Stretching every penny.....things you love under 50p!

Fruball

snowleopard61 wrote: »

Not in Hampshire either. Clearly there's a misconception somewhere out there that everyone in the South is affluent!

I thought that but I suspect moneysavingmumofone is right about the higher rents...

moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

Whereabouts in Berkshire are you? Slough has a B&M and Family Bargains.

:j:j:j Really?!!! I didn't know that! It's probably about 30 mins but am so desperate to go to one that I will make the effort

thank you :beer:


eta - i can't believe it! There is one in reading too so I could go to that one and to home bargains at the same time

seabright

Sainsbury's Basics Shower Gel. It was 35p when I last bought it and smells nicer than any other shower gel I've had.

Rainbow82

Just wanted to say thankyou to everyone who recommended the basics teabags, bought some yesterday and I will nit be going back to any other brand. I Luke a strong cup and still managed to get to mugs out if one bag. Brilliant.

Also I'm not sure if it's already been mentioned but morrisons value stuffing 15p is really nice.

craigywv

unixgirluk wrote: »

Hobbitfancier, I lived in Lisburn for a while and travelled around visiting friends in other areas. Get to know what stores are around and also markets. I found one of my local independent shops had better bargains than the the Tesco up the road!

my mum lives in Lisburn great shopping town igo every saturday love it!!!!

craigywv

i live inNorthern Ireland and we have b&m,poundshop,home bargains all the big shops except Aldi and Wilkinsons but i have been to Southern Ireland ANDTHEY HAVE NONE OF THESE SHOPS ONLY INDEPENDANT £ SHOPS sorryhad caps lock on lol i didnt see one cheap shop when i went down thereit would probally be cheaper to buyonline.i dont know why they not there Hobbitfancier, MAYBE THIS YEAR YOU MIGHT SEE THEM APPEARING AS WE GOT £SHOP,home bargains and b&m all within about 18 months ,hope you get them great stuff to be had in them.

Anekirr

hobbitfancier wrote: »

So envious of all these wee bargains, the cost of grocery shopping in Ireland means a bargain would cost twice (at least) for these 'value' items!

Hi Hobbitfancier, I feel your pain, I live in Kildare!
There are some new bargain shops opening up around the country called Dealz (part of the Poundland family)

There's one near me - ok you won't get a lot for under 50 pence/cents but still some good bargains to be found!
Hopefully there will be one opening near you soon - you should have a look at their website (I can't post a link at the moment cos I'm new but you'll find it via Google)

Jo4

Asda Smartprice Raspberry Sponge Sandwich is slightly over the 50p at 58p but you can get a 6pk of Asda Smartprice Mini raspberry rolls for 40p and a 6pk of Asda Smartprice Apple pies for 50p. :money:

All of these taste fine imho as I know I shouldn't be eating them any way.

I went to Tesco on Saturday and bought a few of the recommendations on here so far I have tried the tea bags and they are fine, much cheaper than the Punjana ones I had been using (£6.99 for 440 was the cheapest I could find when I last bought them). I also went to Lidl and got their hand soap but I haven't tried it yet!

mummyroysof3

i use tesco so am browsing their everyday value items to see what else i can buy instead of branded. they do bigger packs of the sponge scourers now yay

Uniscots97

craigywv wrote: »

my mum lives in Lisburn great shopping town igo every saturday love it!!!!

I loved staying there. There was lots of great shops (and a nice gift shop in the lane, quite expensive but the stuff was quite unique. I still have a teddy bear I bought there).

adouglasmhor

I lived in Lisburn for 2 years (89-91). In "Butlins" .