£55 to last a week (food and diesel)eeeeekkk

Uniscots97

melie3 wrote: »

thanks for doing that pink, ive lidls and aldi all a car drive away, is it going to pay me though to go around all these places, to use more fuel, not sure if im saving anything. asda is nearest to me, but they dont have everything, and sains have the chicks on offer which ive been buyong for a few wks. ive got £12 saved on nectar points, but i was hoping to save these for xmas ( collecting since jan) and in my jar ive got £20 in change, but again saving this since jan, seems a shame to use it up, i know i could do with it. to change up the change to notes, so you savvy peeps use coinstar?? i know they charge but dont know how much? does anyone know this?

If you want to use your change then use the self-scan checkouts at Asda (also at Tesco), I got strange looks at first putting in all my smash but you are paying for it aren't you! It'd be better used that way than cashed in at the coinstar machines minus their commission.

buxtonrabbitgreen

No food help but on the prescription front, when we had an exemption certificate the tax credit people gave us a number to use at the chemist till the certificate arrived. It might me worth asking. Also if you have a lot of 2p's bag them up into £1 bags and you might get a shop to accept them. Ours is always short of 2ps. Choose a quiet time though as they will have to count them.