Shopping Every Day

I have discovered that there are numerous benefits to doing the grocery shopping daily and locally as opposed to a big weekly shop.

Firstly, we are spending less, a LOT less. I gave myself a £10 daily budget but so far I rarely spend more than £7 - £8 a day.

Walking to the shops and back every day is good for me - I am getting fitter and as one of my other goals for this year is to lose some weight, this can only be good.

I am having to plan meals in advance so the "I don't know what we're going to eat tonight, let's ring out for pizza" scenario just doesn't happen.

We are drinking much less alcohol as that bottle of wine or case of beer looks a lot less appealing when I have to carry it home.

We are eating more healthily as I have to think about what we are eating each day.

Much less food is getting wasted as there are no impulse buys to go out of date in the fridge and get thrown out.

As I am taking advantage of all the BOGOF (buy one get one free) offers on things that we buy regularly, from next week I should be able to have one day a week when I don't need to go shopping as I will have built up a small stock.

By shopping this way I will be saving £15-£25 a week from even my low budget, which will go into the savings account.