HELP! Have cut back all I can but am still over-spending!

Shopping in Tesco earlier and they had devoted part of an aisle to offers on alcohol, wine and champagne for Valentines day. I know the OP said they shopped in Asda but I should imagine they have a similar promotion running there.

I am interested in reading about your journey, you have similar income and housing costs to ourselves and the same age kids. My husband works away 1 night every week and we are about to make him a 'stock cupboard' so he isn't spending a fortune on the road, so I liked the response from the lorry driver. Mr S likes a 'fresh' orange juice in a plastic bottle if he travels early in a morning and we've found long-life one in a plastic bottle in our larger Tesco. At £2.49 for 6 it's not the cheapest option he could go for (eg cordial, water) but it still reduces by 50% what he was spending, and sometimes that is the steps you need to take to start off with.

Don't know if this is of any help but my Dad goes clay pigeon shooting and takes a flask of hot water and then a selection of coffee/tea-bags,soups so he can have whatever
he fancies. Can't remember what make the flask is but he said it keeps hot for a lot of hours.

suki1964 wrote: »

How the hell can anyone stick to a diet when ONE chunky kitkat is 60p yet 4 are a quid? :eek::eek:


You reckon I can sue Martin ???:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What the heck has Martin got to do with it? You're the one with no will power.

Ps.....I had my kitkat....then went back for another later on.

Mmmm.....if you find a way to sue, I'd be in for a class action.

de_g. wrote: »

Uh... I think the bad thing was paying £6.29 (or indeed, paying anything at all) for Blossom Hill...
:rotfl:

I thanked you cos you replied to me and it's only polite.

But don't be thinking you're talking sense. :whistle: :rotfl:

Mara_uk7 wrote: »

Ok, Ok I confess, the remaining three Kit Kats are hidden in my car !! 4 for a quid was just too good to miss, but too shameful to share !

Mmmm I hid the wine but not the chocolate. Wonder what that means. :think:

Btw, if you are using this method as a crutch to help not pig out.....best park the car at least 6 streets away from home. :rotfl:

aliasojo wrote: »

I thanked you cos you replied to me and it's only polite.

But don't be thinking you're talking sense. :whistle: :rotfl:

There's no accounting for taste (or indeed, lack of it).
:rotfl:

On a serious note, you can get much better than Blossom Hill with your £6.29. It's a perfect example of a wine being priced unreasonably high initially to be reduced later (e.g. It's currently down to a fiver a Tesco, probably the actual fair price).

Ah yes, looking at the wrong one. I dislike Rose wine intensely, so on reflection I'd say you're paying £6.39 over the odds. That said, they've loads on offer at the moment - on balance I'd have gone for the Tesco Finest Ryan Shiraz Rose at £6 down from £8.99.