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Coco114

No , no more wine till weekend !
Have listed another 3 things today & still more to do yet
Very bored of the rain now ......
Have couple of gold rings I no longer wish to look at
Not sure how to get rid of them though ?
Off to change bed before I forget - there is nothing worse than going to bed only to realise you haven't put the bedding back on !!
Coco x

Barbeduk

Friend sold her rings through an independent jewellers, got more than quoted by 'money for gold' and the like.

Blimey, your ex, he just can't help himself can he! Think you deserved that wine. Can recommend the a!di torro loco at £3.59 a bottle, it's our sat night treat. Can't be good all the time! Have a good week.:D

vickthestick

If you are looking to recycle your phone, make sure you check out Martin's phone recycle calculator thingy to see what you can get where - it varies by a lot of money in some cases.

Coco114

Thanks for that - will check phone & gold situation before I do anything
No spend today. Thought of 2 more things for eBay so will sort that later. CB goes in tomorrow £33 so am going to try to use only that during week & then just grocery money at wknd.
Hope you all had a good Monday
Coco x

Coco114

Barbeduk meant say - I have yet to try Aldi/lidl. Essentially I am lazy so i tend to stick to usual supermarket as easier. However , Aldi is near me at work so I might give it a go. Any tips anyone & can I really majority of my shop there ? If it saves me some ££ it's worth a try. Or might be a sat pm (visit day) job ...... :T
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Hovel_lady

Ald! is really good and definately worth a visit
I think you can get most things there.

asparagus1968

hi,not popped in for a while,just caught up now!

i have a sainsbugs and al*i opposite each other so i'm really lucky.

things i buy in al*i :

free range eggs-99p for 6,£1.99 for 15
super six veg-each week they choose 6 types of fruit or veg and sell it for 69p- today was tomatoes/courgettes/kiwi/ damn,can't remember what else!
bread-lots of choice,plus bread rolls,crumpets,cake etc
their jams and peanut butter and honey is all good.
mince is good-hardlyany fat comes out of it.
bacon
gammon joints
jars of olives-39p
tinned mackeral and tuna
milk and pop (and wine ) all much cheaper than main supermarkets
pasta ,rice ,cheese i get sains basics as that is cheaper,but taste good.

glad to hear your progress,good on you.

Coco114

Hi there
That's really helpful thanks for that - I think I will just have to go & have a wander at the weekend when I am not pressed for time.
Progress is slow but still plodding along .... Just get a little downhearted sometimes when I see 2 rds of salary gone on mort/loan before I even start !!!
Never mind , good start with ebay so far which will give me a little extra this month :j
Coco x

vasseur

Coco114 wrote: »

Barbeduk meant say - I have yet to try Aldi/lidl. Essentially I am lazy so i tend to stick to usual supermarket as easier. However , Aldi is near me at work so I might give it a go. Any tips anyone & can I really majority of my shop there ? If it saves me some ££ it's worth a try. Or might be a sat pm (visit day) job ...... :T
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I get the majority of my shop at a1di and pick up a few bits that they don't do in one of the big4. I save ££££££ this way.

I always buy:-

Broccoli
raisins
Weetabix (or rather their equivalent)
In fact all cereals are good
Potatoes
Sweetcorn
Tinned toms
Frozen salmon fillets
Yogurts, milk, creme fraiche
Their mince is nice so is the chicken breast
Frozen pizzas oven chips all good
Quilted loo roll
Kitchen roll
Wipes
Washing powder, both bio and non-bio
Surface spray
washing up liquid
wholetail scampi
cheddar
goats cheese

Loads more but can't think at the mo. Best to meal plan for the week and go in with a list. It will be trial and error at first until you find out the things you like.

What i like about them is that i can get round them, pay, pack up and out again in about 20 minutes.

Mr_Toad

Coco114 wrote: »

Barbeduk meant say - I have yet to try Aldi/lidl. Essentially I am lazy so i tend to stick to usual supermarket as easier. However , Aldi is near me at work so I might give it a go. Any tips anyone & can I really majority of my shop there ? If it saves me some ££ it's worth a try. Or might be a sat pm (visit day) job ...... :T
X

Definitely worth a visit.

I buy all sorts of stuff there but sometimes thay don't have something you want.

As already pointed out, the mince is good as are the free range eggs. I also tend to buy some of the more specialist cooking ingredients that tend to be really expensive in the major supermarkets.

Stuff like anchovies and spices.

What started me going to Aldi was the BBC Good Food magazine.

They regularly do comparisons and Aldi often come out top or near top on blind tastings.

Their Mayo was last one I remember reading about recently. Their brand is Bramwells and I like their Mayo, tomato ketchup, Horseradish and mustard.

Their salad creme is OK but I prefer Heinz :rotfl:

Another thing I buy are the small packs of cubed pancheta for cooking, they are a lot less than the same thing from Tesco, another tip from the Good Food magazine.

Their jars of olives are fantastic!

Their chocolate is great too. They do an Aero type that is nice as is their milk, plain and Swiss. The memsahib buys their chocolate for cooking and baking as well as scoffing.

You need to go and look but be warned, it's very easy to get carried away! On my first trip I ended up with a trolley full of bargains, most of which were fantastic but that I didn't really need.

One thing to be aware of though is their policy to stock only the stuff that sells in that area. There are several near me and a couple are very basic with not a lot of choice, I wanted some fresh ginger and they didn't have it, there is also a big one that stocks more stuff including ginger.