MSE Parents Club Part 11

Becles

SugarSpun wrote: »

Becles our butcher does everything but the knocking the animals on the head bit on his premises but will order special meat in if you ask, and makes a [STRIKE]killing[/STRIKE] fortune. It's all organic, completely traceable, and word of mouth plus all the awards he has displayed in the window means that he has lots of regular business. It helps however that we're in a city centre location and a relatively affluent city at that; I can't see his shop succeeding when his entire client base are on benefits and trying to stretch the money further than it wants to go.

That sounds like what the farm I was looking at for meat supplies do, but their farm shop is in the countryside and at the end of a very long track, so they don't get passing trade.

Was writing as if I was opening the shop in our village, which is mainly owner occupied housing and working families.

Benefits - claimed Income Support when my ex left me until I found a job. I had no idea about benefits, so I went to the social security office and asked what I could claim. They said Income Support, so that is all I claimed. It was an incredible struggle as it wasn't really enough to live on.

It wasn't until I registed on here later that I realised I could have claimed all sorts of things like council tax benefit, mortgage interest, free school dinners, free milk as James was under 5 and so on. It's a shame the social security office people didn't tell me about all of that as it would have really helped. Luckily I got a job within 3 months though.

That's awful about the dead body story. Must have been awful for the airport staff when they realised.

Cheese - we all love it here, the stronger the better. Craig prefers cheese to dessert so he loves a cheeseboard for special occasions.

My doctors phoned and I'm going to see the ENT consultant on the 7th May. Hopefully they'll be able to find out what is causing all the snot and sinus pain.

Sarah_Joanne

SusanC wrote: »

I keep meaning to ask (although it's totally unrelated to parenting or money saving) what one can do with unwanted earrings? Do charity shops take them? I was given some for my birthday but not having pierced ears I don't know anything about them.

I've bought them from charity shops before

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

They don't call it meals on heels for nothing I find all the stuff that you have to remember with bottle feeding a headache! I loved it when it was just me and babba and that was all we needed to go out for the day!

Love it! :T

searching_me

im in a funny mood tonight .. think the change of depo to mini pill is playing on my hormones .. be glad when i get my implant week on friday x

Sarah_Joanne

Krystal I'd use the chicken. I have cooked chicken from frozen lots of times, usually cut into pieces and stir fried, and I've always been fine

MadDogWoman_2

Just had tea, sausage, cheesy mash, peas and green beans and Katie has asked to take the dog for a walk in the woods!

I think she has cabin fever after being stuck indoors for 2 days.

When we come back it's shower and bed, as we have an early start tomorrow

Edit: I got home from work having taken nothing out to defrost this morning and nuked some sausages in the microwave then cooked them to death in the oven.

Sarah_Joanne

I have sausage and mash for tea, both of which are currently frozen!!

SugarSpun

Bloody Barclays stopped my card again because their Fraud Prevention people didn't believe the tag on my account that says I'm out of the UK. The woman asked me if I'd inform them whenever I wasn't in the UK?!!?!?!

Pfft. I'm now drinking wine to make myself feel better.

Also, I've been quite negative and whingey the last little while, it's a combination of the stress of my contract ending and the anniversary of my grandmother's death making me miserable and I'm very sorry for whinging at you all. Big hugs for all and if you'd like to take a sip of my wine you're very welcome

redmel1621

How strange, we had sausages today too, with mash, peas, carrots and gravy....Yum it was too:)

Sarah_Joanne

Right, bath, booby and bed for my LO.

ee you later

ps SS We're happy for you to vent / whinge here and I'll have a sip if it's red!!

tiamai_d

We had lasagne. Amber loves lasagne. The floor loves lasagne too.