We've been much better since the post about fast food and service stations and the few shopping trips that I have been on recently have included bread or buns for taking our own sandwiches once we arrive at the hospital to visit Mum.
Waiting for a space in the busy car park gives us time to eat our packed lunch and have a cold drink, and then on the way in to the ward we have been buying two coffees for less than a fiver from the hospital café, which we have to pass anyway so it would be rude not to. It's a good cup of coffee, very similar to Nescafe and sorely needed after a 90 minute drive.
Later the same week, this little shop was from Aldi for £14.43. Not a bad price at all considering that I was tempted in the middle aisles to buy a plant in a planter.
Total money spent on shopping in this week was £16.93.
Then last week I shopped twice:
So a total spend last week of £35.
And now I am up to date with all my recent purchases, I've got to keep the records as straight as I can. 😀
Although somewhere along the line this other book 'Stories for Summer' turned up.
I must have ordered it a while ago from Amazon and it was on the doormat when I got home. As the few things that I order from Amazon don't come out of my cash shopping budget this can slip quietly under the radar. 😄
I'm miserable without a mug of coffee during long car or train journeys so I make a powder mix of one part Azera ( or the cheaper Aldi version ) to two parts Coffeemate, tumbled together in a small jar.
ReplyDeleteI take a small flask of boiling water and Sweeter if I want a sweet coffee.
Oh and a spoon!
I always have a small bottle of sparkling water on a long car journey (filled from a large bottle over and over) I don't like coffee from a flask. Alan takes his reusable cup with either coffee or tea for the journey and I pack him a can of fizzy orange to go with his sandwich. But it's nice to have a freshly made coffee after we've had lunch.
DeleteSounds like you are doing great, keeping to your budget. I'm planning to order some groceries this week, as well as a few other household items.
ReplyDeleteAt least I have got my finger back on the pulse a bit more this month after last months blip. :-)
DeleteKeeping to your budget is awesome, and the treat of some books is more than allowed in my mind.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Oh yes, what would life be without books. :-)
DeleteLoving the book flow chart - and I totally agree. :-) xx
ReplyDeleteI love this kind of flow chart. :-)
DeleteNice selection of groceries and even nicer selection of books 😍
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Haha ... I think I love a book haul more than a food shopping haul for sure. :-)
DeleteI like that Warburtons bread as it’s not too heavy but has lots of seeds. I was interested in your selection of books and recently bought some for my Kindle as we were away in Wales. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI've not looked at the stash of books on my Kindle (now actually all on my phone) for ages, I need to have a peek and see what I have on there.
DeleteDH puts things he fancies in the Amazon on-line shopping basket sometimes, instead of in the Wish List, to think about them, and compare prices, and decide that they are a waste of money.
ReplyDeleteI nearly got caught out when I was buying the dog food and found an extra £50 on the total as I was about to pay. The price of the dog food was a shock, up from £28 to £49 in three years, and that was the cheapest I could find.
I've been caught out with that myself, accidently adding Alan's years supply of toothpaste left languishing in the basket to the price of just one book for me ... and I didn't notice until after I'd paid. Oops!!
DeleteHi! I used to read your previous blog, Our New Life in the Country, when I was 22 and at university. I’m now 31 with 3 small children and I’ve just had a sudden thought about you, and now here I am! Looking forward to working my way through all your previous posts xx
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the gang, so much has changed since the Our New Life in the Country days. Congratulations on the 3 children, I have managed to acquire 3 great-grandchildren since then. :-)
DeleteGosh you have a few blogs and a LOT of posts if you are going to read back over the last few years.
Lovely selection of breads and books♥ I hope it won't be long before your Mum is back home xoxo
ReplyDeleteShe's been moved to a rehabilitation nursing home just this morning, to see if she will ever be able to live at home again. I'm sure she's really pleased to be out of hospital after 5 weeks.
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