I am beginning to obsess a little bit about what lies ahead next week. I've been mooching around the shops in Urmston looking for the bargains.
I've got a strategy of sorts, I'm going to start in Quality Save, head to Bernard Murray for my eggs (he's the cheapest for eggs as far as I can see) and then off to Sainsbury's - without looking at Costa, and trying not to smell the chip smell from Charlie's Chips - for the rest of my shopping.
I have the basic idea of a meal plan for the week, but I'm beginning to get a bit worried as it gets closer. I spent this afternoon doing an online shop, trying to get the basket just right, and I went 26p over. And that was BEFORE tea.
On the tea front, I've decided I will have to purchase individual tea bags from a pre-bought box of tea and ration them out during the week. I will be channelling my Irish roots and putting a pot on the stove. By then end of the week I will be able to spoon the tea out of the pot it will be that thick and that well stewed.
I'm already starting to look at food differently, and realising just how much food we waste during a day. I can guarantee you that next week, I won't be wasting food, I might even have to resort to eating pulses, and I don't do things with middles. Not even baked beans, sweetcorn or Revels. It's the unknown dry chewy bit lurking on the inside that I don't trust, but I might need to get over it for a week, or go hungry.
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