#BlogLife1108 - Trying Asda for the pampering stuff..

Well at least Asda didn't cancel, the way the regular Ocado/Tesco did but sadly there are substitutions.

Instead of nutty cereal bars, they will provide maple, yuck, too sickly sweet for me, I'll hand them back..

Also no chicken spring rolls, just veggy, I'll see if I can hand them back, just to lower the overall price.

Then thirdly there was a dark green hand towel and bath towel, not a set but the price was good and as I can't shop right now in the market, this was a good solution.

Oh just checked, they don't sell saline solution, I'm on my last bottle soon, hmm..

I also wanted lip balm, but the bill was pretty high, few pounds more than I usually spend, so not great.. 

I didn't bother. The hand towel was £2, I doubt it would be cheaper, even in the market, and the green colour just looked premium and different.

Normally I might be tempted by red or purple, purple wasn't there but the green stood out.

The green bath towel was £4 (70x127), but they substituted for the dark blue, which is fine, same size, but would have been 40p more.

It's a tiny bit smaller, but the green didn't say 100% cotton. As long as it's nice and soft, that's what matters.

I also got some pimento olives and cherry stuffed cheese peppers, yum :)

I couldn't resist the proper baklawa for £2.40 ha. Oh and excitedly, they had wholemeal bagels, yay, healthier but tastes bland..

But I will load it with toppings. I also had to try Asda's version of the ice poles....

Good grief nowhere has Mr Freeze in stock, such a shame.

The Asda one is £1.20 x8 which is not bad, if they taste naturally fruity, which none of them seem to do...

For back up, I bought the milk lollies 8x £1.62. I can't remember Iceland prices but when needs must...

And I like the fact that unlike Tesco where the beauty stuff came differently and there was another delivery cost...

Sneaky, Asda just delivers it with the groceries, yay.

Next, I hope these are scented, 150ml Face Facts detox peptide cleanser £4 which is okish, price wise..

I've never heard of it, so a fun usage and review, later on in the month..

Plus, Garnier Vitamin C 200ml for £3.50. I don't know if I've used that but I wanted at least 2x face washes.

That's it, I forgot to buy crisps, arghh..

Oh and I saw the Asda version of Always max night, sanitary towels 95p for x10, bloody bargain, sorry, poor choice of words..

Had to try it. Then £4 chicken katsu dragon rolls lol. Got to sneak in some sushi, x6 I think it is..

The rest was just householdy and pasta.. Oh they did a sandwich meal deal, added it to my basket, looked at the overall price, removed it, got to budget!!

It's only 11amish, they are not due til 1pmish-2pmish. It was £3.75 for delivery, ouch, but couldn't get cheaper.

I keep thinking, I'm better, but the hand strain/sprain is getting worse, everytime I press on it, it's really painful.

I took out the bins and would have liked a longer sleep but I was just too wired wondering if Asda would cancel or deliver..

Next I might try someone else, I need the salines and lippy. If a regular grocery shopping order is the only way to do it then so be it.

Otherwise I'll ask Mama and pay her back. Ha, I just opened the substitute kleenex box, that looks pretty packed so it makes no sense they gave me 2x..

Maybe regular customers, get a lil special treatment here and there? Works for me :)

I think I was trying to keep the costs down, but they had the regular Magnums almond for £2ish I think but only 3x, not x4..

I prefer icepoles to keep my water cool and give it a splash of flavour..

Plus they are just cheaper.. I guess I'm also worried about getting an unhelpful driver..

What if I'm left packing it into bags, bending, it's gonna be so painful, especially in this delicate state...

Asda tracks but doesn't have a queue number, just says Soon, unless it's only in the last 20mins or 5mins?

Tracking was useless, arrived just before 1pm, the sullenest, unhelpful driver, so painful to do everything, bending and grabbing items, with my delicate body.

But got the refunds and totally forgot, I have leftovers. At least the majority came.

The hand towel is a nice big size, the bath towel is small but that's ok. They are both soft enough, not super but good quality.

Ooh the saucy chicken sushi is tasty, I don't know what the smothered sauce is, but I actually like it.

Faint hint of spice, which is fine. Just a katsu mayo, with red peppers, chives, onions and carrot inside, no wonder it's tasty..

I just tried the pesto chicken pasta, at first, barely any chicken, they should have made smaller clumps of it..

Then no pesto... Turns out it was on the bottom, but not much of it, actually for me, that's better, less is more.

