We were supposed to be visiting Mum on Thursday, but when we got there we found that the care home was in lockdown ... again!! This time flu is doing the rounds with two of the residents already having been sent to hospital. Mum is currently okay we were told, and we were able to hand in the things that we had taken for her. Poor Mavis was very confused ... 'What no Granny, no special doggy treat'.
So, rather than just getting straight back on the motorway we detoured to the local little M&S Food Shop as I had a couple of vouchers to use up. Does anyone else find that vouchers for any decent amount of money burn a bit of whole in their pocket and just have to be used as soon as possible. 😄
I had £9 as you can see from the top photo ... and I spent £9.05.
I'm happy. 😀
It might not be a 'challenge year' as such, but it's definitely the year that I make the best use of everything and collect as many 'freebies' as I possibly can.
Then Alan asked if I wanted to go with him to Aldi this morning, and I did. Wine, Pringles and a few other bits that I sort of needed.
I knew I didn't actually need rice, but it had gone down in price and the shock of a price actually going down made me pick up a bag.
I really didn't need any rice!!
I knew I should have cracked on with my cupboard tidying, it's been a slow process as I just can't get in the mood to get everything out on the worktop all at once. I've now sorted through all the rices and put them back in the lower cupboard with them all stacked in date to be used in order.
Oh well, that's another little section done. 😄
I asked Alan not to buy me any flowers for Valentine Day this year. Every year for the past few years he has really splashed out on expensive flowers, and as awful as it seems I just hate the thought of all that money going on flowers that die just after a week ... and his taste is completely different to mine, so it's sad when I actually feel relief at stuffing them into the compost bin when they die.
There, now you know I'm an ungrateful wretch!!
This year he printed me out a card ... and a poster of some flowers. Now in my book that is the most perfect example of Valentines Day thoughtfulness.
We also went out for breakfast at our local fancy garden centre ... and I came away with some freebies. To say thank you I have bought us tickets to see the new Bridget Jones film tomorrow night. It's been a good couple of days.
I hope you have a good weekend. 💖
Sue xx
After my todays post I'm so glad your shopping wasn't a shopping haul!
ReplyDeleteGosh I HATE that term, and it's bandied around so often these days isn't it. :-(
DeleteI'm the same with flowers, except daffodils, I love them this time of year they do cheer me up. I 'spent' my vouchers this quarter on a new 100% cotton duvet set which was half price and with the vouchers it feels like it was free.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do love a nice simple bunch of flowers, fancy bouquets do nothing for me. Give me an Aldi £1.99 bunch of carnations any day.
DeleteI am the same with vouchers, but it is usually because if I do not spend them quickly then they can become forgotten and hurtle at speed to their use-by date. (Also the same as you with flowers - might as well put money straight on the compost heap.)
ReplyDeleteLook forward to your opinion/review of the M&S Kyivs. The 'Good Life' ones I have been buying for ages have changed and are now just stodge, I won't be replacing them when the freezer supply is gone.
The M&S Kyivs are delicious, they have stayed consistently tasty from their inception. I'm a bit of an addict, so they are one UPF that will be staying in my diet. 😁
DeleteA bunch of British daffodils, perfect for my birthday and Easter. Spray carnations are cheerful too. I forgot to plant any pots of hyacinths last autumn.
ReplyDeleteI used to have some flowers for the bees and some for cutting when we had the allotment.
That IS a lot of rice, and I thought I had plenty! I had to google speculoos, I'd never heard of them.
ReplyDeleteYour little biscuits reminded me that I have a large packet bought from Lidl for Christmas and have now retrieved them from the top cupboard where they had fallen out of sight. Catriona
ReplyDeleteFirst, hope Mum stays flu-free.
ReplyDeleteAnd second, ooohh, jam tarts! On my M&S grocery list when I head over the Pond next month. Might try one of those Kyiv's, too. :)
I thought I had a lot of rice, but you have me beat. I do have lots of lentils though. Really need to get using those. I hope Mum does not get the flu.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.