Buying in Bulk

There are a few things I have learnt that it's OK to buy in bulk, especially when they're on offer. Your main dilemma may be where to store them.
Each time I see the following on offer, I always pick one or two up.

• Bin Bags
• Washing up liquid
• Washing powder
• Fabric softener
• Loo roll
• Noodles
• Toothpaste
• Hand soap
• Shower gel

Morrisons have had a long running offer of their own brand shower gel and liquid hand soap on offer for 4 for £3 for ages now. I have a nice little stash in the bathroooms and that way I am guaranteed a shower without realising someone else has used the last of the shower gel and I am left with nothing.

Shopping bargains

I read a lot about dropping a brand in the supermarkets, and have managed to achieve this with many of the products I buy. Sometimes I am too scared to try the really cheap versions of foods in case they are too horrible for words.

Last week I tried a cheap bag of pasta instead of the supermarket own brand. Reasoning that at 20p per bag for 500g instead of 68p per 500g bag, if it was horrible then I would revert back to the supermarket own brand.

Sneakily I decanted the pasta from the bag into our clear pasta jar. I did this to avoid noises of "I'm not eating cheap pasta" etc from the teenager in the house.

As I went shopping yesterday again, I asked said teenager what she thought of the pasta I bought last week, and she said it was fine. Two more bags dropped into my trolley this week after that comment.

Just goes to show that packaging sometimes really is just that!

Other bargains this week have included a 9 pack of toilet roll for £2.29 in Morrisons. Shame I only bought one bag as they had run out when I went back for more.

Noodles were still on offer at 63p per pack instead of £1.25 so I bought three packs. We eat a lot of noodles in our stir frys and they keep well in the cupboard.

Bargain Birthday cards

I needed to get a couple of birthday cards for my daughter's friends when I spotted some value packs of cards in Sainsbury's yesterday. £1.79 for a pack of 12 cards in two designs. Pink for girls and blue for boys. For the price I had to try some so bought a pack of each. These will last us the year for any children's parties DD is invited to.

I was slightly dubious about the quality they would be for the price, but actually they are really good. You really can't go wrong at 15p per card.

The size of each card is smaller than a standard oblong sized card, but they are a decent sized square. Certainly not too small to give for a children's party.