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Post by vimto1029 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:35 am
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Well..did my first proper shop the weekend. Budget was £100, spent £76 in Morrisons getting pretty much everything off the list and a bit more when I saw stuff on offer...then pottered about to home bargains and tesco where i knew there were better offers on the stuff i didnt get from Morrisons. Very impressed with myself...getting good at this saving lark :-)
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Post by kallis3 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:53 am
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Well done Vimto!!
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Post by footiemad » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:19 pm
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Well done Vimto! Have to say I'm around 10 months in and I still overspend each week. This morning for example, everything was going well until I hit the strawberries, and they are not cheap x
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Post by lem » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:21 pm
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Yes I still get seduced by offers and have to really weigh them up, just got some strawberries from the farm shop, they were only £1.10, I never buy them from the supermarket, they do them 'on offer' (I use that term loosely) at 2 for £3 but I still think that's a rip off
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Post by kallis3 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:25 pm
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I only ever buy strawberries in the summer and we tend to go the the PYO farms as they are so much tastier and I can eat some on the way round!!!

Asda have been doing whole pineapples for £1 recently and they are lovely and sweet.
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Post by lem » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:29 pm
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I agree Jan, the ones in the supermarket never taste nice (probaly because they're not english ones)

Just got 2 large pineapples from the grocers for £1 last week and 3 mangoes for £1, much cheaper than the supermarkets
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Post by vimto1029 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:48 pm
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I'm becoming a right little bargain hunter! Bought a 1kg bag of tilda rice saturday..i dont even need rice but it was half price, i couldnt resist!! Think i probably wasted a fair bit of petrol driving here, there and everywhere to get the best bargains but luckily work pay for my petrol so ssssshhhh ;-) x
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Post by kallis3 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:41 pm
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We don't have a local greengrocer or a farm shop that doesn't involve a car journey so we don't tend to bother.

Not had a mango for ages!!!
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Post by footiemad » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:20 pm
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The strawbs are pretty tasteless at this time of year but my eldest son loves them so its just a little treat for him.
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Post by Foggy » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:23 pm
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Strawbs at this time of year are simply "carriers" for sugar and cream -- which suits me :-)
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Post by footiemad » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:25 pm
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Sugar first, then the cream and more sugar on top x
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Post by kallis3 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:26 pm
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Just plain strawberries for me - I've never put sugar on them. Used to have cream but not any more.
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Post by Foggy » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:57 pm
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I cut them in quarters, sugar them and leave them to steep for a few hours, which creates a syrup -- then add cream and devour !!!
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Post by Shining » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:07 pm
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I don't like strawberries...family do though x
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Post by footiemad » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:04 pm
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OOOOOOOOOOOOh the syrup - best bit x
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