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Second purse purchases yesterday in T’s:
4 x Colgate pump toothpaste at £1.90 each. Buy back at £2 each.Pack of 4 kitchen roll for £4.25. Buy back at £1.50 each.2 boxes of 210 Yorkshire teabags at £5.79. Buy back at £6 each. Not the cheapest but I’m not able to get to B&M anytime soon (or wanting too!). Not sure if the 240 boxes are still available?Purse now has just over £40 left. Stock totals just over £80.Cross-stitch WIP: Haberdashery Shop Fiver Friday challenge 2026 founding member 😊 Read 26 books in 2026 5/26 Currently reading Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie2 -
Some more SP purchases. A couple of L’Oréal Men Expert deodorants on offer - DH picked these up when shopping the other day so they’ve been put into stock. I also ordered a box of 6 Brita filters today - this always catches me out as a big ticket purchase, so are now a designated SP item.Purse has just over £8 left now.Cross-stitch WIP: Haberdashery Shop Fiver Friday challenge 2026 founding member 😊 Read 26 books in 2026 5/26 Currently reading Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie2
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Picked up 10 boxes of cake mix reduced to 35p in sains will buy back at £1
5 tubes of toothpaste ds likes reduced to £1.50 normal price is £9
buy back at £2.50
10 bars of diarymilk winter wonderland chocolate ds likes reduced to 60p from £2 - buy back at £1
£18.50 spent buy back value £31
1 bottle Of soap powder, 2 packs of dreamies & a lip balm purchased from stocks = £11.50 back in
previous balance £23.36 as didn’t add anything in for dec -£18.50 = £4.86 + £11.50 =balance £16.36 + £30 to add for Jan = £46.36
this year do something that scares you for courage is not the absence of fear just the knowledge that some things are worth the risk1 -
It's end of month for us today being payday, so I've totted up SP stock, what we've used this past month, and what new the new totals are:
December purse starting balance £56.61
Items bought for stock £55.64
Amount leftover £0.97
Stock items used during the month £63
New January purse balance £63.97 plus £30 for this month £93.97
Stock balance £80.50
Am shopping tomorrow so will buy Yorkshire Teabags and also getting another bulk delivery of loo roll from Big River site. Also need to visit H0me Bargains or B&M for laundry tabs at some point this month.
Cross-stitch WIP: Haberdashery Shop Fiver Friday challenge 2026 founding member 😊 Read 26 books in 2026 5/26 Currently reading Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie0 -
It's the end of month for us today. Second Purse totals as follows:
January purse balance £93.97
Items bought for stock £60.06
Amount leftover £33.91Stock items used during the month £36
New February purse balance £69.91 plus £30 for this month £99.91
Stock balance £120.10This month saw me buying laundry tabs, loo roll and Yorkshire Teabags in bulk. I also got a 3for2 Head & Shoulders offer from B00ts for £10 and some Men's deodorant for DH and DS2 in bulk, again from B00ts.
If there are any meat offers for Easter, I may well use some of the purse balance for this. I saw a YS leg of lamb in Tesco today for £30.06! Just crazy.
Cross-stitch WIP: Haberdashery Shop Fiver Friday challenge 2026 founding member 😊 Read 26 books in 2026 5/26 Currently reading Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie0
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