Confessions of a Clumsy Scot

So after moving out of my parents a few years ago, I truly did not realise the cost of living. In this post, I’m not talking Bills, mortgage etc, I’m talking day to day groceries.

I decided to make a list of the things I hate buying and will shed a tear before doing so.

1. Washing Powder.
Dean has so many allergies, so I’m very specific about what I use. My go to is Fairy Non-bio but spending £15 makes me so reluctant. Especially when you stick a load of washing on, and forget about it for a couple of days so you then have to wash it again and therefore waste more washing powder (or in my case I buy the capsules). I do sometimes buy the supermarkets own brand to be cheap for when I do this though.

2. Bin bags.
I swear bin bags used to be about a pound. Now they’re three quid for the thinnest tiniest heaps you’ve ever found. I also have no idea what size my bins are so everytime I have to buy them I guess what size they are. You’d think I should just remember the last ones I bought, but I don’t. Sometimes they fit, sometimes they consume my entire kitchen, and something you’d be lucky to pick up your dogs poop with them.

3. Fruit.
I do love some fruit, but I’ll only eat it when I’m in the mood for it. The cost of fruit I think has gone up so much, and the shelf life seems to have gone down. If I buy a punnet of strawberries, I’ll be lucky to get two days out of them. Likewise with grapes etc.

4. Ice Cream and Ice Lollies.
Basically any frozen sugary treats.
£6 for a tub of ice cream? Or £4 for a box of ice lollies with maybe three in a box? Definitely a want but a reluctant spend with the heatwave at the moment.

5. Meat, fish or poultry.
Both Dean and I are pretty fit, I go to the gym and Dean plays rugby. We both try and get a good amount of protein and natural fats into our diet and a good way is things like red meat and fish. In the last few months I’ve noticed the price of meat has sky rocketed. And truthfully I don’t think the meat we’re buying from supermarkets is amazing…
I’d love to support local farmers/business much more but just the expense is not something I can justify.
My local supermarket is £5 for a small pack of beef meatballs that don’t have a huge amount of taste, and £6.50 for a packet of chicken thats about 50% water.

There’s absolutely hundreds more but this is the first five that come to my head since usually its the go tos on the shopping list.

There will probably be loads more of these posts.