Is your shopping getting more expensive?

[craft1948]

There is supposed to be a credit crunch and pay rises are non-existent or very low, yet each week my supermarket shop seems to cost more.
I was emailed by Tesco today to tell me I could book my Xmas delivery and have now spent the princely sum of £184.10. Bearing in mind I live by myself do you think this is rather excessive?
Do you think I should go back and cut down on the cigarettes, alcohol, and finest foods, or just delete the dog's treat?

[mccfluff]

just cut back on food

[Ankou]

go to lidl

[snags]

''Do you think I should go back and cut down''

S0d it... be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead...

[craft1948]

Ankou we don't have a Lidl although I understand they have just bought the disused swimming baths a couple of streets away.........vibra said they were crap.

[Ankou]

living, is the longest thing you'll ever do in your life.

[craft1948]

How are people on a state pension supposed to have a decent Xmas?

[mccfluff]

you're not you're supposed to have a crap xmas, now stop winging and pass me a bottle of becks

[B00]

Good God...£184 quid? And you live on your own? How long will that last you?

I've no idea what you're buying for that amount (Obviously!) but that amount of money would but me a good couple of months food, and that would be for 3 of us and a dog.

[funnygirl]

Blimey, what's in your basket??? Caviar??

That is way too much!

[craft1948]

Hang on I'm just going to check.....I know there are 200 cigarettes and a couple of litres of spirits.....

[ummmm]

My Christmas shopping would probably cost an extra £30...if that.

[Barmaid]

Nope, press "Order" and send me your address, sounds lush.

[NoMercy]

Everything seems to be getting more expensive: shopping, flights, utilities, etc., etc. :-(

[B00]

Harmless- whoever you are, your name is too long and makes the page go screwy! You seriously couldn't get a few months shoping out of £184? I feed a family of 3 for less, believe me i have to! I tend to basic ingredients...mince, whole chickens etc and can make several meals out of one item. For example a chicken will make a roast, sandwiches for the day after and then a soup in the slow cooker. A cheap bag of mince for a couple of quid will also make a couple of meals too.