from spending approx £90 per week on shopping i managed to lower our bill to about £60 per week simply by writing out a list of meals for each day of the week and only adding those items to the shopping list , then add all the dung , crisps / choc etc afterwards.
deodorants/soap/household cleaning gear is always from the £ shop although the mother in law swears by lidl for that stuff
i can never go shopping without a complete list as id always forget stuff but more importantly , impulse buy ! that was always the killer for me , but now just stick to the list
all that saving now means i can afford ..............
to cover any gas/elec increase
the countries had it
havent bothered this year but last i did grow some veg in the garden , sat there eating pie, potatoes , carrots and peas , all for the cost of a pie and the taste was unreal , nothing like it. washed down with homegrown strawberries
