A splashback for the cooker - it's a glass one with a picture of the golden gate bridge.
nespresso travel mugs n supplies
Bone meal to plant out HoN's David Austin roses. And compost to boost them, too - the topsoil they've given us is pathetic.
mug of cofee in a cafe. The first in many a month.
I almost bought a pair of shoes in ASDA, the label said size 10, but I checked them at the till, and they were 12's...
Finding all the stuff the lad asked for was not easy.
Food and a new mop. My old one has seen better days and has started falling off into the mop bucket. Bloody thing! 🤣
Ice creams. The lad has been nagging for some.
strawberry n lime gin
eye test and new frame and lenses. £200 odd
2 dresses on ebay. Really pleased with one as it's new with tags and cost me £15 instead of the £45 I would have to have paid in the shop.
Food shop and a 4 plug socket.
a new mop n bucket
A houseplant
Loads of food and drink.
And I also bought "fishermen's trousers" reduce from £25 to £12. Ideal for when I do things like jetwashing.
Used my nespresso credit to get a dispenser and some sugar sticks xx
Odds'n'sods in Aldi.
No climbing plants arrived as they are "too delicate to display outdoors". :-\
Licorice gums. Half price in Home Bargains.
three trousers
four t shirts
belt
Food
3 Campanulas from Asda. Normally about £5 each, but this year 3 for £5.
Petrol to get home from Kent on Friday.
The lad took 2 Sodastream gas bottles for exchange in Argos. The first stock for about 2 years.
£26.99 to buy, £14.99 to exchange.
But when I offered my credit card, I was told "Nothing to pay, the refund wipes out the cost".
???
..
£380 on new glasses!
LOADSA VINO! There are strong rumours that the Minimum Unit Price for alcohol is going to rise from 50p per unit to 75p "due to inflation".
:grumpy:
Ordered another fan. I've got one on the floor for the dog, one in his room to keep him cool and I've been boiling upstairs at night.
Silicon soap dish from ebay. The lad smashed the wall mounted one in rage after it came unstuck.
Grub.
car insurance
Weed suppressant fabric and staples - the wall is built and we have levelled the garden topsoil. Garden finally ready to plant up!! :D
Odds-n-ends from Aldi. I walked over as taking the car is a pita since B&M opened and all the parking spaces are full at most hours.
Yankee candle scenterpiece. No flame , it slowly melts and doesn't aggravate my ashma.
So much food and drink that it didn't all fit in the boot! :o :o
New glasses and sun glasses.
Joy.
Groceries.
A Feliway refill to soothe the cats while we are on holiday.
De-ionised water from ASDA, £1.50 from Asda. A motor Factor wanted £2.20 for a litre, Halfords £3.99 for 5 litres.
I also bought 2 pots of outdoor black gloss paint for the new gates (when I can get hold of the timber to make new ones).
Reduced from £18 for 750ml to £6.
https://www.clarks.co.uk/c/ATL-Part/p/26151996
Sadly I've just been told they're getting delivered by HERPES
A beard trimmer for the lad's 30th birthday. Was £35, reduced to £19, but only £12.35 at the till. ???
Quote from: fred on September 15, 2021, 17:39:10 PMhttps://www.clarks.co.uk/c/ATL-Part/p/26151996
Sadly I've just been told they're getting delivered by HERPES
Could be worse, could be Yodel
Just been delivered. I was expecting them on Monday
The missus and twins made a £60 order from an Amazon associate that sells Amazon food and drink that is close to, or past, it's sell-by date. Original price £145! Delivered for £3.
It arrived 3 days early!
I'd been having problems getting Chappie dog food. Tried the co op near the hairdressers and managed one tin.
Tried Amazon when I got home and saw Morrisons on Amazon. So, 4pm and I put an order in. 5pm I got texts saying we don't have so and so, would you like this instead? That was one item! Tesco normally have go sub most of my shopping!
At 5.45, I got another text saying it is on its way from Manchester. At 6.05, it was at my door. Lovely fresh veg too. Not packed in plastic with 1 days use by date.
And all in American type brown paper bags.
I'm right impressed with them.
All free delivery as a prime customer too but minimum spend of £40.
I've not bought anything, but the others have put in an order from Approved Foods for £211.80!!! :-X :-X :-X
The lad ordered Fukuju Sparkling Sake Awasaki 300ml for £28.00 (down from £33.00). :o :o :o :o
A Northern cookbook. No fancy Nancy stuff. Just proper, regional food.
Just tried to do my online food shop. Wow. No long life milk again. None of the dogs food Again! No low alcohol beer for him. And when did eggs go up to £2.30 for 10 ? £3 for six organic eggs and brocoli at over 2.50. I'll have to physically go next week.
Petrol, and no problem, in fact there was only one other vehicle in the Tesco petrol station when I was there
Milk. Both Aldi and Lidl had notices saying "One pack per person. Resellers will be denied all bulk purchases.".
