Our Journey of Mortgage Free and Simple Living

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Phew 😅! I love my lists, I've been known to forget something when I only went in for 5 things and didn't have a list with me!

It's a diary on here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5196903/hope-is-not-an-effective-financial-strategy/p1 It's one of the longer-running ones, but it's a bit quiet at the moment

PearlRose

Thank you for the link. Will check it out😃

savingholmes

Good luck on your journey.

PearlRose

Grocery spending in June so far £77.88/£370

Had a trip to Sainsbury's on Saturday and spent £61.46. Also popped into Home Bargains and spent £3.37. I'll challenge myself not to go shopping until the following Saturday. We've also got some frozen meat and veg and 'ready meals' from batch cooking.

What I bought from Sainsbury's: 

Egg x 10 £1.30

Canned Peach Slices x 8 £2.48

Flushable Toilet Wipes x 8 Pack £5.50 

Mint x 3 Pack £3.48

Easy Peel 600g x 2 £0.80

Spring Onion Bunch £0.45

Blackberries 225g x 2 £1.00

Celery 450g £0.47

Carrots 1kg £0.43

Courgette 500g £1.25

Cherry Tomatoes 330g x 2 £1.80

Banana x 5 £0.71

Mango x 2 £1.30

Pork Belly Slices 500g x 2 £5.90

Unsmoked Gammon Joint £3.52

Tapas Selection £2.25

Baking Potato x 4 £0.42

Seafood Stick 250g £0.80

Peanut Butter 1kg x £4.32

Child's Shampoo x 2 £6.00

Instant Coffee £3.00 

Honeydew Melon £1.39

Seeded Bread 800g x 2 £3.70 

Yogurt 350g x 2 £5.50

Apple x 6 x 2 pack £3.20

Cucumber £0.49

Home Bargains 

Chestnuts x 2 pack £2.38

Dust Pan & Brush £0.99

PearlRose

@savingholmes Thank you

PearlRose

Order some Lakeland Stayfresh storage bags online (£6.99 for 20). Read about the recommendations on the forum, so decided to give it a go. I'm hoping if I have better solutions for storing food, I can go to the supermarkets less often.

Grocery spending in June so far £84.87/£370

PearlRose

Sold something on eBay, will get £37.66 after the selling fees and postage.

In the past three years, I sold many clothes I had before I was pregnant. Some still with tags on. I'm doing it less because it takes time to photograph and describe them, and I don't enjoy that. Most people are nice and leave kind comments, but once in a while, things could go wrong, and that gives me a headache. 

But selling those clothes and other items brings several positive things into my life:

1. Releasing space in my home and spending less time taking care of things I don't need (inspired by minimalism).

2. Getting some cash from things that I'm not using.
3. Buying less. As I know I can only get a fourth or a third of what I paid for.
4. Most importantly, letting go of the fantasy self. My body has changed and it's OK. There is no need to hold on to those nice clothes just in case I could wear that size again.

PearlRose

DH popped in to Aldi yesterday, stocked up on some soya milk and cleaning products.  

Grocery spending in June so far £91.05/£370

savingholmes

You are doing well on sales and groceries

PearlRose

DS went jogging with DH at half six this morning. DS was grumpy when he discovered his Dad had been doing it for a long time and never ‘invited’ him. We came to an agreement that he could try this out on weekends to avoid over-tiredness on school days. Luckily they went early in the morning when it was still dry. When they were back, DH made potato pancakes for breakfast. Afterwards, we went to the library to return the audiobook CDs and borrow some new ones. Our local library has a stock of Roald Dahl books read by Dahl himself and the Paddington series read by Stephen Fry. DS enjoys them on his car journeys.  

Had some leftover homemade pizza from yesterday for lunch. In the afternoon, the boys went swimming while I did the shoppings. I think they spent about £3-£4 as DH has a membership. Then we watched some episodes of Fireman Sam on Amazon Prime with some popcorn.

Grocery spending in June so far £153.92/ £370