This week's spend is €154.77.
This week my husband offered to do the shopping as I was busy on Saturday morning. This meant that my shopping list had to be written clearly for his benefit, although he still missed a few items due to my "atrocious" handwriting. He did a great job, but my problem is that my shopping list has about 80% of the things I need on it and then the other 20% I remember when I get there. Consequently I have been to Dunnes twice since the first shop.
On the offers front I was taken in by Dunnes' Palmolive liquid soap offer. It was 4 bottles for €4 which seems excellent value until you realise that both Aldi and Lidl do bigger bottles for €0.99. I don't always feel the need to buy branded items but I fell into this trap.
I wanted to buy my chicken from Garetts butchers but I dropped by on Thursday to his Castletroy shop, but he had no whole chickens due until later that day. On Saturday afternoon my husband dropped by the Dooradoyle shop for a chicken and they had none. We were advised to email or phone ahead. I think Garretts is a great butchers, but I suppose that since I am not in the market for all his beautiful, dressed meats I am not the typical customer. I want meat to make stock from and to cook in stews, etc at home. So Dunnes got our custom for their free-range chickens. We looked out for chickens supplied by our friends, but they were not in this weekend.
It was Stir Sunday this weekend and I made our Christmas cake, plus 3 small ones in baked bean cans. I should have made the Christmas pudding as well, but that will wait until another weekend. Anyway all the family plus some friends who dropped by coffee had a stir and made a wish.
Menu
Saturday: Cauliflower Cheese and Mashed Potato
Sunday: Roast Chicken, Potatoes, Swede, Carrots and Leeks. Omena pullat (apple rolls). Christmas Cake
Monday: Chicken and Peas.
Tuesday: Sweet Potato Soup and Spelt Rolls.
Wednesday: Easy Vegetable Curry. Chicken pasties for lunch boxes
Thursday: Pork Meatballs and Mash, Banana Bread