Quote from: Tâf on October 12, 2021, 15:54:09 PMMilk. Both Aldi and Lidl had notices saying "One pack per person. Resellers will be denied all bulk purchases.".
Good! ;D
Our online shop had no cigarettes again with "no appropriate substitution".
Surely if they have run out of cigarettes altogether, they should inform me beforehand? Or, if they no longer sell them with groceries, tell me?
This is ticking me off as I'm buying food I don't really need in order to get his cigs (you can't just order cigs and you can't just order alcohol which is fair enough).
Just tell me. And I'll physically go to another supermarket and buy them AND my food elsewhere.
Quote from: El on October 12, 2021, 18:35:58 PMOur online shop had no cigarettes again with "no appropriate substitution".
You may place your order on Monday, but if it is picked on Thursday, they might have run out. It's happened to me a few times. Order 200, get 20 or zero.
new name plaque for the house. old one finally rotted to bits
Cat food
The essentials at Lidl. Tesco, later, will be more of a browsing session for the missus.
The lad gave me a long shopping list for Tesco. Dates. Dates. Dates. Crisps and dates. ???
Food shop with surprisingly only 2 substitutions. Whoohoo.
A new PC monitor, the old one failed to come on this morning.
I was constricted for size, but it also had to have a VGA socket.
Everywhere in the city were out of stock, but I got the last one in the UK from Argos, but I had to go The Bay as it would not allow me to click and collect.
£60 off too. ;D
A meater plus wireless thermometer in the sale .
Morrisons has got a policy now that online cigs are far cheaper than instore, but you can only order 5 packs per day.
I've actually bought a Christmas present.
Scary skint, but the kids get it.
They are good kids
Salad stuff and wraps for Doner wraps today.
Just ordered Christmas presents for my Great Nephew and one of my Great Nieces, and I'm really pleased Abi wants books as she was a slow reader when younger
My mate asked me yesterday to order him a TV, as he had no internet due to a local fault.
It has just been delivered.
https://ao.com/product/ue65tu8300-samsung-tv-grey-79009-108.aspx
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
New biscuit cutters and some yankee candle wax melts because sprays set off my asthma and for some reason, melted candle doesn't.
Freeview HDD Recorder as the old one died.
Almost all the food we need during Christmas.
A turkey
A leg of lamb
A ham joint
Just need my veg and were right ✅
Hopefully enough for the 16-day isolation at home.
Isolation necessities: wine, ciggies and cat litter. ;D
Cat food and diet stuff for me. HoN got all the rest a couple of days ago - we have enough in for a week.
Enough to fill the fridge, the freezer and the pantry.
I was thinking about filling the tank, but the petrol station at Sainsburys had no premium E5.
Bits-and-bobs from Aldi. They recently started selling our favourite Hovis soft sliced. People must like it as all 4 trays of it were empty.
94 kg propane
Sainsburys has never been known as a big discounter for low-date meat, but I got two 2kg trays of chicken breast for £9 yesterday. All sliced and vacuum-bagged ready for the freezer.
Half price Carolina Reaper burgers and some buns for them.
Cat food and elastic at the Range
Quote from: Nana of 8 on January 18, 2022, 19:33:13 PMCat food and elastic at the Range
You're making a CATaplult?
:lol: :lol:
The Tower deep fat fryer I bought from B&M is EXACTLY the same as the Goblin one I bought from ASDA a couple of years ago.
Except that the Tower one does not have the mechanism that allows you to lower the basket into the oil with the lid closed. The mechanism that failed, and failed and failed.
Milk and Bread, I had nothing fore breakfast
I checked out some prices on the Morrisons website, went to the store, and everything was at least 10% more expensive! And all the offers did not exist except online! Prawnies up from £1 to £1.60!
But an old mate, who retired from his butchery post there a couple of years back, has returned "To make ends meet". He cut me some thick steaks and pork chops, then reduced it all by 25% as "It's been out of the main chiller for too long" (wink, wink).
Argos finally had stock of gas bottles for Sodastream, so I'm glad I had left the empty bottles in the boot a while ago.
Odds-n-sods in Lidl.
Food, Side Plates and Batteries
Bought some new clothes yesterday! 2 sizes smaller!! :dance:
New Mugs
A yearly Ring doorbell subscription. I didn't really think that I needed a door camera. I thought the dog barks, I can hear someone is at the door.
But, its great. My phone chimes and I can see who is at the door on my screen even if I'm in the back of the house or upstairs. I like that I can view the outside of the house without opening the blinds or going go the front door, especially at night.
Quote from: El on February 04, 2022, 19:40:12 PMA yearly Ring doorbell subscription.view the outside of the house without opening the blinds or going go the front door, especially at night.
Our new neighbours have one on the front door, and one on the back door. But they often get delays, so don't get the images on their phones for several minutes.
