How to spend £10?

wannabe_sybil

Edinburghlass wrote: »

You would be better looking at the store cupboard challenge on OS to find what other people keep a stock of, my store cupboard wants would be totally different from other peoples.

Thanks, that is a good idea, and I never thought of it!

Cornishpixie_2

You could try half and half. Buying something like soap powder, bit of pasta/rice and some nice bubble bath and perhaps a bottle of wine.:D

mgardner

I would buy some luxuary tins of fruit cream etc to stash away for Christmas

WEEGIE

How about saving it for Christmas, as most folk spend more then.

wannabe_sybil

Thank you for all your replies.

I have more or less settled on things like barley, lentils etc which are great thrown in a casserole and really don't go off if stored in a reasonable manner. The Christmas idea is a great one - I shall consider my willpower :rotfl::rotfl: But my son's birthday is near Christmas, so plenty of goodies needed then.

I suppose I could try stocking up on things like flavourings, but my cooking at the moment is sporadic. I may get some jellies in. When my husband's niece was little I used to make stripy jellies for her - you know, get half a dozen clear plastic cups and then put a layer of blackcurrant jelly. When that was set add a layer of lime jelly, when that was set add a layer of raspberry jelly etc. I am sure little bear would love that.

:rolleyes: Last week I stocked up on Basics tissues, which are absolutely fine for mopping up little bear, and they were at 12p per pack.

Hmm. How far can I stretch this £10 I shall give a breakdown when I do spend it.

Sweetpeanut

Its £10, you never had, so treat yourself, bottle of wine, nice posh bubble bath, !!!!!! the store cupboard:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

wannabe_sybil

Well, I have been remarkably staid and sensible. The voucher expires 8 August, and I am confident that I would not be able to resist goodies for Christmas, so it had to be for now. We have just taken delivery of a far too large consignment of goodies from approved foods who are extremely bad for my waistline, so I didn't feel too deprived.

So I bought an extremely dull £10 of items. It all should store, it all should fit in with the cooking I do and I consider it mainly good value for money. For interest, here is what I have put on the list, it is a Mr S order

Basics Potatoes x 3 @ 29p - 87p
Basics Kidney Beans x 4 @ 25p - £1.00
Basics Chopped Tomatoes x 3 @ 38p - £1.14
Sainsbury Sweetcorn tinned x 3 - £1.19
Sainsbury Chickpeas 500g - 99p
Sainsbury Haricot Beans 500g - £1.19
Sainsbury Yellow Split Peas 500g - 49p
Sainsbury Pearl Barley 1kg - 76p
Sainsbury Red Lentils 1kg - £1.76
Sainsbury Green Split Peas 500g - 49p

If I have added up correctly (:o back of an envelope job) then I have a whole 15p left over.

The pulses are what help me stretch 1kg of stewing steak to feed three for at least three meals, lol. They are also incredibly good for the health (:o and I actually like the tast of them).

Thank you for all the suggestions, I really appreciate them.

yalisrib

I'll have it!

tomthumb_2

go to the champagne aisle and look for a half price sainsbury's own Cava, put it in a safe place at home and wait.... sooner or later you'll have something to celebrate a small victory of achieving some savings a happy event a birthday - you'll feel great to be able to open a bottle of bubbly and share it with loved ones.

wannabe_sybil

Forgot to put in the e voucher code. So I have just had an extremely sensible delivery which was £10 more than I had planned

But I have decided that two things have become very clear

1 I have now some extremely sensible stocking up stuff in the cupboards.

2 It is a sign - a treat it is. Alcohol is usually not possible for me because of tablets, but chocolate is always possible. Also, I shall price up some steak. I think dear heart definitely deserves steak.

Thank you for all the suggestions.