Free Food, Bargains and Final Pickings

 

My 1st October shopping from Sainsbury's.

I had a £100 Sainsbury's gift card to use that I had acquired by taking out a Pure Cremation funeral plan. Me, Alan and my brother all did this so that Mum would get £300 in gift cards for recommending people. As my Mum doesn't need much  these days except soap and shampoo, Graham kept just one of the hundreds as a Sainsbury's card to keep her supplied, and with my permission used the other £200 plus his own £100 for taking out his funeral plan to go towards a much needed new laptop from Curry's.  Alan chose a Marks and Spencer's gift card and bought himself all new underwear and a couple of t-shirts.

Well anyway I digress, with far too much background information.  Here's what a smidge over £50 of my gift card bought me.  After reading so much online and in the news about coffee prices due to really shoot up soon, I thought I would stock up on next years coffee supply, this winter's lip salves and a decent stock of dairy-free cheeses.  I also bought a few other things that I had almost run out of.

I didn't want to blow it all in one fell swoop as I wanted to see what I had in my longer term storage cupboard and see if more coffee would be good idea, or did I need something else.  When I got home I found I already had one and a half of this sized jars, so at the rate I think I use coffee I reckon that is a nine month supply. I might just hang fire a bit and see if a decent coffee offer appears later this month.  

There was a coffee offer on at the moment but that was on the 200g jars, and looking at the shelf edge label in store this was still quite a bit more expensive per 100g than my jars.  So not quite the brilliant Nectar offer it proclaimed itself to be.

Tip of the Day:  Always check the shelf edge label for the price per 100g, or mls whenever possible.

They didn't have any organic eggs in Sainsbury's for some reason, so I nipped round to Booths for my preferred ones, and managed to find myself two £1 books on the charity book table.  These have been on my radar for a while and have been recommended by many people.  There were a lot of really good books there but I restrained myself admirably.  😁

Once I got home and put the shopping away, I decided to pick the remaining rhubarb.  That's the last from my two plants for this year, and the garden suddenly looks a little bare.  Once lightly stewed with a bit of brown sugar, I got another five takeaway sized tubs of rhubarb for the freezer, two for Alan and three for me. 

That should keep me going for a while.

Then yesterday I picked the last of the tomatoes.  With the weather turning really bad this weekend I wanted them in and out of the way.  Now they are in the fridge, while I decide if their fate is chutney or something else.  🍅

Here's to a weekend of mostly staying in and staying cosy as Storm Amy is set to hit our area over Friday night and Saturday.

Sue xx