Occasionally I have these thoughts which some might call rash. Thankfully they don’t lead me into trouble – well not very often anyway.
One such thought came into my head a couple of days ago. Why not save money by making my own bread? I could make a batch of four loaves at a time (enough for a month) and freeze three of them.
I suppose the idea was triggered by the discovery on Monday evening (the usual weekly grocery shopping day for Mrs NSF and myself – don’t ask why, it has always been so) that my local Tesco had sneekily increased the price of my multi-grain by a whopping 10 p (or, in other words, a heart-sinking 13.5%!!!). Something to do with the world shortage of grain I was advised by Doris on the bread counter – turning it into biofuel or some such nonsense.
Anyway, never too downhearted for long, the Net Skinflint brain went into action. I figured that at the current price I would be spending over £43 per year on bread alone. Furthermore I estimated by DIY bread making I could produce a loaf for about 20-30p. For the price of one from Tesco I could deliver four or so lovely loaves of my own.
Two days ago I went hunting for some freebie 2lb loaf tins on Amazon. I say freebie because I have over £100 of Amazon gift vouchers waiting to be spent. I duly ordered four bread tins @ £4.50 each and so qualified for free P&P. Hurrah! Stage one of the plan completed.
And this morning they arrived, delivered by Bert our friendly Parcel Force chappie. Very impressed by the speed of delivery.
Then this afternoon I sped up to Tesco, picked up all my ingredients and paid for the lot with some of the Tesco Clubcard vouchers I have been hoarding.
In conclusion, I have managed to secure all the doings for free. All I’ll be paying for is the leccy – and I expect to keep this to a minimum by batch baking.
I’ll keep you informed of the results.
