Wed 7th October - What small DFW things have you done today?

chickadee

angelflower wrote: »

morning all

got a laugh this morning at this money saving dude...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8292312.stm

Ha, ha this made me laugh. Especially the quote where he says he will visit each one every week and use the other three days to rest :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

At work today, but I have done my meal plan for this week, so tonight I have to make pastry :eek: for a steak pie. I have had a tin of steak pie filling in my cupboard for ages, so tonight I plan to use it.

Otherwise, not too much going on here. I have just given my meter readings to my new fuel supplier to switch to cheaper deal than the one I was on.

I'm also driving really carefully and on my last tank of diesel I got over 50mpg. Not bad for a 2.2l estate!

I have ham, cheese & pickle sandwiches for lunch today. DS has salmon paste (4 for £2 in tesco) which is his favourite for some reason.

I did weaken yesterday and put my heating on in the evening. It is thr first time it has been on since the summer (!) but it was very cold and we were both wet from the horrible weather yesterday. Much better today but very cold. Tonight I'll bleed the radiators to make sure I don't have any air in them, I couldn't be bothered last night.

Have a great day everyone!

Katy83

millyscarlett wrote: »

It seems good so far:D But, I have only been twice....just each wednesday and we haven't got started on the bucket-load of assignments...so ask me again in a month, I might not be so enthusiastic:rotfl:

You HM pasties sound fab....how do you make them?

They are gorgeous pasties! I use either HM pastry (if I am feeling energetic) or ready rolled puff pastry (you can usually get this in the whoops section) and roll it out into a square sort of shapes.

Fry some onions gently until they are really soft, at the same time put potatoes on to boil as if you are making mash and grate some fairly strong cheddar cheese (I like loads of cheese in mine!). When it is all cooked, mash the spuds roughly with a fork and mix in the onions and cheese and plenty of black pepper.

Put a couple of spoonfuls into the middle of one side of your pastry squares. Beat an egg and use a pastry brush to go round the edge of the square and then fold it in half. Go round the 3-double sided bits again with egg and then fold it back on itself and pinch together to make a crust. Then brush the whole of the top with egg, !!!!! with a fork in the top and bake in an oven about 200 degC for about 20-25 minutes (or until golden brown).

They are gorgeous with some chips/plain wedges and some brown sauce.

Enjoy xx

sophiesmum_2

Happy hump day everyone, on a downhill slope now to the weekend :j:j

Today I have /will:

• check online banking
• withdraw some money from savings to pay plumber for new bathroom suite installation :eek:
• coffee morning for oldies this morning so free bacon butties:D
• cook tea for oldies and eat for free tonight, so no impact to grocery budget today at all:D
• hokey cokey and ironing - do a small amount every day so do not possess a washing or ironing pile ever - wish I had done this when kids were little and ironing pile looked like kilimanjaro:p
• no spend day
• kefir grains arrived from ebay so need to set off a batch of kefir - think yakult drink - but at a cost of 45p a litre instead of £2 + for a few tiny bottles
• add more ginger and sugar to my ginger beer plant - smells lovely, 4 more days then can make some ginger beer from it
• sparkle

Enjoy the day everyone, hugs to the poorlies, hi to all the regulars and welcome to any newbies

Catch up later XX

PS Fay if you don't book that ferry soon you will be swimming on Friday lol:rotfl::rotfl:

Lemon_Tree

today i will
check online banking
do scratch cards
have a look at free lotto (thanks Katy)
spent money BUT i was going to buy them anyway and they had a 24hr offer with buy one get one half price
going to bingo tonight with mum should be £1 night i think
no heating until at least 1st Nov
food from freezer tonight
packed lunch for dinner

Pippilongstocking

PS Fay if you don't book that ferry soon you will be swimming on Friday lol:rotfl::rotfl:



SM tooooooooo cold for swimming - so I booked it - well done on prompting me

Got my islander discount and my student discount (which they had forgot!) so got it all for £26 (no car) + train tickets for £21 for us all

With car £ nearer 200..................ergh

Laughing at kilamanjaro!

Lurleene

Hi all - it is peeing down today! Loving the sound of your ginger beer plant SM, mmmm!:drool:
Today I:-
1) SC, checked bank, quidco etc
2) More soup leftovers and HM bread for lunch
3) Storecupboard dinner and HM ginger cake for pud
4) Went to work.
5) Spent no cash.
6) Did an online Tesco food order as they had sent me a points offer. Spent £50 and got about £35 back in deals!:j
7) Received £15 for T's old bed sold tgrough Netmums.
8) Re-advertised items on there and responded to some wanted posts.
9) Didn't cave in and use the car for the school run, despite the fact we got soaked!
10) Planned the best way to do a Boots Xmas shop using points vouchers that the postie brought.
11) Did an online survey

Looking forward to True Blood on the telly tonight, just hoping it lives up to the hype! Have a good evening, L x

my_mess

For me :
- checked banking - still poopy
- checked for freebies
- tea from freezer
- scratchies and clicks done
- a No Spend Day
- worked hard for my pennies at the office
- no heating (despite DS moaning !)
- washing on low temp and will airer dry
- received energy-saving light bulbs in post (no idea where they came from - but they are free!)
- got an email back from CCCS re: B. Gas payments - with info. on where they are sending them (at least I can get back to B. Gas and let them know)


That's my lot !
x

Justicenpeace

Hi everyone,

Today I have:

• checked online banking
• taken a packed lunch to work
• had a NSD
• worked really hard so not tempted to have coffee breaks/snacks.

Katy83

Katy83 wrote: »

They are gorgeous pasties! I use either HM pastry (if I am feeling energetic) or ready rolled puff pastry (you can usually get this in the whoops section) and roll it out into a square sort of shapes.

Fry some onions gently until they are really soft, at the same time put potatoes on to boil as if you are making mash and grate some fairly strong cheddar cheese (I like loads of cheese in mine!). When it is all cooked, mash the spuds roughly with a fork and mix in the onions and cheese and plenty of black pepper.

Put a couple of spoonfuls into the middle of one side of your pastry squares. Beat an egg and use a pastry brush to go round the edge of the square and then fold it in half. Go round the 3-double sided bits again with egg and then fold it back on itself and pinch together to make a crust. Then brush the whole of the top with egg, !!!!! with a fork in the top and bake in an oven about 200 degC for about 20-25 minutes (or until golden brown).

They are gorgeous with some chips/plain wedges and some brown sauce.

Enjoy xx

Meant to say, these are really good to batch cook and then freeze wrapped up individually. I usually make about 6 at a time.

crawley_girl

Evening guys

Today I:

• paid in the cheques that have been lingering and did it this evening so didn't have to pay for parking
• worked 4 hrs in my 2nd job
• cooked 2 lasagnes from scratch
• will do my time sheet so that I get paid
• keep the heating off
• have phoned the parcel delivery people so that my new phone arrives tomorrow

:heartpuls CG :heartpuls