourish yourself properly by all means don't buy rubbish and cut down costs there but a challenge like this is stupid and bad for your health, if you aren't living in poverty why pretend to?

But do you feel let down that she didn't starve herself on £30pm?

I'd hide this thread now if I were you, OP.

£30 a month wasn't terribly realistic. Or healthy.

People might have been (very) interested to see your shopping list had you managed to make it work, but I doubt anyone feel remotely surprised (far less 'let down') that you didn't.

Wasn't sure whether you meant you've spent £100 since the start of December or £100 since 11th November. But if you've managed to eke out £100 over the course of a calendar month, I for one would be pretty impressed.

Since Tuesday 12th November 🙌

I hope that means you took some of the advice and spent the extra money on fruit, vegetables and food with protein in, not just more stuff from Gregg's.

I think your relationship with food is probably what you should focus on as asking strangers if you have let them down seems a bit odd.

£100 a month for food is incredible with the cost of living as it is. Well done.

Out of interest, was it lots of small things or a few unexpected £20+ expenses that made you reach the £100 total?

Thank you.

I appreciate your comment . It’s made me feel better about everything 🙌

Lots of small things