Mine is a few seconds delay while the video loads. It's also linked to Alexa so I can speak to the caller.
A great Aussie Shiraz in Asda was £5.19 last week (minimum unit price £5.07 in Wales).
Today it was being restocked, so I left the gut in peace and did more shopping, When I got back it had a shelf-edge price of £4.19! Someone had made a mistake and I took full advantage of it. 24 bottles, saving £24.
Miele dusting brush and motorised upholstery brush.
The Shark cordless that I got for upstairs is going in the bin. I'm fed up of it and it's constant filter fiddling and battery low life. The wand handle keeps detaching from the main bit and stops the floor tool. It's an overpriced piece of rubbish.
So it's back to my Miele that plugs in and actually does a much better job. I'll probably get myself another plug in hoover for upstairs as it's hard work taking this one up there. But I'll never buy a cordless again
A 12 week subscription to slimming club. Am in it for the long haul. Determined to get thin! :innocent:
Food
A full tank of petrol at £150.9p/l. £58.85. :-X :-X :-X
Another Miele vac but smaller for upstairs. I hurt myself lugging the big hoover upstairs last week. I'm not repeating that in a hurry.
I've gone for corded and bagless again. No more batteries, filters or bags or spending precious time fixing cordless vacuums.
New computer, lenovo all in one
The UK-made Chinese curry sauce paste, it's gone up from £1.95 to £2.75.
Dental charges for the missus and I, £94.
But if a crown needs to be replaced, Ros will have a £203 charge!
Their poster on charges showed nothing about "Scrapes and Polishes", or "Deep Cleaning" for gum disease by the hygienist. That is now only available privately! To arrange to see her is impossible at the moment as she has Long Covid.
Petrol. £40 filled the car. Should last a month with travel to work and weekly shop.
Gotta buy blackout curtains for my bedroom, but waiting for a good offer to come round
New fitflop boots. I keep wearing my backless cheap slippers in the house and they're worn out causing me to shuffle my feet to keep them on.
These are dear, but I've still got fitflop sandals from 10 years ago that look and feel like new.
Surgical tape stuff to hold Pol's blood sugar monitor in place.
2 cases of Shiraz. The Minimum Unit Price in Wales says it should be at least £5.06, but ASDA had been selling it at £4.99, but today it was £4.06!!! Yet another pricing cock-up I think.
New Pillows
2 new pillows
chainsaw MUA HA HA...
Aldi and Tesco today. No long life milk, milk powder, flour, vegetable oil or toilet paper. The shelves were ominously bare.
The items I wanted, cod liver oil capsules and mouthwash, were also out of stock.
The only cooking oil in ASDA was Crisp and Dry at £1.50 per litre. I searched the ethnic shelves and found rapeseed at £1.09/litre.
No oil or flour in Lidl, and the UHT milk was almost all gone.
house insurance
I read somewhere about a shortage of cooking oil. Sounds like others have read the same. None of the 1 litre bottles at Morrisons. Bread flour almost tripled in price. Same with pasta. Here we go again ::)
8kg of Sodium Percarbonate bleach powder. It's the active ingredient in products like Vanish, and via ebay it's a fifth the price.
Got my Rapeseed oil OK today, but cooking oils were in short supply
Quote from: Mike on April 07, 2022, 15:05:41 PMGot my Rapeseed oil OK today, but cooking oils were in short supply
France is ramping-up its import of peanut oil. It's a great frying oil.
DVD player/writer for the new computer
An inline fuse for the battery charger lead.
I now know that Aldi does 75% mark-down at 5pm each evening.
So we now have a freezer full of extra large chickens and rindless, lean pork belly slices.
I tried a Morrisons delivery through Amazon and it was brilliant. Ordered at 11am and it was at my door at 6pm all packed in strong cardboard bags.
They texted me if a product not available as they shopped and showed me what they could sub it with.
My veg is fresh and not wilting in plastic bags with tomorrow's date on it.
Many bottles of pop. A CO2 shortage is on the cards, and the lad goes through it like nobody's business.
I looked in Iceland Depot and was shocked at the meat prices. Boneless chicken thighs used to be a great price there, now they are £6.50 a kg! :-X Still only £4.50 in Aldi, so I bought them there.
Sainsburys has not had a tobacco restock in 12 days, so I only managed to buy 5 packs.
I called in Morrisons for his cigs today and same thing. She only had 5 pkt of L&B longer lasting. She said there was no more in the back ::) I hope they are not thinking of stopping selling them :o
Or waiting for another bloody price increase!
A few more LED lamps as they were in twin packs 3-for-2.
The missus' tonic water has gone up from 39p to 45p (15%).
Reduced cronuts, berliners and pain au chocolat. Rose syrup, loads of chicken wings, and fish to make kedgeree tomorrow.
Instant mash from USA, down to £1. They all loved the last one I bought.
