Testing My Brain Cells & Preparing for Baking

Yesterday was damp, wild and miserable.  We wanted fresh air and didn't know what to do with ourselves so we wrapped up well and went to the allotment to check that everything was ok after the high winds.  Luckily it was.  We both managed to get a free Greggs sausage roll from the village on the O2 App (me a vegan one) and G bought us both a hot drink, so lunch was eaten in the warm car on the allotment carpark! 

I've got lots of ironing to do today so won't do my usual Saturday shop, so we tootled off to Morrisons clutching the voucher for the remaining £7.14 in my hot little hand.  I also received a £5 Nestle voucher during the week due, to my tub of Aero hot chocolate being recalled just before Christmas because of a problem during manufacture.  This is what we bought.....

Small print on the voucher explained that as long as one Nestle purchase was made then the whole £5 could be used for shopping. I didn't need telling twice!  G spotted this Mini Eggs bar (of course he did 👀) so in the trolley it went.....

The shopping came to £12.47 therefore: vouchers £7.14 + £5.00 = £12.14....cash 33p

When we got home G insisted on paying for the chocolate (who am I to argue?) so £1.25 - 33p = 92p cash refund! Once again I have a small amount of cash set aside and NO actual cash spent 😀

As you can see I bought eggs, butter and chilled pastry (I couldn't find shortcrust at a reasonable cost) because Sue Hall has been sharing her baking with us on her blog A Smaller and Simpler Life and she has inspired me to bake this weekend.  I have apple in the freezer to use up as well as half a jar of mincemeat.

Funds:    

Iceland vouchers (won) £100 /  £35.37 spent       

Morrisons voucher (G's gift from work) £50/ £50.00 spent

Nectar points  £11.75/ £7.50 spent

Boots points £7.28

Nestle voucher £5.00 £5.00 spent

Cash spent £0.02

Thanks for popping in and stay safe wherever in the world you happen to be x