This is my shopping list for today and my final receipt. Every week I set a budget - as close to £50 as possible this week - and make a list of what we need. I try to have meal ideas and always stock check my cupboards at the same time.
Once I have my list I estimate a price for each item and total it so it's not a complete shock when I get to the checkout.
While I'm there I try and stick to the list as closely as possible. To give me a little room to add extras (like this week when I realised I'd forgotten laundry detergent) I shop at Aldi and estimate prices for Asda. It always works out cheaper!!
I'd estimated £50.50 but bought a few things that weren't on my list including tortillas, washing detergent, chocolate (you have to don't you?!) and a sweeping brush as the other half left it under the house while he was plumbing and it's worth £2.99 not to have to rummage about in the dark with the spiders looking for it. My total spend was £52.69.
That includes meat for at least 9 meals. 1.4kg of pork shoulder chopped in half for 2 meals, beef mince for 2 meals, gammon joint will do 2 meals, lamb breast for 1 meal and probably a lunch, sausages, bacon and beef frying steaks. I expect I'll need to top up on milk and fresh fruit next late week though.
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