Cigs are getting harder to get. Asda has stopped selling over half their usual list, Tesco and Sainsburys are the same.
Quote from: Tâf on May 06, 2022, 13:58:34 PMInstant mash from USA, down to £1. They all loved the last one I bought.
Cigs are getting harder to get. Asda has stopped selling over half their usual list, Tesco and Sainsburys are the same.
I have to keep swapping what I get him. I only found out the difference between red, blue, bright, silver and gold yesterday.
He used to like L&B longer lasting. Couldn't get them so got him B&H blue. This week he is on JPS red. All superkings, all nigh on the same price. Some smell more than others though?
Quote from: El on May 06, 2022, 17:13:31 PMQuote from: Tâf on May 06, 2022, 13:58:34 PMInstant mash from USA, down to £1. They all loved the last one I bought.
Cigs are getting harder to get. Asda has stopped selling over half their usual list, Tesco and Sainsburys are the same.
Some smell more than others though?
We buy Chesterfield, a Swiss company that uses Virginia leaf and Turkish tobacco. They have a mild taste with no acrid aftertaste or smoke.
A replacement can of Cocoa Cola Interstellar that the lad swiped off Pol.
A new skirt, a new top and 2 pair of cropped pants. It felt good to treat myself.
My mini FM radio for the garden is failing, so I have been looking in all the usual places for a replacement. Nope. They are all DAB things that chew up batteries in hours.
Then I spotted a simple Digital FM portable in B&M, reduced to £6. Perfect, although a little tinny. Press one button, and it comes on at the same volume on the same station.
The compost in Wickes was awful, but Miracle Grow compost was at the same price in Morrisons.
I bought some indulgent stuff for us in Morrisons and Sainsburys. If we couldn't afford it today, we definitely couldn't in a few months' time.
24 bottles of wine to restock.
The lad came shopping with me and spent zero as usual.
£203 for a replacement dental crown for the missus after infection got under the last one.
Rapeseed oil. 3 litres max in Tesco, just under £1.50 per litre, it was 89p a few months ago.
Crisp and dry is £3.30 per litre!!!
The March to June fuel bill. That is eye-watering considering I've not had the heating on since April and I've been so careful with the electricity. It's usually 250 -£300 at this quarter but its just shy of £400 . Bloody standing bloody charge!
Aldi's nukeable burgers went up from 85p to 99p, then from £1.09 to £1.39 today. :-\
Just booked 3 trips for my cruise in October,non available for Genoa yet, which is new, Herculaneum this time as I did Pompeii last time, and no trips for 4 ports I have been to loads of times
The missus just ordered French patisserie stuff from a local start-up. £21.80!!!! :o
Food
A pulse oximeter from Lidl.
The lad read 99%.
I read 98%
The missus reads 92% several times. :o
Toyota breakdown cover, used to be monthly but now yearly, luckily same price, they use the AA
Prime day Le creuset casserole that I've had my eye on for a while and a new air circulation fan.
TV licence online.
A rechargeable electric bug zapper. £8 in Aldi.
A full tank of petrol. 37 litres for £72.11 (194.9p/ltr). Standard E10 was 187.9 and diesel 196.9. :o :o :o
The last time I filled her up was back in February, when E5 was 150.9.
Food
A new doorbell. A delivery driver mashed the button on our existing one. :grumpy:
I also bought anti-flea stuff. A bargain from ebay.
I couldn't find the usual wine of choice in ASDA until I saw 2 bottles on the discontinued shelf. No price reduction. :-\
A member of staff saw me searching, then pick up those bottles, so she came over and told me that there were a few cases out back. I bought the lot. Wine cellar now full. ;D
Cat flea treatments. They type that kills fleas and not just deter them. 18 months' supply at £3 a dose instead of over £6, and post free.
New phone for Pol. £150 trade-in for her 4-year-old one, free earbuds, but still £599, and NO CHARGER OR LEAD!
Quote from: Tâf on August 10, 2022, 16:46:58 PMNew phone for Pol. £150 trade-in for her 4-year-old one, free earbuds, but still £599, and NO CHARGER OR LEAD!
She has a ONE YEAR free subs to Disney+ as a gift from Samsung. Up to 7 devices can be used (free tele!). But paypal keeps having problems to finish the transaction.
:grumpy:
Quote from: Tâf on August 19, 2022, 19:11:18 PMQuote from: Tâf on August 10, 2022, 16:46:58 PMNew phone for Pol. £150 trade-in for her 4-year-old one, free earbuds, but still £599, and NO CHARGER OR LEAD!
She has a ONE YEAR free subs to Disney+ as a gift from Samsung. Up to 7 devices can be used (free tele!). But paypal keeps having problems to finish the transaction.
:grumpy:
I also got free Disney plus 18mths ago when I upgraded my phone. I could not get it to work. The password they gave me would not work, then constant codes to my phone, you know "we have sent a code to your phone" and by the time the code was sent, the page timed out.
