Essential Shopping Only!

 Man Wonderful and me (my wonderful self) plan our meals weekly, based around veg that is in season.  We buy a veg box from our local farm.  It makes it easier to have a list of meals - we also have a couple of 'emergency' meals in our freezer, 'just in case'!  Last week when I was in hospital, Man Wonderful was able to have a veg chilli one evening, and a roast meal another night.   This means we don't buy takeout food unless it's an event - we tend to choose a takeout meal for a family birthday meal.

This week we needed to shop our monthly household shopping, and I thought I'd show you what we bought - as well as our weekly meal plan.

I love reading what everyone else does to save money, do you?

This week, our meals are:

Main meals - Mushroom Risotto / Garlic Potatoes and Veggie Sausages / Veg Chilli / Pan Fried Salmon / Veg Cottage Pie / Veg Roast

Our small meals this week are salad with jacket potato - Man Wonderful adds Goat's cheese to his.

This is what we bought for our month's shopping (our fruit and veg are not bought from the supermarket):

. smoked paprika - I ran out before Christmas

. stock cubes - almost run out, and these were on offer.  I bought mushroom flavour ones.

. fruit cordial - almost run out; grandkids like cordial

. tonic water - MW drinks this of an evening

. cup soup - since hospital I'm really enjoying these

. bleach - almost run out

. tuna - on offer, bought 2 x 4 cans 

. baked beans - almost run out, bought 6 x cans

. toothbrushes

. hair dye

This is what I bought with my Christmas vouchers:

leggings for me

roasting dish - I broke one a few months ago and have been searching charity shops for one the right size for two of us.

. new nail varnish

Gifts for next Christmas (yes, I buy things all year on offer):

. 2 martini glasses

. large bamboo tray

. 5 different scent boxed candles

. large  vase

I also treated myself to a new pair of glasses.  I lost mine back in October - hooked on my top and walking home in heavy rain.  When I got home the glasses were gone....  I had a spare pair, which I left out one day and the puppy chewed them to bits....  So I've been 'managing'.

In the supermarket I noticed there was a stand of reading glasses - I tried on a couple of pairs and found one that was perfect.  £12.   My original glasses had been over £200.   Deal!!

They are purple; so far I've been able to read without a book almost on my face, and I'm blogging without issues.

What have you been up to?     Do you Christmas shop all year round?

FMxx