My Over 50's Spending Diary

sugarbaby125

Lidl Bargains: 9th Sept   
3 X 3 Mixed berries fruit ice cream lolly 93p each Tesco own brand £1 each I saved 21p
8 Ice cream coated sandwiches £1.35 Tesco own brand £1.60 I saved 35p
2 X 1kg Chicken wings £2.98 Morrisons price £6.20 I saved £3.22
2 X 10 Cod fish fingers £2.98 Tesco own brand £4 I saved £1.02
Lighter mature grated cheddar £1.49 Tesco price £1.70 I saved 21p
300g Smoked back bacon £1.49 Tesco price £1.95 I saved 46p
White seedless grapes £1.39 Tesco price £2 I saved 61p

Free Metro newspaper (8th & 9th Sept) £1.30

2 hopper bus journeys (5th Sept) £1.50
3 hopper bus journeys (8th Sept) £2.25
2 hopper bus journeys (9th Sept) £1.50
2 hopper bus journeys (12th Sept) £1.50

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £9.83 this week (10th Sept) 

Lidl Bargains: 12th Sept 
6 x Hand sanitiser 45p each = £2.70 similar from Poundland £6 I saved £3.30
2 X 600g Easy peelers £1.98 Tesco price £2.70 I saved 72p
Jazz apples £1.79 Tesco price £2.40 I saved 61p
Red seedless grapes on offer £1.09 Tesco price £2 I saved 91p
Gala apples £1.15 Tesco price £1.60 I saved 45p
3 X 500ml Hand wash 50p each compared to similar from Poundland I saved £1.50

Wayne bought me a bottle of water in the pub £2 and gave ma lift home saving me the bus fare 75p

Current Total = £3788.90

sugarbaby125

i found 5p roadkill on my Estate (15th Sept) 
I found £10 roadkill on my Estate (16th Sept) 

Lidl Bargains: 16th Sept 
Deluxe Rogan Josh reduced to £1.81 I saved 78p
Deluxe Fish Pie reduced to £1.81 I saved 78p
8 X Ice cream coated sandwiches £1.35 Tesco own brand £1.60 I saved 25p
3 X 3 Mixed berries fruit ice cream lollies £2.79 Tesco own brand £3 I saved 21p
4 X Triple chocolate Muffins 85p Tesco 2 X 2 Chocolate Fudge Muffins on offer £2 I saved £1.15p
Mini caramel bars 250g 85p Mini Mars bars 225g £2.25 I saved £1.40
2 X 300g Milk chocolate digestives 84p Tesco own brand £1.20 I saved 36p
3 X Cien sensitive facial wipes £1.17 similar from Poundland £3 I saved £1.83p
3 X 200 Cotton buds 87p similar from Poundland £3 I saved £2.13p
2 X Stone baked pepperoni pizza £2.58 Tesco own brand on offer £3.50 I saved 92p
2 X Sweet & Crunchy salad £1.18 Tesco price £1.58 I saved 40p
Vegetable stir fry 85p Tesco price £1 I saved 15p
Red seedless grapes on offer £1.09 Tesco price £2 I saved 91p

Current Total = £3810.22

chanie

Congratulations on the £10 find!!!!

Do you recognise where I was recently.....

sugarbaby125

Thanks Chanie and yes I do recognise it. You were in Brixton    

chanie

Haha, yes that’s right.  I was passing through and took a picture to send to OH, as he is a Brixton boy.  He doesn’t recognise it now the hipsters have taken over.

sugarbaby125

chanie said:

Haha, yes that’s right.  I was passing through and took a picture to send to OH, as he is a Brixton boy.  He doesn’t recognise it now the hipsters have taken over.

Brixton has been made over, but it is progress as I do believe that Brixton market, high street and Windrush square may not have survived without development and monetary investment in Brixton. 

chanie

True.  But it also means that many local people don’t get a look in. I think it’s a real shame that people are being driven out of their communities because housing costs have shot up. This isn’t just Brixton, it’s all over the country.  Many of my peers have had to move away from family, to live in cheaper parts of the country and this means that their parents can’t help with childcare, where they may otherwise would have done.  It also means that they in turn can’t help their parents when they get older.

sugarbaby125

chanie said:

True.  But it also means that many local people don’t get a look in. I think it’s a real shame that people are being driven out of their communities because housing costs have shot up. This isn’t just Brixton, it’s all over the country.  Many of my peers have had to move away from family, to live in cheaper parts of the country and this means that their parents can’t help with childcare, where they may otherwise would have done.  It also means that they in turn can’t help their parents when they get older.

Yes Chanie, but the other side of lack of investment and development right across the UK is that there are areas that are now so deprived, that they are like ghost towns. People on Benefits are always being forcibly relocated outside of London as the social housing situation in London is so dire. 

sugarbaby125

1 hopper bus journey (16th Sept) 75p

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £19.40 this week (17th Sept)  

Lidl Bargains: 18th Sept 
12 X 90L Tie Top Refuse Sacks on offer 79p each = £9.48 Tesco own brand £27 I saved £17.52
8 X 30m Strong Kitchen Foil on offer 99p each = £7.92 Tesco own brand £27.20 I saved £19.28
2 X Cien sensitive facial wipes 78p compared to similar from Poundland I saved £1,22
2 X Cien 200 cotton buds 58p compared to Johnsons cotton buds from Poundland I saved £1.42
3 X Bisto Best 250g £5.97 Tesco price £7.50 I saved £1.53

2 X McVities Shorties from Poundland £1 Tesco own brand £1.44 I saved 44p (18th Sept)

Free Metro newspaper (18th Sept) 65p

4 hopper bus journeys (18th Sept) £3

Current Total = £3875.43

sugarbaby125

3 X Farmologie Try Me Gift Boxes from Boots online on half price offer £22.47 saving me £22.50 (19th Sept)  
3 X Tea tree & witch hazel night gel on offer for £2.33 each I used my Boots Advantage card points to purchase these so I saved £6.99 (19th Sept) 

10 X Epsom Salts with Lavender from Poundland £10 next cheapest in local chemist £19.90 I saved £9.90 (19th Sept) 

My friend A bought me a drink in the pub on Saturday and Sunday  £4.50 and gave me and lift to and from the pub on Sunday saving me the £1.50 bus fare (19th & 20th Sept) 

Free Evening Standard newspaper (22nd Sept) 65p

Lidl Bargains 22nd & 23rd Sept  
Sweet & crunchy salad 59p Tesco price 79p I saved 20p
Golden delicious apples £1.15 Tesco price £1.60 I saved 45p
7 X Handbag size hand sanitiser 45p = £3.15 compared to similar from Poundland I saved £3.65
360g Jumbo king prawns £4.38 Tesco price £6.75 I saved £2.37
Mini peanut bars 250g 85p compared to Fun size snickers 225g £2.25 I saved £1.40
Stone baked pepperoni pizza £1.29 Tesco own brand £3.50 I saved £2.21
Vegetable stir fry 85p Tesco price £1 I saved 15p
5 Organic fair trade bananas £1.15 Tesco price £1.35 I saved 20p
500g Smoked back bacon £2.59 Tesco price £2.92 I saved 33p

Free Metro newspaper (23rd Sept) 65p

Current Total = £3933.08