A bargain dinner

I had to pop out in the evening for a parents evening at Big Girl's school a few days ago. It was to help us to help them, by showing us relevant websites to go on at home and things we could download. Science I can cope with, as I've got a science degree, and English I was always good at so that's not a problem. But maths? Oh dear - algebra, it's come back to haunt me. I somehow managed to scrape through my GCSE maths without really understanding it, but now I'm stuck as I have a daughter who doesn't understand it either and I now have to try and explain it!

Anyway, I hadn't had any tea before going out, so thought I'd pop into M&S on the way home to grab something to eat. I'm so glad I did, I got heaps of bargains! 

Most times if you turn up at reducing time, it's mobbed, but this night there was only me and a few other people. And the lady doing the reducing just kept coming back with more and more stuff, my basket was overflowing. A basket full of goodies came to the grand total of £8.65, and I couldn't wait to get home and find out the proper price - an unbelievable £73.60!!

I think the Best Buy were the duck breasts - £7.50 down to just 75p. I don't think OH will eat the plum sauce, so I will have to think what to do with them (any suggestions gratefully received, although he doesn't like anything fancy). 

You often end up with a fridge full of things that need eating right away when you get reduced food, but I struck lucky with meat and ready meals for OH. I can make eleven meals out of this food for him, and they are all in the freezer so no need to rush eating them. The crispy breaded  turkey and cheese flatties were great too, at £5 for two down to just 50p, and I grabbed three packs of those. 

For tea I had pea and ricotta ravioli, followed by a rather scrummy chcoclate eclair (I grabbed two boxes of those as they were suitable for freezing). Shame none of us like egg custards, as there were boxes and boxes of those, at just 20p for a box of four. Maybe that shows that not many other people like egg custards either!

Speak soon 

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