My Over 50's Spending Diary

Lidl Bargains: (10th Dec)

2 X 1kg of chicken drumsticks for £2.50, compared to from Tesco for £4 I saved £1.50

5 large bananas for 83p compared to Tesco for £1 I saved 17p

Sweet & crunchy salad 51p compared to Tesco for 79p I saved 28p


3 X Single quilt cover sets from Groupon for £7.76 including P & P costs compared to Asda for similar at £10 each and £2.95 P & P costs I saved myself £25.19 :T

Free Metro newspaper (10th Dec) 60p

I used my £9 Pizza Express Tesco Clubcard voucher (11th Dec)

2 hopper bus journeys (8th Dec) £1.50

3 hopper bus journeys (9th Dec) £2.25

1 hopper bus journey (10th Dec) 75p

1 hopper bus journey (11th Dec) 75p

£10 Christmas Bonus from DWP (11th Dec) :j

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £8.26 this week (12th Dec)

Lidl Bargains: (17th Dec)

Chef Select chicken jalfrezi with 30% off £1.25 compared to Tesco for £2 I saved 75p

Pepperoni stonebaked pizza for £1.59 compared to Tesco for £3.50 I saved £1.91

Punnet of red seedless grapes for £1.24 compared to Tesco for £2 I saved 76p

Sweet & crunchy salad for 51p compared to Tesco for 79p I saved 28p

Lamb Rogan Josh reduced from £2.59 to 90p saving me £1.69

Free Metro & Evening Standard newspapers (13th Dec) £1.20

6 Chinese ready meals from Morrisons on offer for £2 each, usual price £3 each saving me £6 (14th Dec):D

4 X 110g bars of Galaxy Darker from a stall in East Street Market for £2 compared to buying them from Tesco for £1.50 each I saved £4 (14th Dec)

Quidco Cashback (16th Dec) £12.22

Free Metro newspaper (16th Dec) 60p

4 Chinese ready meals from Morrisons on offer for £2 each, usual price £3 each saving me £4 (16th Dec)

Lidl Bargains: (17th Dec)

Lamb Rogan Josh reduced from £2.59 to £1.81 saving me 78p

6 X Almond and chocolate vanilla ice cream lollies for £1.69 compared to 6 of Tesco own brand for £2 I saved 31p

Quiche Lorraine 400g for £1.45 compared to Tesco on offer for £2 (usual price £2.30) I saved 55p

Sweet & crunchy salad for 51p compared to Tesco for 79p I saved 28p

2 X Pepperoni stonebaked pizzas 340g for £1.59 each compared to Tesco own brand at £3.50 each I saved £3.82

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £39.79 this week (19th Dec) :T

Free Evening Standard newspaper (20th Dec) 60p

Quidco Cashback (21st Dec) £13.76

Single Shaker solid wood bed with matching trundle from Groupon reduced from £599.99 to £150 saving me £449.99 (7th Jan 2019. I forgot to record it when I bought it, so I am doing it today) :T:D:j

Current Total = £10,640.88

I bought a 14 piece cook and store Pyrex set from Groupon for £28.99 including P & P costs and I saved myself £23.62 (24th Dec)

I saved £12.50 this month on my Talk Talk landline, faster fibre and TV package (27th Dec)

Lidl Bargains: 23rd Dec

2 X 6 Almond and chocolate ice cream lollies £1.69 each compared to 2 X 3 from Tesco for £2 each I saved 62p

Punnet of red seedless grapes on offer for 99p compared to Tesco own brand for £2 I saved £1.01

Sweet & crunchy salad 51p compared to Tesco own brand for 79p I saved 28p

Golden delicious apples £1.29 compared to buying them from Tesco for £1.60 I saved 31p

29th Dec:

Favourina box of chocolate covered biscuits 450g on offer for £1.39 saving me £1.40

Quiche Lorraine 400g reduced to £1.01 compared to Tesco own brand for £2.30 I saved £1.29

2 X 6 Deluxe mince pies reduced from £1.25 each to 67p each saving me £1.19

Stonebaked pepperoni pizza £1.59 compared to Tesco own brand currently on offer for £1.75 saving me 16p

2 X Sweet & crunchy salad for 51p each compared to Tesco for 79p each I saved 56p

Mixed sweet peppers for £1.24 compared to Tesco mixed peppers for £1.35 I saved 11p


1 hopper bus journey (29th Dec) 75p

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £13.78 this week (31st Dec)

Final Total for 2019 = £10,764.90

Thanks Chanie, having a Lidl so near to my home is proving great for me, mostly for food bargains. I still have to go to a larger Lidl in either Peckham or Streatham to get the full range of non food bargains.

1 hopper bus journey (3rd Jan) 75p

1 hopper bus journey (6th Jan) 75p

2 hopper bus journeys (8th Jan) £1.50

Quidco cashback (11th Jan) £1.19

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £27.51 this week (10th Jan)

3 hopper bus journeys (10th Jan) £2.25

Free Metro newspapers (10th & 15th Jan) £1.30

Lidl Bargains: 15th Jan

Stone baked pizza £1.59 Tesco £3.50 I saved £1.93

6 X Cheese & onion crisps 65p Tesco 77p I saved 12p

1Kg Clementines £1.65 Tesco £2.25 I saved 60p

Gala apples 99p Tesco £1.60 I saved 61p

Jazz apples £1.75 Tesco £2.40 I saved 65p

Sweet & crunchy 51p Tesco 79p I saved 28p

Mixed peppers 95p Tesco £1.35 I saved 40p

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers & price reductions saved me £15.40 this week (16th Jan)

12 months of Tesco Mid Week Delivery Saver in 2019 cost £41.88. The cost of the 52 delivery slots would have been £340 so I saved myself £298.12 throughout 2019 :T

Quidco cashback (17th Jan) £29.35

2 hopper bus journeys (15th Jan) £1.50

Current Total = £407.24