Rory - I believe that Bath, Heaven and I are the only ones here doing clothies (and Heaven's gone all yuppie on us and doing modern cloth!), and if MyPlanet is suspending the service then I'm glad that DP got me round to cloths! I still use disposables, but maybe about 4 or 5 a week, for putting Oscar in the car and this week so that I don't have to wake him up too much in the middle of the night (when he's not sick it's not a problem, he's asleep before we hit the bed again, but with the cold he is waking easily). And can I say again, try the Aldi nappies over the Huggies - I couldn't be happier with the Aldi ones, no blow-outs...and Oscar can really pack a power poo! It's really lovely, though, to put out the squares on the line on a windy day and bring in the softest dry nappies to fold! I enjoy folding. I've just cut up a packet of Aldi chux and I'm going to start using them as liners instead of the throw-away ones I've been getting from Nappyland. I'll see how I go, but I think I'd feel better re-using them as many times as possible before throwing them into a land-fill. I think I might even play with some wipes solution and use chux for home wipes, saving the disposable ones for travelling. Cloths are a bit of fun, really. I can't wait till Oscar is bigger to use our coloured terries!
As for the fortnightly shop, we spent about $260 and some of those things we won't need to get at the next shop. I didn't get the fruit and veg - I'll probably spend about $30 on that at the Upper Gully Market tomorrow. I also have a selection of frozen veg so I'll be mainly getting fruit. I just have a bad habit of not using veggies and throwing them away when they are practically moving. Oh, that bill includes meat. We was bad tonight and bought beef from Aldi, but we also bought our usual roo from the local independent. I also have a stock of frozen fish to tide us over. I have some lamb necks and pork hocks that I'll slow cook. I couldn't be vegetarian, sorry! But we do prefer to eat roo, aside from the lean aspect of it, I like it cos the roos are culled to a quota unlike the beef etc industry where there is an overproduction for supermarket shelves. One day we'll grow our own meat - I like to know where my meat comes from so I put more thought into these purchases. If we buy beef it's usually from our Upwey butcher and not the supermarket. Oh, and I haven't bought chain supermarket veg for such a long time; like you, uninspired after discovering the local market.
Might cut some watermelon for dessert and get ready for bed (DP was good and cooked a pizza we bought at Aldi...)...