My Over 50's Spending Diary

Wayne gave me £20 to buy drinks for my sister R, my friend A and myself and a takeaway meal for myself from the pub (7th July)

Wayne bought me a bottle of water and my sister a small bottle of Prosecco £6 (7th July)

Alan bought me a bottle of water in the pub £1.50 (7th July)

Wayne picked my sister and I up and drove us to the pub and home again at the end of the night which saved me £1.50 in bus fares (7th July)

Wayne paid for my shopping in Lidl £18.27 (9th July)

Wayne gave me £10 (9th July)

Wayne picked me up in his car and drove me home which saved me £1.50 in bus fares (9th July)

I used 2 of my Groupon Odeon cinema vouchers to see the films Ocean's 8 and Whitney which saved me £10 (11th July)

My son and daughter used the other 2 Groupon Odeon cinema vouchers to see a film of their choice as the vouchers expired today which saved me £15 as they were peak tickets (11th July)

I bought 4 X Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Night Gel with my Boots Advantage card points yesterday which saved me £13.16

Lidl Bargains:

200g bag of sweet and salted popcorn 79p compared to buying 2 X 100g bags of Butterkist popcorn for £2 which saved me £1.21

200 Cien cotton buds 35p compared to buying my usual 200 Johnson's cotton buds from Poundland for £1 which saved me 65p

2 X Box of 16 Paracetamol 19p each compared to buying them form Poundland at 33p each which saved me 28p

2 X 500ml Cien Hand wash £1.30 compared to buying a similar hand wash in Poundland saved me 70p

2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (11th July)

Free Metro newspaper 60p (11th July)

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £25.83 :T

Current Total = £6399.23

Free Evening Standard newspaper 60p (12th July)

I was paid £50 for my participation in a 1 hour 30 minute Focus Group

I bought 2 X 2 Rolls of Regina Blitz from Morrisons for £3.50 which saved me 50p compared to me buying them on offer in Tesco

3 X Neutradol Gel in Poundland saved me £1.50 compared to buying them from Tesco

1 hopper bus journey 75p (13th July)

2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (14th July)

Free Metro newspaper 60p (14th July)

Pound World Bargains:

2 X Fruit Knives £1.40 saved me 60p

2 X Double Pack of McVities Jaffa Cakes £1.60 saved me 40p

2 X 100g Chilli Crisps £1.60 saved me 40p

Wayne paid for my Lidl shopping £10.86

Current Total = £6466.94

Free Metro newspaper 60p (20th July)

Wayne gave me £20 (20th July)

I bought myself a new pair of Van Dal Black Patent Leather Sling backs from eBay for £7.95 including P & P costs which saved me £67.05 compared to buying them from Van Dal :T

3 hopper bus journeys £2.25 (20th July)

Current Total = £6656.21

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping Online saved me £43.07 this week :T

My daughter treated me to a Nando's meal and bottle of sparkling water £13.40 (26th July)

4 X Haribo Supermix share bags from Morrisons reduced from 77p each to 50p each which saved me 88p

Free Evening Standard newspaper 60p (24th July)

Poundland Bargains:

2 X Epsom Salts with Lavender £2 which saved me £2.99

2 X Hardback books for myself £2 which saved me £27.98


My friend A picked me up in her car to go to a nightclub and took me back home again at the end of the night out which saved me £1.50 in bus fares (27th July)

Her man T bought me a bottle of water in the nightclub £2 (27th July)

My sister H bought me a Chinese meal and a bottle of water £6.99 (28th July)

1 hopper bus journey 75p (27th July)

7 X Groupon vouchers for Rodizio Rico at The 02 cot me £143.85 which saved me £106.75 :T:D:j

Free Metro newspaper 60p (30th July)

I bought a Nike Season Colourblock Poly Track Pants for £30 which saved me £10 and the matching track top for £35 which saved me £20 from Sports Direct online sale for my Grandson's birthday present

Current Total = £6978.75

Chanie my Grandson is very lucky that I have some savings that I have instant access to.

He was very appreciative and he was so happy both on Sunday and yesterday on his actual birthday.