i can't stop spending

auntymabel

lemmings1986 wrote: »

well i thought id be organised and do some cooking in advance i just made a spaghetti bolognese but made it with pork cuz thats what i had in my freezer i can normally do it with my eyes shut,i just put in onions,garlic,mushrooms,herbs and a red pepper and a tin of tomatoes and two cartons of passata just before it was ready i went to put in a little sugar as sometimes it can taste bitter and as i went to put sugar in half the jar fell in and now it tastes really sweet i put some more tomato puree in and some garlic puree but it tastes really sweet but i dont want to bin it any ideas???

Hi Lemmings - I thought I was the only one who does things like that. Have you got any more mushrooms onions and tomatoes, etc, so you can end up with a large less sweet batch and freeze some or freeze what you've got and get some more ingredients to add to it at a later date? Course you'd have to find something else to eat today if you did that but better than binning it.

Thinking really out of the box, maybe youv'e just invented a wonderful new pudding!

lemmings1986

auntymabel wrote: »

Hi Lemmings - I thought I was the only one who does things like that. Have you got any more mushrooms onions and tomatoes, etc, so you can end up with a large less sweet batch and freeze some or freeze what you've got and get some more ingredients to add to it at a later date? Course you'd have to find something else to eat today if you did that but better than binning it.

Thinking really out of the box, maybe youv'e just invented a wonderful new pudding!

thanks yea im gna freeze it and add to it later uww i dont think i could eat it as a pud.no i was cooking it to try and be organised so i don have to cook when ive been at work all day:) were having pork joint for tea thankfully it defrosted so didnt have to buy anything. :j:j i rang my motherinlaw up to tell her we might not b having pork as i forgot to take it out so she brought me this special plate round you stick what ever meat you want to defrost and it does really work the joint of pork ive got is massive and it was frozen solid earlier but now it has defrosted she got it out of one of them company that post a catalogue through your door and pick it up a wk later or whatever my fatherinlaw said you can defrost sausages on it in about half hour which is good if youve forgotton to take something out for tea

lemmings1986

well my mam rang earlier and asked if i wanted to go for lunch and shopping in town on thursday as we both have day off and i refrained and said no how good am i o havnt seen her for a couple of weeks but i know if i go she'll say lets go out and dont think im in a place yet were i could go shopping in town and not buy anything i know were my prioritys lye and it isnt going in town shopping so i think shes coming here may go for walk on prom or sit in garden and have a bottle of wine curtisy of wine rack.well i couldnt be botherd to av tea so just had a hm sandwich im totally worn out normally would have gone to chippy at top of street total spent this week 0.00 i do have to get gas at some point this week but have budgeted £50 for month just in case and havnt spent any yet and i get payed in two weeks so should have some money left to go in tin.:)

redlady_1

I have one of those plates too!! They are fab and I have no idea how they defrost things quickly but they do!

That will be good to spend some time with your mum. If the weather is nice then you can go and sit on the beach? I love chip butties! I use oven chips and only put enough on for a chip butty so they only take about 15 mins to cook.

You are really doing very well. Just try to keep it going and focus on the end goal. Way to go Lemmings x

Taliahmai

You know i could of very easily of wrote your first post myself!! Im a nightmare, it burns holes in my pokets and i just have to go spend it. My biggest problem tho is my self dicipline...i just dont have any! Ive started meals plans...then failed, ive joined flylady...then failed. To be fair i do with most things, i get bored of them, even tho i know i really need to be doing them. Like this week i had an extra payment of £150 from CSA that i wasnt expecting, i started off well and transfered it into my savings account, but now i know its there i feel like i have to spend it! Im even looking at garden sheds....i dont need one, well i do but its not a neccessity....and puppies! Then today i transfered £50 of it back into my normal account and bought my son new trainers, even tho he only had some 3 weeks ago! I just need shooting i think lol.

You seam so determined, im so jealous lol....best of luck with it tho, i really hope you succeed.....ive subscribed to this thread so i can follow your prgress and hopefully it will give me the kick up the backside that i need

EstherH

Hi Lemmings, you're doing really well. I feel quite proud of you.

lemmings1986

good morning all well off to work again,well ive got to go to another shop for a workshop hopefully it wont drag on allday have already made packup to take so dont have to buy anything when i get there well i may have to buy a drink because i havnt got any at home.i got £70 back from hsa today as i had to go to dentist a couple of times the other week so am going to pay that off one of my ccs.:):):)

tanyalbeck

oh my God, I can SO identify with this!! I had banned myself from going into Boots after coming out over £100 down EVERY TIME! But I went in yesterday. walked around, tried on expensive makeup (as always!) and bought nothing. yay me!! It's the process of shopping and buying that I love - when depressed I do a massive 'shop' online, add everything I want to my basket, then just don't buy it! very theraputic. I would love to do online shopping for elderly people - the act of shopping is what i find fun, not having the stuff itself.

Fisyear

Hi lemmings1986, I finally got to the end of your diary and have enjoyed reading it. You have come a long way and I love the way you are making an inventory of your cupboards and working your meals around what you have. And well done on cutting up your credit cards. I am going to try to keep to a monthly budget for my groceries in May, I usually budget week by week, so we will see how it goes

lemmings1986

tanyalbeck wrote: »

oh my God, I can SO identify with this!! I had banned myself from going into Boots after coming out over £100 down EVERY TIME! But I went in yesterday. walked around, tried on expensive makeup (as always!) and bought nothing. yay me!! It's the process of shopping and buying that I love - when depressed I do a massive 'shop' online, add everything I want to my basket, then just don't buy it! very theraputic. I would love to do online shopping for elderly people - the act of shopping is what i find fun, not having the stuff itself.

hi if you find a job like that and theres another one going give us a bell i wouldnt mind a job like that.
well done for not buying anything it is hard would love to go window shopping in town but dont think im ready yet would proberbly end up buying something so not gna go there avoiding town and shops all together.
had to go to another shop today for a workshop started out with good intentions but the shop is located slap bang in the middle of a shopping centre and when we was going for dinner my collegue said were all going to subway and i said i wasnt botherd but they dragged me there anyway and ended up spending £3.50 not good but i didnt want to tell them i am budgeting so went anyway am feeling really guilty now tho.i have however payed over £500 off my credit cards this month which i dont normally do but thanks to me budgeting i still have money and havnt spent half the money i budgeted for so should have some left at the end of the month.:j:j