I gave up.
Might buy a weekend away in Costa del trecco.
I need to turn my brain
Quote from: Lisa on August 22, 2022, 10:31:14 AMMight buy a weekend away in Costa del trecco.
I need to turn my brain
4 mates and their GFs have a caravan there next week. Over £1,000!
Bank Holiday weekend.. Are they nuts
Quote from: Lisa on August 22, 2022, 17:28:51 PMBank Holiday weekend.. Are they nuts
Very much so...
So much that the fridge and freezer are packed.
In Lidl, I did the shopping for what we needed, the ladies did their own little thing as there is a French special on this week.
I was waiting in the car when they appeared, beaming. A old guy behind them put £40 on top of their shopping and said "That should cover your bill. Enjoy!"
Their bill was £32, but he refused to take the change.
A bigger soldering iron from Ebay. But it was returned to sender by the post office as it was "oversized". He'll send it again on Monday after the strike.
Coffee and Rocky Road cake at morning coffee
13.5 tog quilts, I think we might really benefit this coming winter. :cold:
Kindle Pperwhite to replace my 8 year old kindle
4 slabs of drink cans from Farm Foods. The missus and twins have gone pop mad....
I had my eye on new pans as my cast iron ones are getting too heavy for me.
But I paid my fuel bill instead.
A Gaming PC for the lad. Almost £1,700. :o :o :o
He's been saving for almost 2 years.
A mate called me from a Cash and Carry. Top brand 10kg sacks of Basmati rice were on sale at under half price (55p per kg). Max 5 per person, so he picked one up for me. :)
New tablet, which I'm using to post this
A part for a neighbour's vacuum cleaner.
Food storage containers. I'm determined to sort the pantry out.
Quote from: Tâf on September 18, 2022, 19:16:13 PMA Gaming PC for the lad. Almost £1,700. :o :o :o
He's been saving for almost 2 years.
It has arrived! I did the mechanical building and connecting, Pol has been helping him load software.
I had a £20 Lidl coupon from confused.com. As I don't have a smartphone, I had it sent to the missus' phone. WE bought over £20 worth of stuff, then at the till her phone would not connect to their Wi-Fi, so no coupon could be used.
Door lock mechanism and vac filters for an elderly neighbour. The lock is £60 in Screwfix, but only £13 on ebay!
The lock is easily changed in 15 minutes, but a locksmith quoted her £220+ VAT! :o :o
It seems Aldi thought we all did BBQs on Bonfire Night, as there were loads of 2kg trays of chicken legs SIXTY PERCENT off.
Booze and fags. I just know Mi keHunt is going to hammer them tomorrow.
Some more Fire glow bulbs from eBay as I have just used my last one
Cat litter tray liners. I had to drive to the other side of the city to get them as all the other places have changed to undersized thin ones.
Whilst I was there, I nipped into Sainsburys to buy ciggies for the missus.
A leg of lamb for xmas, and loads of other food and drink.
A Dacia Logan MCV Estate, 3 years old and 44k on the clock. £7,599.
I got 4 new tyres and trims, a new spare wheel and tyre, a new tool kit and a tonneau cover, plus 25 litres of petrol.
Ill tax, insure and collect it on 2nd January.
An Air Fryer bought with my Christmas vouchers, being delivered today from Amazon
The last time I did a fill-up for the Skoda Felicia it was July:
37 litres at 194.9p/l = £72.11
I just filled the Dacia Logan for the first time 5 months later with the Skoda running on fumes:
48 litres at 146.7p/l = £70.50
Spare batteries for the car keyfobs, tie-wraps to keep the wheel trims on, and LED bulbs to replace the very poor courtesy bulbs.
I found loads of cheap meat in Morrisons. A leg of lamb for £3! Pork tenderloin 50p, and sausages 40p.
The large bags of dry catfood were £3.30 off too.
Veg to make Cawl, and bread to dip into it. Then 18 bottles of wine, it's £4.99 at the moment, but the guy in charge of the booze says there is a big price hike coming soon.
A battery from ebay for a friend's watch. It's an odd one that does not usually arrive as part of the blister ack collections.
Loads of food and 2 Faraday wallets for my keys and cards. There has been a spate of card cloning all over the city.
Refills for my Freshmatuic
Asda reduced loads of Cumberland sausages from £2 to 29p, so I bought enough to fill the freezer.
Fray Bentos pies shot up to £3 (£3.25 in some places). Tesco has them on offer for the usual £1.50, so I bought a selection as the lad loves them.
Wine. It's still at the same price in Wales due to Minimum Unit Pricing, but will go up around 60p a bottle in England. I also got the last of my brand of cigs at the pre-budget price.
2 pairs of shoes for the lad, one pair for me.
Pol bought EIGHT boxes of cotton buds. ???
