Live on £4000 for a year - part 4 (Oct - Dec 2008)

sophiesmum_2

Trex - We have got a home bargains but the only thing in my stores that has come from there is the chocolate, and yoghurt coated rice cakes which we love.I mostly shop in asda, and costco.

Nyk -one of my freezers is full of shiny foil trays full of batch cooked food, all stacked up neatly(sleeping with the enemy style:rotfl: ) and baskets of vacuum packed home grown veg portions and sauces.
The other has meat, fish, quorn, HM sausages, burgers,pies,cheese, cream, crumbles,foraged fruit,smoothie mixes, and that sort of stuff.

mumzyof2

Good evening everyone

Had a good day today, went town and renewed library books and then home and my friend come over. Been asked to the cinema by my friend on friday night so looking for a babysitter now. Not been since July! Just chilling tonight as i have college in morning, wednesday im going to be making chicken soup as i had my first ever chicken dinner tonight and it was loverly. Didnt think i would know how to cook a chicken.

hope everyone is well
I got your pm NYK i think im going to go with Virgin media as there installation is £30 and i already have the box and everything here. It shuld cut my mobile bill down as then i wont be ringing my mum as she will ring me on house phone.

looby-loo_2

Hello, I'm trying to remember posts now.

Sophiesmum - I'm so impressed with the cupboards, especially the home made jars with lovely labels.

trex - you could plant Japanese onions in October, they will be ready in late spring. You can eat the tops like spring onions and when the bulb swells they are the size of cooking onions. In November you could try broad beans. The best over wintering variety is Aquadulce and they will be ready in May.

Here is a link to my favorite site (and place to visit) I hope this is the page showing what to do in October, but there are other pages for herbs and flowers.

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo_now/veg_gard_now.php

looby-loo_2

Nyk - I read you post #752 as 'I have a cupbard full of chocolate stuff' and I though Yeah! much more interesting than Sophiesmum's cupboard.

Skink Lynne - My veggie diet lasted half a day until I cooked lamb casserole, my absolutely favorite MSE dinner, sorry couldn't resist, I will start again tomorrow.

Other MSE things I have done today:-
Double glazed my bay window with film. It was easy to do and as well as keeping out draughts will keep the paintwork clean. (replacement windows quote was £12,000) Film cost me £10.

Sophiesmum - I try to be petrol neutral. Any BOGOFFs, vouchers, coupons, points, etc, go towards it. This year is the first year I am behind when petrol shot up and the value of Goldfish points has been reduced. I try to kid myself I'm driving round for free:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Frugaldom

Confession time - I have never seen, 'Sleeping with the Enemy'! But I do have Sophiesmum's photos from here and could do a copy-cat version in the new house for next year.

Has anyone here heard of a chef-o-matic and know if it's any good? It looks like a breadmaker but, apparently, you can slow cook meats, stews, veggies, soups etc in it as well as bake bread. I'm really, really tempted, as it's half the price of a Remoska and cheaper than a breadmaker. The only reason I'm hesitant is because I've never actually seen one anywhere, but even just as a breadmaker, it seems a pretty good deal. I've Googled it and read quite a bit about it, although I had to guess most of what it said as it was all in Spanish, which isn't one of my best languages. Oh, ok then - I've never learned Spanish past counting to ten, I used the pictures and basic root meanings of easily recognised words. But it made me sound a little bit intelligent for a change.:rotfl:

Please can I have permission to [strike]buy[/strike] invest in ANOTHER [strike]new toy[/strike] possibly powersaving kitchen appliance?

looby-loo_2

DH has just asked me what I would like to do for our silver wedding next year.

Then he told me his mate has reserved 24 seats on a Steam Special train. As it happens in the same month as our wedding anniversary but he wasn't sure of the date of the trip.

Me thinks me knows where this conversation is leading:rolleyes:

cw18

nykmedia wrote: »

Confession time - I have never seen, 'Sleeping with the Enemy'!

me neither

cw18

looby-loo wrote: »

Then he told me his mate has reserved 24 seats on a Steam Special train........

Me thinks me knows where this conversation is leading:rolleyes:

Do I take it from this he's a bit of a steam train buff then :rolleyes:

looby-loo_2

cw18 wrote: »

Do I take it from this he's a bit of a steam train buff then :rolleyes:

Yes - and if you saw where we lived you would see that this proposal is a bit of a [STRIKE]bus mans[/STRIKE] train spotters holiday.

He has gone to sleep. I'm looking for ideas;) http://www.cruisingholidays.co.uk/river/nile/

sophiesmum_2

cw18 wrote: »

me neither

The husband in the film is a bit of a control freak psychopath who makes his wife line up all the tins, labels facing forwards, in neat rows in the cupboards:p