You can't beat the end of the January sales, sure there is not as much choice but if you are not too fussy you can get some great bargains. I have hit Marks & Spencers over the last two days. On Thursday it was on line because their prices were up to 70% off in some areas. I bought a comfy casual cardigan complete with pockets and hood for wearing around the house and at weekends as a snuggle-up.
This cardigan should have been £25 which I think is too expensive for a jersey top but at £7.99 I am happy. I would not wear this out and about so to speak but I think it is great for over a t-shirt for in the house. I once read that you know you are getting older when you buy clothes for wearing at home and admire shoes that look comfy. I've just scared myself by realising I have said that this cardy is comfy....but it is, and who wants to look either too dressed up or scruffy when you are just pottering around at home doing the housework?
My second item is this gorgeous waterfall black jacket which looks great on and is really flattering. This was reduced from £49.50 to £14.99. It will be great for work with black trousers, a skirt or over a dress and is smart enough to wear in the evening over a dress. I didn't really need it but could not resist it at this price.
Delivery times are great these days when you buy on line. I bought these around Thursday teatime and delivery was the next day after 12 noon. As I was collecting these from the M&S shop two miles away, I thought I might as well buy the M&S Dine in for £10 for a meal for us for over the weekend and use up a £5 off a £30 shop voucher that I been given just before Christmas.
I bought a large Oakham chicken £7.49, the Millionares dessert £4, Ultimate mashed potato £2 and a white Frizzante Italian wine £7. All of this was £10. I will make roast potatoes to go with the chicken for our Sunday evening meal and use the mashed potato as a side with some cod which I am cooking in a white wine sauce for our meal tonight.
I looked for the Christmas clearance shelf and found a small selection of items that were up to 75% off. I bought two tins of mixed nuts £4 down to £1.50. I bought these to take away to Pine Lake in a month's time. We are going there for a 4 night break on Valentine's weekend with my sister and her family.
I bought a large box which contained 5 bags of mixed sweets for £1.50 (reduced from £6) and 8 chocolate polar bears at 15p each (reduced from 55p) I bought these as I make up "goody" bags for my nephew and niece for each time I see them which is between 6 - 10 times a year. I put in them bags of sweets, chocolate, biscuits and other items such as DVDs, books and make-up for my niece or toiletries for my nephew. Nothing too expensive and usually just little items bought reduced or from a carboot sale. I have always done this since they were little children. Now that they are 19 & 17 I asked if I should stop this as they are all grown up now and the look of disappointment on their faces was unbelievable. My niece said jokingly that if I stopped "all hell would break loose". It has become a low cost tradition which they really look forward to. I keep a large cloth bag in the bottom of my pantry that I keep stocked up with reduced or on offer sweets or chocolate etc so that I can just dip into this to fill up their bags. I keep any paper or cardboard bags that I have from Selfridges or Harvey Nicks etc to use for their "goody" bags.
Finally I bought two jars of the odd sounding but I am sure will be tasty Christmas Cake curd. Like the usual lemon curd but just Christmas cake flavour. I am a sucker for curd. Over the last couple of years M&S have stocked a crystallised ginger curd which I became addicted to - delicious on hot toasted bagels for breakfast. So at 50p reduced from £2 a jar I had to give it a go.
Delivery times are great these days when you buy on line. I bought these around Thursday teatime and delivery was the next day after 12 noon. As I was collecting these from the M&S shop two miles away, I thought I might as well buy the M&S Dine in for £10 for a meal for us for over the weekend and use up a £5 off a £30 shop voucher that I been given just before Christmas.
I bought a large Oakham chicken £7.49, the Millionares dessert £4, Ultimate mashed potato £2 and a white Frizzante Italian wine £7. All of this was £10. I will make roast potatoes to go with the chicken for our Sunday evening meal and use the mashed potato as a side with some cod which I am cooking in a white wine sauce for our meal tonight.
I looked for the Christmas clearance shelf and found a small selection of items that were up to 75% off. I bought two tins of mixed nuts £4 down to £1.50. I bought these to take away to Pine Lake in a month's time. We are going there for a 4 night break on Valentine's weekend with my sister and her family.
I bought a large box which contained 5 bags of mixed sweets for £1.50 (reduced from £6) and 8 chocolate polar bears at 15p each (reduced from 55p) I bought these as I make up "goody" bags for my nephew and niece for each time I see them which is between 6 - 10 times a year. I put in them bags of sweets, chocolate, biscuits and other items such as DVDs, books and make-up for my niece or toiletries for my nephew. Nothing too expensive and usually just little items bought reduced or from a carboot sale. I have always done this since they were little children. Now that they are 19 & 17 I asked if I should stop this as they are all grown up now and the look of disappointment on their faces was unbelievable. My niece said jokingly that if I stopped "all hell would break loose". It has become a low cost tradition which they really look forward to. I keep a large cloth bag in the bottom of my pantry that I keep stocked up with reduced or on offer sweets or chocolate etc so that I can just dip into this to fill up their bags. I keep any paper or cardboard bags that I have from Selfridges or Harvey Nicks etc to use for their "goody" bags.
Finally I bought two jars of the odd sounding but I am sure will be tasty Christmas Cake curd. Like the usual lemon curd but just Christmas cake flavour. I am a sucker for curd. Over the last couple of years M&S have stocked a crystallised ginger curd which I became addicted to - delicious on hot toasted bagels for breakfast. So at 50p reduced from £2 a jar I had to give it a go.
1 comment:
I always do a meal plan and shopping list, I also try to use what we have,I have thrown out food from my freezer that I hadn't packaged properly and I had simply forgotten what I had. This is another goal of mine to organise my freezers,I have decided to do some sort of list so I can tell at a glance what I have and what I need when meal planning, I have never heard of the curd,I love lemon curd,hope you enjoy it.
x Dawn
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