Continue the change and enjoy the journey!

fedupandskint

9 chilli plants potted on
pea plants planted out into a pot
sweet pea plants potted out into a pot too
everything watered and checked out - all ok
Another big sweep up outside as the trees chuck down sticky buds all over
Garden recycling bin nearly full again for collection next wee
Dog walked around the park on a lovely bright and breezy afternoon

Another load of washing on after dog threw up leaves over his blanket - nice!

Right time to have an hour on the assignment now then a facemask and bath, tea and some more assignment while listening to the footie on the radio. Can't stand that ITV coverage!

Thursday list
Haircut
physio
Shopping
Pop into garden centre
Pop to camping shop
WM - bathroom stuff and towels etc
clean bathroom and mop floor
Parcel up returns for Sat
Do some more work on assignment

fedupandskint

Busy few days and had a couple of days off the assignment which was very nice!

NSD total = 17
AFD total = 26

May totals are
NSD 17/31
AFD 28/31

Fully stocked with food out of £100 budget.

Meal plan
Sat - Lamb biryani which was great
Sun - Beef stroganoff
Mon - Cauliflower and chickpea curry and make lentil and cheese loaf for later in the week
Tues - leftovers from Sat/Sun
Wed - Cauli curry leftovers
Thu - lentil and cheese loaf and veg
Fri - Undecided - fish and wedges/risotto
Sat -

Lula-Hula

Great work on the NSDs

I've rejoined the challenge for May & will be wathcing you for tips on those & keeping my grocery budget low.
You've just remined me I dont have any peas sown Grrr will have to buy some plants.

fedupandskint

Hi Lula, just buy a packet pea seeds - they only take a couple of weeks to sprout and then grow quite quickly and then plant some more a week or 2 later to get some successional sowing. If only I was that organised!

My grocery budget is disappearing rapidly after an expensive shop on Thursday of £52.52 and then £11 yesterday and £9 in the fish market. This leave me with £27.43 for the rest of the month. Can I do it? I'll be giving it a good try! I have loads of food in that I'm aiming to use up this month and will only buy what I need eg fresh fruit and veg. I have lots of rice and pasta, tinned tomatoes etc - so if I can't find anything to eat I'll have pasta and tomato sauce!

Today is lots of essay writing, couple of hours in the garden potting on and seed planting, HHI then more essay writing and also make a nice tea!

Aiming for a NSD today too.

Good luck with yours Lula

fedupandskint

Just had a look on sainsbugs at some recipes to use up what I have in and got some good ideas. Kidney beans soaking to use tomorrow in a recipe to freeze

Garden swept again - lots of tree debris at this time of year. Also sorted out the bulbs from their pots to go in the garden for next year and stored some to replant later this year as it was very cheering to see them come in in the early spring/late winter.

Tomorrow I'll plant some more seeds as I'm now trying to make inroads into my assignment. 300 words to go and 1.5 answers to write and lots of rewriting to make more sense

I'll be back later on with a hopefully happier update of how its all going!

fedupandskint

OMG! I have worked out I have £9 per week left for the GC or £6 if I include the coming week. I'm planning on not buying anything this week so I can get some NSDs in too and use up what I have in too. Let me see how I get on!

Declaring NSD 1 today - good start to the month

fedupandskint

Firstly - NSD 2 today - great!

Secondly - finished assignment at last - might need a little tweak or I might submit it as it is but I need a break now and off in the garden for an hour or so

Thirdly - made the lentil and bean loaf using some of the dried bean stocks I have and its much nicer than it sounds. Will slice it up to freeze for some quick and easy teas over the next few weeks/

Fourthly - just about to demolish the last bit of chocolate in the house as a reward!

fedupandskint

Phew its in and submitted. No need to worry about it now its gone and results are a long time off yet. Will have tomorrow off and then start the revision as I'm sure the next few weeks will fly be and the exam will be here in a blink of an eye!

Planted a few more salad seeds and watered most of the garden. Will do a bit more at the weekend especially if I keep up with the housework this week.

Plan for this week
Usual flying around each room
Mealplan meals
Physio and vote on Thurs
Wed and Fri revision - read a chapter
Sat - revision/garden/town
Sun - revision/garden/who knows?

fedupandskint

NSD 3 in a row so far

Feeling a bit plumper tonight as I'm not exercising and have lost my exercise mojo while having physio to sort out this running problem. Planning to do some tomorrow as I know I'll feel better if I do plus when I restart running it won't be such a shock!

fedupandskint

Well I did it - something I have thought about for a long time.

I've applied for a colour analysis as I want to know what colours to spend my money on and to make worthwhile purchases that suit me rather than not!

I've worked out some colours that suit me by wearing a jumper that loads of people told me really suited me including a woman I did not know well at all. So with best foot forward I try and find some other colours that suit me the same!

Looking forward to it when it happens!