Getting FIREd up 😀

South_coast

In other news, I am looking forward to payday. Not because I have run out of money, just because I'm looking forward to putting money into savings!

Cheery_Daff

It's obviously worth a lot to them to have more people signed up 🙄 But I agree it's annoying! 

I too am waiting for the exciting bank shuffle next week 😁 going to do some tidying today so I'm nicely prepared 😁

South_coast

I've got two weeks to go 😥!

greent

I love self scan shopping - even if I am only getting a few items I have my reusable bags lined up in a shallow trolley (I never ever use a deep trolley - I  can't stand them - I just pack everything into a small one, however much shopping I buy). So much quicker and you can check prices / totals - always handy if you're doing a 'spend x to get y off' shop - I always try and spend as little over 'x' as possible (bearing in mind that sains always set my spend on those things usually at £80...) 

QueenJess

South_coast said:

I've got two weeks to go 😥!

Me too! I got my hopes up for a minute and then realised it’s only 15th today!

QueenJess

@greent I hate the deep trolleys too. There’s nothing more annoying than those being the only option with a child seat. I’m quite short and can’t reach the bottom of the flippin’ things and end up on tip toes and full stretch to rescue items from the depths.

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, I've never used self scanning! Oddly enough, I did spot someone doing it yesterday and thought it looked quite cool Might give it a go know I know you lot have done it. 

I hate deep trolleys as well, and never use one if I can avoid it. Lidl especially annoys me - small trolleys, but not shallow. Gah! 

South_coast

You lot 🤣! This appears to have turned into confessions of the trolley haters! I did take a trolley round Lidl a couple of times in lockdown 1, when I was only shopping every 1-2 weeks, but that was my first time in years (benefit of living alone)! I tend to whip round with those ones you pull along behind you, except I never manage to load them evenly and they always end up dragging along the ground where I've overloaded them at the handle end 🤦‍♀️! Still, they are much better than the traditional baskets, which I end up clutching to my chest two-handed when they get heavy and then getting tangled up with my coat buttons!

greent

QueenJess said:

@greent I hate the deep trolleys too. There’s nothing more annoying than those being the only option with a child seat. I’m quite short and can’t reach the bottom of the flippin’ things and end up on tip toes and full stretch to rescue items from the depths.

Me too - I just look  daft! And I didn't even use deep trollies when my smalls were properly small - I used to put the car seat in the shallow trolley

Cheery_Daff said:

Ooh, I've never used self scanning! Oddly enough, I did spot someone doing it yesterday and thought it looked quite cool Might give it a go know I know you lot have done it. 

I hate deep trolleys as well, and never use one if I can avoid it. Lidl especially annoys me - small trolleys, but not shallow. Gah! 

Yes - give it a go, Cheery - no more queues! 
And I'd forgotten about those silly small deep trollies - like kids ones, but at adult height - meh!

South_coast said:

You lot 🤣! This appears to have turned into confessions of the trolley haters! I did take a trolley round Lidl a couple of times in lockdown 1, when I was only shopping every 1-2 weeks, but that was my first time in years (benefit of living alone)! I tend to whip round with those ones you pull along behind you, except I never manage to load them evenly and they always end up dragging along the ground where I've overloaded them at the handle end 🤦‍♀️! Still, they are much better than the traditional baskets, which I end up clutching to my chest two-handed when they get heavy and then getting tangled up with my coat buttons!

I quite like those pull along baskets but rarely have so little shopping to use one - unless I'm doing a quick bakery dash into L1dl 😋😀 Our Tesc0 had them for a while - but they quickly went missing - from what I've seen they're a popular item for camping and using to take your washing up to the communal area!

Baileys_Babe

I like the style of baskets you pull or push along, but as I try to go shopping as infrequently as possible and I am shopping for a family of 4 or 6 people I rarely get to use them.