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Do you shop weekly or monthly?

Fusspot · 2017-08-03 19:56:48

I've been watching the Spend, Eat and Save programme on ITV and they advise people to shop for their meals weekly and this helps them save money. I live alone and don't have a car. I rely on online shopping for a lot of my stuff, especially cat food, cat litter and cleaning stuff, if I bought all that weekly there would be…

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suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite

8 August 2017 at 11:45AM

I can't carry a basket or a bag so always use a trolley even if I'm going for just two items I can no longer carry as much as a clutch bag

For the days I'm 'window' shopping ie meandering about the town and might find a book or realise that something is a bargain or picking up pieces I can't get locally, I have a long handled cloth bag that I can carry on my shoulder, and yes I put items in there as I pick them up. Never had anyone accusing me of shoplifting yet

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