Aldi also have some cheap stamps and stickers for school which will be handy, so I got a few of those which is ok because they are tax deductable...if only cooking supplies were too.
Yvette I tried the chip maker tonight. I have 2 microwaves - both 1200 watts so I thought it would take less time than the book stated for a 1000 watt machine (3 mins). I ended up doing 3.5 mins in the newer microwave and although some were crisper than others, I was happy with them. I then thought I'd try the older machine, same time 3.5 minutes and they were perfect! Crisp and crunchy, every single one of them. Why then did I buy another microwave when my old one was working perfectly - for some reason I didn't think it was I sprinkled Himalayan pink salt on them but feel it needs a spicier mixture so will experiment with different salt mixtures I have next time.2 medium potatoes made 3 batches - DH ate 1 batch and I ate 2