Mortgage Reduction Beginner to Novice - The Show Begins

quintwins

oh yummy can i come for tea? i can supply the chocolate i have 9 bars of milk chocolate i use for cooking lol (does anyone else hate cooking chocolate?) thats not including the galaxy caramel stashed in the fridge

misscousinitt

quintwins wrote: »

oh yummy can i come for tea? i can supply the chocolate i have 9 bars of milk chocolate i use for cooking lol (does anyone else hate cooking chocolate?) thats not including the galaxy caramel stashed in the fridge

Yes I hate cooking chocolate and besides its usually more expensive!

quintwins

misscousinitt wrote: »

Yes I hate cooking chocolate and besides its usually more expensive!

mine was 3 for 2 or else af so def cheaper , i did a big shop about a year ago and ordered value milk choc and they subbed me so i still have quite abit of that. must start making cornflake buns with the kids again lol thats why i bought it to start with.

ammonite

just to confirm...i havent got marrow for tea!

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

Mini-progress steps in the last few days:

• Broached and developed the idea of a lodger with MrMRN
• £8.84 earned from textbroker writing
• Shopped around for breakdown cover - went with AutoAid again (£38 for me and spouse, any car, pay and claim back)
• Cooked fridge raider meals then ate from the freezer (see signature grocery challenge - still under budget)
• Picked up two evening food mystery shops for early next week
• Attended 3 gym classes (see signature membership vs PAYG less than a month in!)
• Completed a 3rd week of packed lunches
• Sorted clothes - two decent items for ebaying and the rest for dusters/cloths/craft projects
• Requested old denim/suiting clothes/curtains/fabrics on freecycle for a rag rug craft project and got OH to ask at work
• Booked onto a basic electrics course with the local college - once completed I'll be replacing sockets/switches as part of our house renovations.

Small steps but still in the right direction...

TallGirl

Wow what a list makes my £2.25 saved today a bit of joke. Well done on getting all that done sounds interesting with the electrics course.

misscousinitt

wow...that is definately a list and a half - its good when you're motivated isn't it?

ammonite

Well done MRN! I have just updated my grocery total too.....need to re-stock the freezer and cupboards but keep buying stuff for lunches so its going to be hard, done 3 months living out of the freezer on just over half of my target.....the next 3 will be quite tough with meat buying etc.

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

Not much to report fiscally from the weekend... a family catch up/birthday so had to pay for fuel and treated the birthday girl to dinner out.

I don't have a packed lunch today.... but I'm having a free lunch at work due to training some newbies! It still counts towards my challenge, I haven't failed!:)

MrMRN is away this week so I'm hoping to eek out what little food we have in. I've already planned bacon and lentil broth, HM ready meal of chilli con carne and if I can get inspirational with a broccli and not much else I will !

Lots of washing to do but the weather isn't ideal and I don't want to turn the heating on just to dry washing!:mad:

It's payday on Friday... and a day off for me! It's my last day of holiday that needed using up before the new holiday year starts on 1st October. With a relative arriving from the other side of the world Saturday morning, I think I need the day off to get organised and get the food shopping bought. Plus I have a facial booked for the afternoon - using the last of my Christmas vouchers.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Broccoli soup - much nicer than than the name implies

Broccoli stir fry with sesame oil to finish - onion, chilli, handful of nuts maybe? With noodles or rice

Veg lasagne or would be broccoli lasagne ?

Friday sounds like a fab day - and good luck training the newbies

Have a good week, Tiily