Pol was going to buy as a Eucalyptus kit for £15 with just 5 seeds. I found a pack of 10 seeds online for £2.95. We split the postage and I ordered catmint, tomato and Greek oregano.
The lad loves Fray Bentos pies. But they jumped from £1 to £3.00 or even £3.25. Home Bargains had his 3 favourites at £1.89, so I bought 24, saving at least £26.
More Fray Bentos pies for the lad. £3.25 in Morrisons and Sainsburys, £2.50 in Asda, £2.25 in Tesco, but only £1.89 in Home Bargains.
Home Bargains also had a cracking Hardy's Shiraz for £5.07, so I bought a dozen.
Loads of glucose tabs for the ladies. A very good price reduction in Morrisons. They also had fresh bavette steak, so I got a few for Sunday.
The missus wanted a birthday gateau from Aldi. But they are quite small, so I bought 2 and will stack them.
I also got 3 packs of venison grill steaks at 50%-off, plus some fancy yoghurts also at 50%-off.
I really like fried beansprouts, but at £4 a portion I decided that 2 packs of 50%-off beansprouts and a few minutes with a wok would be a better idea.
240 wet catfood pouches. The price shot up for a while, but Asda had it on special offer.
Tesco had masses of sliced bacon 50% off, 2 weeks before use-by date. So now our freezer is loaded with bacon.
A jumbo box of bird fat balls, A tiny lady had just man-handled it up to a high shelf. She was not impressed.
Farm Foods have large bags of Haribo-sort-of-sweets on special offer, so I bought 4. That'll last me ages.
A charity calendar for the missus. 20 euros for the calendar, 6.30 euros postage!
I bought what we needed, the ladies filled a trolley with sweets, cakes, biscuits, crisps, et al.
It was jenga time to get the fresh stuff into the fridge.
I arrived in Aldi just as they put out a load of stuff marked down 30% or 50%. ;D
Pol's 8-year-old gaming PC literally blew up. So I just ordered the one she chose and modified to replace it. £2400! :o :o :o :o
4k Amazon Firestick. Ordered last evening, arrived just after lunch. :o :o :o
I have set it up, and the HD image is far better than that of the Virgin Media V6 box.
Road Tax. :-\
A new 4-slot toaster as "someone" blew the elements on 2 slots. :grumpy:
The missus won it at a seaside BINGO 13 years ago.
The Shiraz I have enjoyed for over a year has been dropped from 13.5% to 11% due to Rishi's new wine tax bands, It's foul now, and there are no alternatives. A FB mate told me about a company that is selling Polish Karpackie lager 40% cheaper than the Polski Skleps in his area. I used to pay £1 a can, it's now £2, but should be £2.25 under Minimum Unit Pricing in Wales. And free delivery too!
It'll be the first beer I have drunk in about 5 years....
More eczema cream 😑
The last pouches of Vindaloo sauce in Home Bargains. Their supplier has sold out and been closed down.
A new winter quilt for the lad. I say winter, but he prefers a lot less than 13.5 tog, so I got a 10.5.
Lidl's large sacks of spuds are usually little known types. But this week they were good-sized Maris Piper, normally an expensive chipping potato.
A variety of chilli sauces from my mate who runs his own, very successful, company. He gave me a new one, designed for a Canadian singer. 100% for our lad as it is based on Maple syrup and ground coffee beans.
Alexa Dot with Clock
Farm Foods had Boneless legs of Aussie lamb on sale. I got the biggest, 2.4kg for £4.99! :o :o :o
Superglue to repair the cracked light cluster.
Lidl had 64Gb memory sticks on sale at £9.99. Today they were £4.99, so I bought a few for archiving.
Calcium carbonate antacids have been impossible to find. But suddenly they appeared in Morrisons, but more than double the price of a year or so ago. Boots say they have them, but when the lad asked for them, he was told they haven't had any for ages. ???
I like tart drinks, so was lucky to find cases of a sugar-free drink dropped from £1.09 to 39p per bottle.
A car cover with a 3-year warranty from Lidl. My car was on its list, so it should fit perfectly. And it was reduced to £9.99 from £13.99.
B&M had some very shabby Impatients plants on sale, 3 trays for £6 (18 plants).
As I walked past, the boss knocked them all down to 10p a tray. So I took a step back and found the only 3 trays that were perfect (out of the wind).
;D
Too much. Roll on pay day
The lad asked me to buy "Banana and Shrimp ice lollies" in Aldi. I asked one of the staff where they were, and she almost threw up. :o
Citric acid powder and MSG.
A primer bulb for a neighbour's petrol lawnmower, and a pack of 3 strimmer cassettes for another. Shop prices were 3 times as expensive, other online places doubled the prices with p+p.
New toaster, mine blew this morning
10 tins of Flageolet beans from Waitrise, the only place that stocks them now, but at 70p they are not the usual Waitrose rip-off.
