Dancing in the Rain

A WFH day and not too stressful. Feeling okay…

Tasks done
washing-up, drying and packing away.
washing cardigan to send back to Bode*
hoovered stairs
cleaned sink with soda crystals
machine washed kitchen cloths
cleaned inside of front door
cleaning began on skirting boards

Decluttered
2 pairs undies to cleaning cloths

Environment
burning grapefruit and rosemary today for clear thinking

Making meals from what I have

Thai red curry (again—the last of it thank goodness) with skinny lamb chops
Bean soup for lunch

Went through fridge and cupboard to see what I have and what I can make. I’ll need to do a shop as follows

Eggs (organic) 1.39
Lentils .80
Mushrooms .59
Cherries .59
Honeydew
melon .59
Carrots(organic)1.00
Olive oil 2.29
Sweet potatoes .89 £9.14 SPEND £9.14 budget
Yogurt 1.00

Overspent £2.14 because I needed olive oil, so just £4.86 for next week.

Breakfast
Eggs and fruit

Lunches
Lentil, tomato, spinach, soup

Evening
Bean burgers, hummus, onion, carrot, seeds (X2)
Beef and mushroom chilli with sweet potato mash and corn on the cob(X2)
Cheese and tomato omelette, rocket and sweet potato chips (X1)
Lamb souvlaki and mint yogurt in a buckwheat wrap (X2)
Grilled chicken breast, onion rings and sweet potato chips with a carrot and seed salad(X2)

It’s looking like I’ll be okay.

3 good things
Rubbishy TV (sometimes bad is good)
My home. So much needs doing but in 24 months it will be 100% mine
A cup of tea

The weekend is here. Enjoy
DIA xx

Sent a cardigan back to Bode*. They have a policy of accepting returns for up to a year if you are in any way unhappy with the item. I was going to send the joyless item to CS but now I have a credit. I sent it back via a freebie too :T

I photocopied a document I need to sort out some paperwork

I got my small shop in. There were no bargains in W8trose this week. I’m going to start going 30 minutes later. I’m too early, not that it mattered as I don’t have the money to stock up anyway.

I found some frozen broad beans in freezer and added them to quinoa. Turned out nice and had with (yet more) Thai veggies and a piece of chicken and salad as I hadn’t eaten all day and was ultra hungry

I bought some chocolate today. I know, a very limited budget but without chocolate in the fridge I feel naked

Making soup and beetroot hummus tomorrow. I’m going to chop up some carrots too. In an ideal world I’d add huge green olives to this little feast but it isn’t an ideal world so pickles at 65p are a better idea this month

A good day. I’m happy with it. I hope you are happy with your day too

DIA x

This is my 6th NSD in July

Busy day and a little tough too. However, I’m thankful for a chance to learn new things. Back for the last day of training tomorrow

Train cancellations and traffic so it took me 2 hours to get home. :mad:

It’s exactly 14 days to pay day and I’m already planning what I want to spend the little bit extra I’m expecting. I know some people on this site spend any extras on debt repayment but I need the extras to get me through and stop my mood crashing. Too much deprivation is dangerous for me. We are all different…:)

The training course provides lunch and coffees so I’ll just take some fruit with me. I have a Ner0 free coffee so I might use it if we leave the course early as a treat.

I heard back from my voluntary application. They do a recruitment/training in September so I have to wait to see how that goes.

Loads of stairs and walking today.

I’m so ready for bed

I’ll check in on other people’s diaries tomorrow.

I hope your week got off to a flying start

DIA x