JimmyMac Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:43

It's the household goods and toiletries that always chunk up the price I find. I am however lucky in that I work for a company that makes household detergents and washing up so I pay a mere fraction of the price in the staff shop which brings my monthly bill down a large amount

Add to that you can buy branded toiletries fairly cheap at places like home and bargains here. I do however have a few customers in the toiletries industry so sometimes I happen to call in on staff day data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7

Dextur Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:43

Apology accepted Steve.

Thank you.

Simon.

Dextur Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:44

Did exactly the same.

Totted up the bank statement once. Combined all the "main spends"   "mini trips" and figured this can't be right.

Went with her a couple of times to "sort this crazyness out".

Ended up spending more - my tastes in Whisky run higher than her taste in wine..

I never mentioned it again.


Entertaining really racks it up for us. We can easily see a bill for £150 for one nights worth of wine, starters, main courses and desserts - easily.

Ste7en Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:44

Does that include the bowl to put the keys in? data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7

150 quid! Sorry, but I'd be in tears. Much rather have an Indian on a Thursday or Sunday night (cheap nights up here).

Dextur Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:45

NO.

You've not seen em.

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rousetafarian Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:45

Rather doing a big shop every 7-10 days for the pair of us at Tesco, and then 'topping' up every other day for missed items/treats we do our meat and fruit/veg at Costco and the rest at Waitrose/Tesco. It works out much cheaper

Mr Noble Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:45

£80 according to the missus , £110 according to bank statement!

This does not include toiletries etc

Ste7en Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:45

Did anyone see Great British Budget Menu on BBC1 last night?

BBC iPlayer - Great British Budget Menu

Really depressing/upsetting data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7

zebredy Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:45

Just watched it and it is really sad to see. I am losing weight but would never want to do it in the way that woman did.

One extreme to the other, some struggling to find £3 a day to spend on food and going without meals, and others saying they spend £700(not knocking that as its up to you if you want or can afford to spend that high an amount)

Definitely going to make an effort to eat more healthily then I do and try watch what I spend my money on at the same time.

Suppose the only kicker in all this is that food prices in supermarkets are going up and up and up, really makes me wish I had a garden sometimes so I could grow some of my own veg...

SteveCritten Publish time 26-11-2019 05:36:45

It's great this time of year mate, we are getting a punnett of strawberries a day at the moment, lettuce, salad potato's, herbs, mint(for the pimms), beetroot but not enough to sustain us totally.
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