It had to be done. 😄
This weekend's little shopping trip included a twin pack of kitchen paper.
My roll finally ran out on Friday and as I had just one napkin picked up from a café left, so I thought it was time to make an extravagant purchase. I last bought kitchen paper in November or December of 2024, so picking up all the leftover napkins from cafés etc has really worked out well for saving me money and stopping wastage.
This photo appeared on my blog in May 2025, and shows the roll still looking very healthy then. I can understand why I ended up running out in May, we just haven't really eaten out as much and even our coffee stops on the motorway have not given me as many napkins to bring home, Alan spilt some of his coffee on two occasions and we had to mop it up.
Out of interest here are my May freebies ...
Two sachets of sugar from breakfast in Morecambe.
Brown sauce and two napkins from Booths.
Alan now admits to always fancying some brown sauce when he's ordering his bacon bun, but once he sees the bacon in front of him he can't bear to slather it on.
Napkins from the service station.
Alan said there was a wad of napkins on top of the dispenser and the lady handed them to him. I was over at Subway and just picked up two.
Free coffee from the Greggs app.
These are representing the two monthly free coffees we get from Dobbie's. I forgot to take a photo, we actually get a latte for Alan and a black Americano for me.
Sauce and a sugar from Booths.
From Burger King at the services, I fancied chips and they do the best ones, I did pick up two ketchups but one was more than enough, so the other came home with as well as the salt. I didn't realise that the chips come already salted.
A free steak bake for Alan from Greggs at the services.
Our two free coffees from Burnside garden centre.
Also a leftover Flora spread pot from my breakfast.
And then finally, a few napkins from the services yesterday ... so maybe I could have held out on buying the kitchen roll. 😄
Looking very full ...what's the betting this has to move house with us.
So I can keep tabs on it I have written the date on the inside ... a bit like when I 'dated a toilet roll'.
So my first shopping for June from Aldi looked like this and cost me £11.22.
The receipt for posterity.
I am now officially a UK pensioner as I received a pro-rate pension payment last Friday. My next payment will be in four weeks. It's so nice to have some money coming into my bank account again, but I'll still be watching the pennies as avidly, and collecting as many freebies as possible when we are out and about, you can count on that.
Sue xx