I just added olives because it looked plain. I don't like leaves or cauliflower but it was quite nice actually.

A good amount of pasta, I'm stuffed. I'm so looking forward to the Morrison shop where I can load up on snacks, I hate having barely any..

#BlogLife1038 - Hand cream as a face moisturiser?

Well I'm continually trying to save money and I haven't bought a moisturiser yet.

My face really needs it. I decided to see if Iceland had anything reasonable going.

Simple? No thanks, it does nothing for me. The only other alternative was a Nivea beeswax hand cream 75ml for £1.25.

Sounds interesting and the price is good for a branded product.

I used to buy 50ml and it was triple that price.. I wonder if it's scented?

I shall let you know how I get on with it and if my face finally gets repaired from the utter dryness..

I just unpacked the groceries so my back is killing me but everything was in stock.

The Nivea hand cream, I'll give me initial thoughts on. It's faintly scented, to me it's like honey which is nice.

It's very thin and light and I just put a small layer on, just to see how it is.

My face is still dry but it feels partially coated, so on the surface it seems like a good investment.

I quickly googlied yesterday and the spiel said, the reason hand cream is not recommended for the face is that it's likely to be oilier and heavier, it might clog your pores.

So that's my curiosity satisfied.

Ooh I couldn't get the small yoghurt pots, so what was on offer was the Yop raspberry 825g for £1.50. I can't open that, so will wait until I feel stronger.

The Onken cherry yoghurt 450g for £1.50, that is exceptionally cold, like they took it out of the freezer.

What hits you is a sharpness but not bitter, just tasty, a lil sweet, creamy but only a lil thick which is preferable.

The last one is fat free strawberry, same price and size.

When I do Monday's shop, I'll get cereal bars. The shopping just came in exactly an hour but because I was writing, it seemed fast actually.

It was funny he's the only one that said can you double check inside the bag but it was knotted so I couldn't open it and could only guess because I forgot what I ordered anyway.

I'll compare it to the list. The one thing I was curious about was if they'd provide me with chicken spring rolls/samosas because last time from somewhere, I got the veggy one and I was gutted.

I also like that unlike Zoom who use tearable paper bags, Asda uses the good quality plastic ones that are sturdier.

Yep I got everything. I forgot to get a drink, I don't think they did a meal deal.

Just tried one of the samosas, nice big size, lil overdone, but tasty, chicken peas and not sure what else.

No spice but that's fine with me, it's just tasty and not a heavy curry flavour which I was worried about, a nice blend of herbs and seasonings.

I would get that again, only 2x in a pack but filling. I'll just add a moisturiser update..

It's been 5x days of using it and my face is a lot less dehydrated but it's not cured completely.

For some reasons the edges are still dry, so an improvement but not perfect.

Beauty topup

I got my Asda shopping earlier and was gutted to learn that my saline and a few other bits were out of stock grrr. I have no luck with the damn saline but have bought it from Amazon because of necessity.

A 3 pack of 500ml for £11.25. It's not ideal but larger than the size I usually purchase, plus it will last me a while.

I also got confused and thought that the Asda charcoal face wash was out of stock too so I bought another one from Ebay. The same L'oreal Flowers I bought previously. It's lush.

It turns out that it was the face mask, that was unavailable. All these amendments are confusing me.

I'll review the Asda wash and face mask when I've used it as my current one is almost empty. I hopped online to find a deal and wowser. It presented itself.

It was probably newly listed and I jumped at the chance. I'm not big on brands unless it is important like eyecare. I also don't want it to be so basic that it will irritate my skin.

Anyway the price was a mere £1 and postage was £2.90. I knew that I was prepared to spend up to £4 for a face mask but at a decent size and this was 200ml.

It's funny the postage is higher than the item. The make is Rivage which I have never heard of so I googled the worth and it is priced at £26!!!!

I don't know why the seller was selling it so cheaply but bargain of the century. Obviously I have to try it first but it was cheaper than all the rest and I hope it isn't a peel off version. They are so wrong ickity!

I would have tried out the Asda brightening gel mask for £2.25 and that is only 100ml. Ebay does have a lot of bargains if you shop at the right time.

I really love the Asda beef and vegetable pasties, they are like mini pies and are so tasty as a snack. At one point they had stopped them but either it is temporarily back or it is a seasonal thing.

Next I'll either get some nightshirts or a new top. I haven't decided yet..