Whilst in there, I saw apples at £1 each. :o
Lidl had loads of 1kg packs of chicken mini fillets, all 60% off. Thankyou for that!
Aldi knocked down expensive branded pop to 49p from £1.99, so I cleared the shelf. Also root beer for the lad and blueberry fizz for the missus.
4 small tarpaulins to aid in my fight against the Marestail infestation coming in from next door.
I ordered a drain rod set from Temu as there is no way I'll pay the council to clear our drains. I added some PIR LED USB-rechargeable lamps to get free postage.
Quote from: Tâf on October 04, 2024, 09:50:28 AMI ordered a drain rod set from Temu as there is no way I'll pay the council to clear our drains. I added some PIR LED USB-rechargeable lamps to get free postage.
The drain rod set arrived yesterday, the rest is stuck in Customs after some business owner demanded that small packets should be taxed.
I wanted to by discounted tubs of fatballs from B&M, but they were withdrawn from sale yesterday as they were all mouldy with 6 months left on the Useby date.
I was asked to buy an illuminated makeup mirror. It arrived from Temu, but it's only one dim LED so doesn't do the required task. Temu refunded it with no quibbles and we get to keep it.
Loadsbeer. I think it is prudent to use up my pocket money now rather than wait for a Labour Annual Budget.
Loadsasoups. 4 for 3 , or 20% off at Lidl. They are going through soup like tramps on a cold night.
Loads of specials at Lidl, then loads of linguine at Tesco.
Not so much in Lidl, most of what we need is from Aldi.
Loadsapop, and loadsafatballs for the birds.
6 bricks, Exterior PVA for a job outside, and pipe insulation for the outside tap. I only got the basics in Morrisons as they are so expensive now.
I ordered a new PC monitor for Pol who is gifting it to her brother. It dropped by 60% in a week as new models are coming out ready for Xmas.
Filled the car with petrol, that's it for another 500 miles
Tesco had a lot of multipacks of hallowe'en sweets at half price. I got 2 850g bags of M&Ms.
porely functioning hair/beard trimmer. it's battery
Quote from: fred on November 05, 2024, 18:46:25 PMporely functioning hair/beard trimmer. it's battery
I bought a rechargeable Remington half price from Asda. It takes ages to actually start cutting hair, despite being fully lubed.
A few more of the large garlic heads from Lidl. Most will join the others in the raised bed.
New TV for the bedroom, less than 24 hours from Amazon, all set up and working now
A big vape order for the missus. She is getting on well so far and appears committed.
£68 for petrol. :-\
Morrisons had a special on sacks of huge Spanish onions. Cheaper than the crappy UK-grown ones normally on sale these days.
Farm Foods often do a whole leg of NZ lamb for under £15. I couldn't find any today, but decided to ask the new bloke running the place, a young Persian. He told me that they are kept in the back room to stop the "women of south Asia" from grabbing the lot and selling on to their friends and family.
So that is the lamb for Xmas sorted. All I need now is a small gammon.
Asda had legs of lamb half price, but still more expensive than the one I got from Farm Foods.
They did have a nice small Aberdeen Angus joint that was ideal for the 3 of us that eat beef. A very good price too.
I bought some new Malted bloomer bread from Aldi that they like a lot. It's nice with soup.
I walked to Aldi for bread, but added loads of cake and biscuits as they are about 80% off.
Aldi had loads of Xmas stock knocked down from £3+ to only 29p. Large Xmas puddings, cakes, biscuits, nuts and crisps. We are now stocked-up on treats for months. :D
Tunnocks tea cakes. The last one I had was in the late 70s with a mug of tea after spending the night hand-clearing snow off the Forth Road Bridge.
I had a 15% off coupon for cheeseburgers in Lidl. But the discount did not happen. The checkout lady said that it was because I bought a burger with cheese and not a cheeseburger. ???
It was the same a while back regarding baby potatoes. It was a specific brand that was not mentioned.
Rachel from Account's budget increases on booze come into force tomorrow, so I bought a LOT of beer.
Canned All Day Breakfasts and Bacon Grill for the lad.
Loads of meat as we had 10% off in Lidl. We saved £11 in all.
A £60 order for the lad from Approved Foods. I could not find anything I fancied on the whole site, but he was very enthusiastic.
Had a lego voucher for my birthday.
So looking at what to buy
Batteries
Lucozade for Pol. 6 for the price of 1.
Curry sauce sachets from Home Bargains. They had disappeared for months, and I only emailed HB and the manufacturer yesterday asking if they were gone for good. They are back, and at the old price of 99p each too.
No Bockwurst at all in Lidl, so I opted for Frankfurters instead.
£116 worth of stuff in Lidl, then 10% off. 2 free doughnuts for me. ;D
Next week I have a free cake, a free veg item and 6 free cans of pop. ;D
A small digital FM radio to replace the one that the missus brought back from France years ago. It needed multiple presses of buttons to get a reaction.
