My Over 50's Spending Diary

Quidco Cashback £4.85

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £27.44 :T

8 hopper bus journeys £6 (2nd May)

I had a free ticket to see Mood Music at The Old Vic which saved me £26 :T

Free School meals for my son this week £11.50 (30th April - 4th May)

Poundland Bargains:

2 X 5 Mini Battenberg Cakes half price saved me £1

2 X Picnic Bites Pouches 110g half price saved me £1

4 X Fox's Chocolatey Minis Pouches half price saved me £2

Current total = £4484.33

I bought myself a new pair of Van Dal Black Patent Leather Sandals from eBay for only £11.99 including P & P costs which saved me £68.01 as they are currently being sold on the Van Dal website for £80. This is the 1st treat I have bought myself from my birthday money :T:D:j

Free Metro newspaper 60p (8th May)

My Weekly Online Grocery shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £22.57 :T

I bought a Sanctuary Spa Spend More Time gift set from eBay for £8.44 including P & P costs, which saved me £5.06 compare to buying the same item in Boots

1 hopper bus journey 75p (10th May)

I got a £6 refund from Tesco after making a complaint on the telephone

Free Metro and Evening Standard newspapers £1.20 (11th May)

2 X 5 Penquin Cake Bars and 2 X Fox's Mini Chocolately pouches form Poundland for half price saved me £2

Free school meals for my son this week £11.50 (7th - 11th May)

Morriosns Bargains:

10 Texas Barbecue cooked chicken wings from the hot counter for £3.50 which saved me 50p

2 X Rajah pouches of Paprika on offer 2 for £1 saved me 28p

Yellow sticker clementines reduced by 37p

The Best Sable Grapes reduced by 50p

2 X mixed salad reduced by 26p

Current total = £4623.18

Chanie, I love Van Dal shoes and sandals as they are really flattering and comfortable at the same time. I buy them from eBay as I could not justify paying the real prices form Van Dal's website.

I did not need a new pair of shoes, but I could treat myself from my birthday money

Poundland Bargains:

2 X 500g Broken Biscuits half price saved me £1

4 X 6 Pack of Choc Chip Tracker Bars saved me £3.96 compared to buying them from Tesco

2 X 75ml Colgate Sensitive Sensifoam saved me £1 as they are currently on offer in Morrisons 2 for £3


Free Metro newspaper 60p (16th May)

2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (15th May)

1 hopper bus journey 75p (16th May)

Lift home from Karaoke in my friend's car saved me the 75p bus fare

Free ticket to see Mood Music at The Old Vic saved me £27.50 :T:D I loved this play even more watching it for the 2nd time.

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £21.29 this week

I bought 3 X Bassets Adult Multivitamins from Superdrug online on 3 for 2 offer and saved myself £5.29 and got free P & P which was worth £3

Current total = £4709.65

Poundland Bargains:

6 Mr Kipling Bakewell Slices half price saved 50p

4 X Cadbury's Mini Eggs half price saved £2

5 Penquin Cake Bars half price saved 50p

2 X Sharing Packets of M & M's half price saved me £1


My son gave me the £5 Love To Shop Voucher he got from his 6th Form for 100% attendance this term :T

1 Hopper bus journey on 22nd & 23rd May £1.50

8 Beginners Salsa Dance Classes from Groupon for £16.11 saving me £47.89 (another Birthday present to myself) :T:D:j

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £27.07 :T

I bought myself a 3 Day Red Rover Cruise Pass from Groupon for £10.20 saving me £11.80 (another Birthday present to myself) :T:D

Roadkill £10 :j

Morrison Bargains:

Pizza Express Sloppy Guiseppe Pizza half price saving me £3

2 X Special Chow Mein meals on special offer for £2 each saving me £2.50

Sensations 150g on special offer for £1 saved me 99p

1 hopper bus journey 75p (25th May)

Free Metro Newspaper 60p (25th May)

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society Paperback from eBay for £5.85 saving me £2.14

Current Total = 4863.04