Supermarkets

Hi everyone, I'm typing this whilst looking out my sitting room window to a horrible, gloomy, wet day...Autumn has officially arrived!

So this post is all about supermarkets; the new 5p carrier bag charge, 'bargain' supermarkets, and the Christmas stock.

All over the news and social media over the last few days has been the new change across the UK - shops are now charging 5p for a carrier bag. Some people are acting like this is the biggest thing to ever happen...I see it as nothing special! Scotland already do this and it seems to work well for them, so why shouldn't it work well for us?

I have a collection of 'good' carrier bags under my desk - feels like I've been saving them up just for this reason! The only problem is to remember them before I go shopping otherwise I will be spending 5p per carrier bag!

ASDA offers bags for life for 6p a bag. I'd rather pay for one of these than a 5p carrier bag! In my house, we have loads of bags for life which we use every week when we go shopping, and if they rip/the handles break, the shop replaces it for free - therefore you only pay for the bag once!

'Bargain' supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl charge for carrier bags, and people automatically pay for them without thinking, so I don't really understand some people creating drama around the new law...what difference is 5p going to make? You need a bag, so just buy one and stop complaining about it.

When it gets to nearer Christmas and I go Christmas shopping, I usually take a big shopping bag with me from Sports Direct - I got it a couple of years ago when I was buying some presents and it was only £1...and it's huge and does the trick! Bags like that are ideal if you have a lot of shopping to do; heavyweight bags with good handles are the future!

Most shops that I go into use 'good' carrier bags. You know the kind I mean. They're not just a bit of thin plastic shaped into a bag. They're a stronger material with good handles, they're strong and come in a variety of sizes so you don't get lumped with a massive carrier bag when you've only bought a skirt - some shops have obviously cottoned on to their past mistakes and are rectifying them!

So as we all know, Christmas is coming! I love Christmas; shopping, writing cards, wrapping presents, ah it's just so good!

One of the things I like a lot about Christmas is supermarkets. Not the people as there always seems to be a million of them in the shops around Christmas time! But the Christmas stuff they sell; the biscuits, chocolates, stocking fillers...the list can go on!

Big supermarkets like ASDA sell the big branded chocolates like Lindt and Thorntons, but I sometimes prefer to go to Aldi or Lidl for stocking filler chocolates. They sell such a good variety of them at such a good price, and they taste good...so really, you can't be robbed!

I challenge you all. If you've never been to an Aldi or a Lidl, get yourself there and see what I'm talking about! I bet you'll like it and love the variety of stuff they have on offer!

Until the next time :) xx