The Shopping List

Well, I did it. There was a lot of adding up and subtracting and incident with a CCTV camera that I'd rather not repeat, but I have done my shopping.
I am rather pleased (in advance of the week starting) even though I wandered off list with a 29p impulse purchase at one stage that I'm pretty sure will be worth it, but I had to make some economies elsewhere.
I started the day with five pound coins...

And I went to Quality Save and Sainsbury's and bought a reasonable amount - how this will translate to a week's worth of food, I do not know.

Nestled in the middle of the picture is my 29p impulse purchase. A bag of olives...I have plans for those!


So, here's what I bought from Sainsbury's

Lemon curd         - 22p

Mixed herbs        - 14p

Kidney Beans      - 18p

Eggs                    - 85p

1 onion                - 9p
Flour                   - 52p


And, here's what I bought from Quality Save...

Soup & broth mix - 55p for 500g (100g = 11p)

Olive oil                - £1.39

Olives                   - 29p

Porridge oats         - 49p

The eagle eyed among you will have spotted the box of Lancashire tea. I got a box of 80 for 99p from Quality Save, that works out at 1.24p a bag. I will allow myself 10 bags (two bags a day), which is 12p.

So, my total for the week is £4.40. This leaves me 60p, which I will use to buy some tinned tomatoes (I forgot today) and I also intend to use to buy some seasoning from our store cupboard. I couldn't justify buying a new jar of spices when we had some open jars in the house. As well as showing the limitations of shopping with £1, this campaign has also highlighted, for me, the amount of waste there is. So I'll calculate how much a teaspoon will be from a new jar and use appropriately.