Making savings!

It's been a busy morning as Mike wanted to be dropped off in Moulton to see a friend and we needed to go to Jones's to get some bits for the house.

The Halloween decorations in the wholesalers were almost completely depleted as they're now pushing Christmas so we didn't buy anything except for some sweets to give out on Saturday night. On the way to do our shopping we dropped Sophie off at university and the poor thing walked off into the rain that's been falling all morning.

We made the decision to go to Aldi today even though neither of us really wanted to. I just knew that we would forget something important (we did) and going to a new supermarket is never that enjoyable! I've been shopping in Tesco for virtually all my life but last week's bill was too much.

Aldi is a lot smaller than Tesco and has a lot less choice, obviously, but our shopping bill came to just under £80, half of what we spent last week! We did need to go into Tesco as Aldi didn't stock Keith's favourite beer and he also needed razor blades (which he could have bought in Jones's) so we spent another £30 there but altogether our total bill over the tow supermarkets was £50 less than last week and the only thing we forget to buy were noodles for tonight's dinner! I have a feeling we'll be going again next week!

The afternoon was spent doing very little as the weather never improved and it was dark by 4.30pm. I carved our pumpkin in readiness for Halloween and then it was out to pick up our son and daughter. Getting home after the horrible traffic on the roads was a huge relief and a glass of wine and an episode of A Place in The Sun: Winter Sun, featuring villas near Sarasota in Florida, restored my good mood!