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purplerabbits at 05:10pm on 05/04/2023
purplerabbits at 05:10pm on 05/04/2023I've coped OK with four and a bit days of no food shopping, partly because I got free coffee and a Pret salad when volunteering yesterday and picked up some tatties scones which I ate last night and this morning, but today I used the last of the milk and had to shop. Well I could have used the frozen milk, but that would have meant remembering to defrost it in time? How long does it take to thaw four pints of milk? Longer than I can cope without a coffee for sure...
So I went to the local Co-op because my knee is bad and I couldn't face the slightly longer trip to Lidl just to save 20p. The bargain bins were uninspiring, to say the least, and everywhere was chocolate and fancy Easter meals for people who eat fancy Easter meals because apparently that's a Thing. I resisted all those things with difficulty and bought a half gallon of semi-skimmed milk for £1.85 and 10 mixed weight eggs for £1.65. I wanted the eggs to go with chips for tea, and 10 of the bargain ones worked out 5p cheaper than 6 regular medium eggs. I spent noticeably more on animals than on myself, because Selkie has expensive tastes and I needed fat balls for the bird feeder. I also bought a rosemary plant for £3.50 from the super expensive but glorious Italian grocers, but even on a non-challenge day I find their food prices too much. I am not counting the rosemary as food because it's for the garden and not big enough to eat yet :-)
So £3.50 gone out of £30 leaves £26.50. I have chips and egg for tea with frozen spinach bites, and my posh-er Easter weekend food looks like being Chinese dumpling Night one night and Tapas night another, but I'm not sure about tomorrow. The fresh veg is mostly all gone, but I still have apples and bananas, 2 onions and a couple of honestly quite far gone carrots. I used my freezer burgers last night but still have both king scallops and some posh chicken in there. I may make another friends locked post with a full list of food eaten and available, or I may keep it private for now since I doubt it will be of much interest to anyone...
So I went to the local Co-op because my knee is bad and I couldn't face the slightly longer trip to Lidl just to save 20p. The bargain bins were uninspiring, to say the least, and everywhere was chocolate and fancy Easter meals for people who eat fancy Easter meals because apparently that's a Thing. I resisted all those things with difficulty and bought a half gallon of semi-skimmed milk for £1.85 and 10 mixed weight eggs for £1.65. I wanted the eggs to go with chips for tea, and 10 of the bargain ones worked out 5p cheaper than 6 regular medium eggs. I spent noticeably more on animals than on myself, because Selkie has expensive tastes and I needed fat balls for the bird feeder. I also bought a rosemary plant for £3.50 from the super expensive but glorious Italian grocers, but even on a non-challenge day I find their food prices too much. I am not counting the rosemary as food because it's for the garden and not big enough to eat yet :-)
So £3.50 gone out of £30 leaves £26.50. I have chips and egg for tea with frozen spinach bites, and my posh-er Easter weekend food looks like being Chinese dumpling Night one night and Tapas night another, but I'm not sure about tomorrow. The fresh veg is mostly all gone, but I still have apples and bananas, 2 onions and a couple of honestly quite far gone carrots. I used my freezer burgers last night but still have both king scallops and some posh chicken in there. I may make another friends locked post with a full list of food eaten and available, or I may keep it private for now since I doubt it will be of much interest to anyone...