Meal Planning, Gumtree and Free Stuff

So, in a bid to be more organised before Dot arrives, I've been doing a Tesco order every week. I used to do one every few weeks (or few months) and just go to the local co-op every other day to get things for meals and stuff we'd run out of. That was getting quite expensive and I found I was spending around £20+ every couple of days. I was also struggling to lug it all back after popping in after work. For the last 3 weeks I've made a meal plan and done it online.
Meal plan for this week is:
Breakfast - cereal or scrambled eggs.
Bacon sandwiches on Sunday
Snacks - Tesco value cereal bars and yoghurts
Lunches - cheese or ham and coleslaw and crisps, yoghurt
Saturday - Tesco finest beef ribs in ale and chunky chips and chocolate torte dessert (2 dine for £10 offer)
Sunday - roast chicken and chorizo roasted potatoes
Monday - chicken pie and mash
Tuesday - spaghetti bolognese
Wednesday - sausages (to be bought from the butchers later in the week)
Thursday - fish cakes and bean salad
Friday - undecided!

2 dine in for £10. Going to treat myself to 1 glass of wine.

We have someone coming to look at (and hopefully buy) our old car later today. It's been off the road for months due to various problems that we have been reluctant to sort out, not knowing if any of them would actually solve the main problem, the battery dying when left for more than a day. I put it on Gumtree with a list of all its problems and hopefully someone who knows a bit about cars can make it into a lovely car again.
We'll be buying a friends car in the next couple of weeks so won't be without for much longer. Which is a nice relief considering I'll only have 8 weeks left on Tuesday!

While replying to a few silly offers for the car on Gumtree (one person offered us a rather ridiculous £100.) I had a look so see who was selling anything nearby. I noticed a space saving cot on for £0! I obviously sent them a message and they're dropping it off shortly! We're still in a 1 bed flat so need something small and I think it's the same size as the one id seen online for £60.
So far the things I've been given or bought cheap from eBay/car boot sales are:
Moses basket £0
Cot £0
Moses basket sheets £0
Hooded towels £0
Disposable newborn nappies £0
Assorted baby clothes various sizes £0
Changing mat £1
Pre-loved cloth nappies approx £50
Baby bath £5

Steriliser, bottles, dummies and Breast pump £20

Pre-loved nappies, washed and ready.

Bargain changing mat

Apologies if there is a random N somewhere on this blog. The first time I added the photos, the photo of the nappies wouldn't go where I wanted it. After deleting I was left with a random N that will not go away.

I'll get the hang of this eventually.

N

Bye bye!

A x