My Over 50's Spending Diary

queen_vi

I always get christmas Presents as i see them in the sales.I get free bus travel as OAP.Get friends to save me their bus tickets away pick up the metro.Im thinking of doing on line food shopping is there any advice you can give me on it please.

sugarbaby125

Hello Queen Vi,

All of the major supermarkets (bar Asda) that do online grocery shopping have a code for your 1st online shop. This code is usually worth at least £15 off an £80 plus shop. This can be combined with any other price reductions and special offers that will be most useful to you and your family for that 1st online grocery shop and can result in big savings. In order to retain your loyalty some supermarkets will offer you further discounts on your next shop or even your next 3 or 4 online shops.

Please remember that if you are also a member of a cashback site, there will be cashback available on your 1st online shop with supermarkets. For example I received £5 cashback with Quidco for the my 1st online shop with Waitrose.


Supermarket Loyalty Cards:

Tesco has Clubcard and Sainsbury's has the Nectar card. Every £ spent will give you 1p on your card. Tesco has Clubcard Boost deals (up to 4 X the face value) and Nectar has exclusive partner deals that can really boost your points balance on your Nectar card. Waitrose has a My Waitrose card which a will give you exclusive member benefits. Morrisons has a More card where you collect 4 points for every £ you spend then every 4 points is worth 1p. Once you have collected 5,000 More points you can swap it for a £5 voucher or you can allow the £5 vouchers to accumulate on your More card to redeem all together. Co-Op has a Co-Op card which gives you a 5% cashback on your card on their own brand products and a 1% donation to local a charity on your behalf on their own brand products.

Delivery Options:

Delivery is free with Waitrose if you spend at least £60 on your basket of shopping. Ocado will give you a free delivery pass for the 1st year. Tesco has a mid week or all week delivery saver plan which you can sign up to. (My mid week plan only costs £3.50 a month). With other supermarkets the minimum basket amount will be at least £40 to get free delivery but delivery slots can cost you as little as £1.

I hope this information will be useful to you.

sugarbaby125

Poundland Bargains:

2 X 5 Penquin cake bars half price saved me £1

2 X 5 bars of Toffee Crisp half price saved me £1

2 paperback books for myself saved me £12.98


4 hopper bus journeys worth £3 (23rd Feb)

I was given 6 Artisan cakes and a meal for free after my Poetry group last night for which I will claim £12

Current Total = £2540.99

sugarbaby125

Welcome CRV1963,

I spend a lot less on presents each year, as I take the time to find bargain priced gifts all year round and store them until I need to wrap them up and give them to the recipient.

I do not tend to go to car boot sales but only because I would have to travel long distances to get to them by public transport. The charity shops in South London charge far too much for their items. I can get new items from eBay for less and I buy books in Poundland.

sugarbaby125

I used the Groupon I had bought over 2 months ago for Fancy Funkin Chicken in Brixton today at lunch time.

It was for 2 people to have a burger of their choice, fries and a soft drink each for £16 which saved me £11.60. My daughter and I had a lovely meal as the food exceeded our expectations.

I also bought a side order of 8 Funkin I Can't Feel My Face chicken wings to take home. The description is apt, I loved them. :j They were my level of hot and spicy.

Current Total = £2552.59

chanie

Sounds like a lovely meal, sugar.

fay66

love the diary Im 51 too, I work full time though but have a gold travel card but use my mostly because of my painful legs, x will keep popping by , thanks for the heads up about poundland paracetamol being more expensive but i do like the caplet form

maman

I'd have to check how many in a pack but worth checking out Aldi for Paracetamol. I pick them up with my shopping and they're either 17 or 19p there. Lidl is a similar price if you have them local to you.

sugarbaby125

Hello Fay,

I am actually 55, 56 in April.

I buy the Paracetamol pack with 16 easy to swallow tablets from Savers. I like the caplets in Poundland, but they cost a lot more. I can not swallow round tablets unless they are very, very small ones.

Maman I do not go to either Aldi or Lidl often enough to buy my Paracetamol from there and they only allow you to buy 2 packs maximum in one shop, as do Savers, but I go to Savers quite often, so I can easily stock up. Poundland allows you to buy 3 packets maximum in one shop.

I know that other people may find it more convenient to buy their Paracetamol in their local Aldi or Lidl and it will be inexpensive from either store, so thank you for the heads up Maman

queen_vi

Hi Sugerbaby thanks for all your help the next big shop i get will be on line.
Your meal sounded very good. We have a poundworld in the city Centre they had Garden stuff 50% off Managed a few bargain,3 packets bulbs.Garden solar lights.3 packs Reed fencing,2 new hanging basket and liners 25pounds.They also sell the Paracetamol inWilko.