In Reality ...

With last weekend's shopping being so heavy on books and light on food I thought I better reverse things a bit this week.  Somehow yet another plant fell into my supermarket trolley ... before I had even entered the store.

And on the way out a book leapt into my hands, oh well it only made me pay £1 for it.  😄

I had already stocked myself up on these again from the big Sainsbury's in Sale, after visiting Mum and having our lunch around the corner.  Ten pounds worth of Deliciously Ella Breakfast Bakes, totally delicious and handy to have in for those days when I really don't really feel like anything 'proper' for breakfast.  On special offer at two pounds per box instead of three, and it made use of the money you get back via a coupon from paying to park in the supermarket carpark.  Hopefully these will last me the six months that the last purchase did.

Happily my July pension payment went into my account. 

Unhappily, my July tax bill landed on the doormat.  Gulp!!

Oh well, as Alan said we have had the wages, we have to man-up and pay the tax man.  Sadly, it's time to jiggle some money around from my savings to pay this.

I did manage to make £15 by selling a little cupboard on Facebook Market place, but there is definitely more going out than coming in.  Numbers are not stacking up well. 😒

Thank goodness for a few free things this week, after all every little helps.

Two napkins, bringing unused napkins home off our trays has definitely saved me from buying paper kitchen towel since I started doing it.

A couple more napkins and a box of teabags for Alan via my Booths card.

Two sugars picked up from a coffee shop in Sale, where we went in preference to stopping off at the services after seeing Mum on Thursday.

Hope you all have a good weekend.  xx

Sue xx