Bits'n'bobs from Lidl. Loadsacakes from the Tesco reduced bin. :din:
Not that much as I now only have to spend £20 next Monday and get 10% off a big shop later that week.
Bubblegum and Marshmallow pop for the lad.
£20.17 worth of stuff from Lidl. I needed £20.03 to get 10% off next Monday.
£120+ worth of stuff from Lidl, then 10% off all, and 20% extra off some things.
Double thickness microfibre cloths 30x30 and 30x60 were 85p and 180p each on eBay and Amazon, so I got them from Temu for 40p and 60p each.
Food
8x4 sheet of OSB3 for the garden cupboard doors. It was £42 last month, £23 today. It's nice to see prices going back to near normal.
2 second-class stamps. 87p each! :o He asked if I wanted first-class as they are ONLY £1.70 each! :o :o
£43 saved on the weekly shop. Discounts all over the place in Lidl.
I have not been to Lidl after 7pm for ages. After 7pm, all in-store bakery items were automatically reduced by 20%.
Not now. Now you have to activate a coupon in their app after 7pm.
The checkout girls spotted this, refunded me the bread and cakes, told me to do the activation, then put them all through gain, this time with 20% off.
Then I noticed she had put cherries through twice, so I got one pack free, but £3.49 for the other. Quickly refunded with no hassle.
I've just made a near £300 beer order for the lad. But it's far cheaper online due to them ignoring the Welsh Minimum Price for Alcohol.
I saved £10.40 with the 10% off at Lidl.
Aldi: Pork loin roast down from £8 to £2; a large back of bacon down from £6 to £1.50.
A Temu order arrived for tyhe missus, clothes again, but I had added some odds'n'sods for me that would have cost much more in UK shops.
The lad spent around £50 on stuff from Approved Foods. He now has a large box of snacks in his room. I think he may only come out to drink and to visit the loo.
Food
I put in a beer order yesterday after tea. It's on it way already, due to arrive around noon. :o
We were in Heron Foods umming and ahhing over sachets of microwaveable Hot and Sour soup at 49p each. We were about to walk away when the manager offered us the last box of 20 for £2.40 (12p each).
The lad and I just had one each for lunch, and they are superb!
Impatiens pants were 6 for £2 last week, today they are back to being 10 for £2, so I bought 2 lots to plant out front.
Shoes for the lad, and shoes and slippers for myself. £2 off each.
Chicken wings (30% off) and sushi snacks (30% off).
Morrisons has had a display of bulk oil, basmati rice and cooking oil at the front of the shop for a few weeks, hardly any takers by the looks of it. Today they dropped all by 50%, so I bought 5 litres of sunflower oil for £5, 5 litres of rapeseed oil for £5, and 2 10kg bags of basmati rice at £5 per kg.
A new PC monitor for the missus, and a new wall-mounted hand vac for the kitchen.
Curry's website took an hour to say that the ones they had were actually all out of stock, so I chose Amazon instead and £11 cheaper overall. They say it's a Saturday delivery, but they usually arrive a lot earlier than that.
An online beer order for the lad, then mine appeared back in stock, so I jumped before it all vanished again.
The total spent in Lidl this month to get the 10% off for next Monday was £251.22. So £1.22 over the £250 needed.
The missus started going on about Pois Casses. It's Pease pudding with green peas, not the yellow (chickpea) type.
So I bought a few boxes of the short-soak variety.
Generally the prices in ASDA were shocking. Triple concentrate squash is now more expensive, and it's only double concentrate now.
The specs prices have also jumped a lot.
Bachelors peas and carrots, normally 79 per can, but on offer 3-for-£2.
She couldn't get it to accept the offer price, so just let me have 6 cans for £3, so 50p a can.
Tomato seeds bought for next year. Fingers crossed that we get good weather for once.
Oregano from a trusted ebayer, far cheaper than buying in small pots in the shops.
I also tried to buy door handle springs from the same place I got them last time, but the photos don't match, so I've sent him a message asking for clarification.
A manager found loads of NZ legs of lamb, dated today, at the back of a fridge. It was already marked with an official half price offer, so he made it all 75% off to get rid of it.
Lamb at £3.50 per kg? Yes please!
Loads of bargains in both Heron Foods and Farm Foods.
2 pairs of specs. ASDA gave me an "NHS OAP discount" so only had to pay a total of £90 instead of the normal £180. I went for the same frames as I have found them to be very sturdy and comfortable.
The only 8p veg left in Aldi was parsnips and red cabbage. In the normal area was loads more red cabbage, tiny things, and one HUGE white cabbage. It had the same barcode, so I was glad that it went through the till as 8p.
The 5p sprouts and parsnips were tiny in Lidl, but perfect in Aldi.