10 months in and 90 left to go ... the reality is starting to kick in :)

elantan

beanielou wrote: »

What sort of things do you buy then?

This week beanie I bought onions, sweet potatoes, milk, sausages, eggs, gammon joint, lamb joint ( have never bought lamb from asda before will see how it tastes) bacon, cooked chicken, flatbread, bran for cereal, black pudding, two salads, carrots, avacado(2) , ground almonds, dessicated coconut, 85% chocolate (2), radox bath salts, cocoa powder, deodorant (2)food bags, towels (2) stevia

That's it came to £64.16 with £2.98 off so total £61.18

i dont usually buy the chocolate or the dessicated coconut ( although when it does run out i replace it) i also but mr el two deodrants a month and myself the same so it would work out at 1 a week, havnt bought stevia or anything like it for years but i have a few low carb recipes to try

elantan

Can I buy these things at aldi ? Does anyone know ?

beanielou

I think you could buy all that in Aldi~cheaper.
Remember to take bags.

elantan

Will try there then beanie ... Thanks

gallygirl

elantan wrote: »

This week beanie I bought onions, sweet potatoes, milk, sausages, eggs, gammon joint, lamb joint ( have never bought lamb from asda before will see how it tastes) bacon, cooked chicken, flatbread, bran for cereal, black pudding, two salads, carrots, avacado(2) , ground almonds, dessicated coconut, 85% chocolate, radox bath salts, cocoa powder, deodorant (2)food bags, towels (2) stevia

That's it came to £64.16 with £2.98 off so total £61.18

elantan wrote: »

Can I buy these things at aldi ? Does anyone know ?

GREEN - yes (at least equivalent)
AMBER - DK
RED - don't think so

Were towels and plant NEEDS or WANTS, planned or impluse? That is one of the areas where Aldi wins, less temptation

rising_from_the_ashes

Grrrr just typed a post & lost it!

Anyway - is it chicken slices or breasts?

If breasts, it may be cheaper to buy & cook yourself - to get them lovely & juicy (this sounds awful but works!) - simmer in water for around 10 - 15mins (depending on how thick / big they are) ... I add a stock cube for some extra flavour .... yum!:)

If it's slices - that won't help at all :rotfl:

elantan

GG the towels were due to me bleeding every day for the past 6 weeks ( not good for my sex life ) and I seem to be allergic to the acti pearls so have had to change towels again ... I didn't buy a plant ?

Everything this week was planned... I didn't go off script once, as I say I don't buy the chocolate almonds and dessicated coconut every week but when I'm not buying them I am buying something else in its place that I don't buy every week, if that makes sense

elantan

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Grrrr just typed a post & lost it!

Anyway - is it chicken slices or breasts?

If breasts, it may be cheaper to buy & cook yourself - to get them lovely & juicy (this sounds awful but works!) - simmer in water for around 10 - 15mins (depending on how thick / big they are) ... I add a stock cube for some extra flavour .... yum!:)

If it's slices - that won't help at all :rotfl:

It was the spicy chicken I mentioned above rising, were gonna go down the chicken tikka route for it as it will work out cheaper in the long run

GreyhoundAngel

elantan wrote: »

Well today the food shopping went into orbit we spent £62 ( well just less than) and we didn't buy anything that wasn't on the list
I really am struggling to get this shopping bill down, I can't think of anything left that we can do, we don't spend any money on treats etc its food and other essentials like ladies products, deodorant and few cleaning things ( I tend to use start drops etc )

Hmmmm very frustrating

I did a quick Mr T shop last week .. just a few bits : mince, tins (toms etc) peppers & cabbage, chicken, bread, eggs, milk, coffee, and fajita wrap things and frozen chips and I was really quite shocked at how much it came to compared to "normal". :eek:

It was almost a third as much as I've paid previously, and most of it was non branded / value items. Worrying as if the basic / own brands continue to increase at the rate they seem to be, there will be many that will struggle to afford food. :(

I'm lucky that I've got a few farm shops local to us, and I use them for things like the large sacks of potatoes, onions, etc. Cauli's are a bit more from them, but double the size of supermarket ones. I've recently found an animal feed merchant, so will try them for sacks of carrots (I dont mind that they're odd shapes & sizes hence only "fit" for animal sale!!!) Don't know if you have anything similar nearby, but may be worth checking out ?

We have a smallish Lidl newly opened nearby, but iceland & aldi are a bit further away, as is morrisons & asda and not worth travelling especially to :cool:.

elantan

This is the thing as well next month we will have our own asda in the local village so we can walk it to the shop, to get to aldi we would need to drive 25 mins roughly there and the same back ... Is it worth it ?

Ive noticed myself that the smart brands are becoming much more expensive, there isn't much between them and the more expensive ones, and if you time it right the more expensive ones can work out cheaper .... Shopping is just a nightmare