We went for a quick coffee and Alan had a sandwich at Booths the other day.
After a nice sit down and chat in the lovely cool of the upstairs café, Alan asked me if I needed any shopping from downstairs. I only really needed some bread rolls and a couple of bananas, so I got those and added a couple of lovely looking mandarins for good measure. Alan got himself a pack of the Booths own miniature fresh cream Victoria sponges ... which I suspect was his reason for wanting to go into the shop area all along. 😉
When the receipt pinged onto my phone as we arrived home, I realised that my things when added together were 68p less than Alan's little cream cakes had cost him
Bargain ... and I still have mine, his are all gone!!
It also reminded me that I had a Victoria sponge of my own, left over from this shop. So that was my treat over the weekend.
Tasty, but very, very sweet. 😀
Sue xx
Morning, have you had your mailing with the final Booth's voucher?
ReplyDeleteI guess they are aiming to match Sainsbury and Tesco by giving the discount directly at the till but I will miss the vouchers which always feel like a unexpected present.
Yes, it arrived on Friday and happily it is my biggest one ever, I think. One of the few perks of having a hubby with expensive tastes. 😄
DeleteI guess we just save as we spend from now on, thank goodness for the freebies and birthday cake.
Oh I wish we had Booth's in Norfolk. So many Northern bloggers extol their virtues (esp the freebies
ReplyDeleteWe are very lucky, do you have a Waitrose? They are almost as good. ❤️
DeleteSadly, no Booths here either. It does seem to be one of the better supermarkets for vouchers and freebies.
ReplyDeleteWe are all currently receiving the last of the vouchers. They are changing to a system similar to Tesco and Sainsbury's, with card holders getting some items a bit cheaper. I'll miss the vouchers, and watching the total expected grow week by week.
DeleteYou picked the healthier items!
ReplyDeleteI definitely did. 😁
DeleteI’d rather have had your shopping than Alan’s-I find baked stuff too sweet but still force myself to eat it sometimes! I like the idea of the new Booths system-at least you get your saving as you buy. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI alway like the idea of a cream scone, but I think the gentle peeling of the mandarin orange is very calming, and of course I have to play the game of getting it all off in one go. 😄
DeleteI'd not heard of Booth's until I started reading your blog and down here in Wales we don't have Waitrose 😄
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Nope, we also didn't have either in Wales ... but we did have glorious views, home grown veg ... and chickens. 😀
DeleteYou really did get more for less.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I did. Very satisfying. 😀
DeleteNo Booths or Waitrose here either. It's a shame that Booths are changing their rewards system. I think a voucher always seems more like a bonus freebie.
ReplyDeleteAlan does seem to have a sweet tooth doesn't he!
Angie x
For a type 2 diabetic he has a very naughty sweet tooth. I despair of him at times, he should go down the savoury path like me.
DeleteAs the others have already said, I much prefer your shopping to Alan's! Just the thought of cream makes me queasy! xxx
ReplyDeleteI know what it would do to me if I had it, so I can fight any urge for a cream cake these days. I'd much rather eat a banana. :-)
DeleteI love this post and I'm thrilled that you and Alan are enjoying life so thoroughly. But, as a Geordie, I am outraged by those bread buns being called stotties! Xx
ReplyDeleteThey're from a bakery in North Wales, and rather weirdly they were labelled 'baps' last week. Maybe they had stotties wrappers left over. 😄
DeleteI would much prefer your shopping 👏 I'm more a savory person than sweet 👍
ReplyDeleteI always think that cream cakes look lovely, but there's rarely any substance to them. I much prefer something that leaves me with a nice savoury taste in my mouth for a while. A good veggie pasty would be perfect. 😀
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