On the brassic bench and loving it!

Bitsy_Beans

So sofa and armchair on second inspection I didnt like. However Ive found one on ebay that would be even better. You can make an offer rather than a flat price which is great

A financial overhaul is required so at some point today i shall be logging on to online banking and working out a proper budget.
I forsee lots of cups of coffee and biscuits to accompany this task :rotfl:

Loulou2010

i have visions in a few weeks time of you sat on a nice, cosy sofa with a cuppa, doors locked and hubby and the kids and dog all on the other side :rotfl:

Loulou2010

work is starting on the garden next weekend :j hubby has roped his uncle in to helping. he knows a place where you can get manure free (pig manure i think...). he has plenty of experience with growing things as he did it with hubbys grandad for years. getting excited about it now

Bitsy_Beans

Loulou2010 wrote: »

i have visions in a few weeks time of you sat on a nice, cosy sofa with a cuppa, doors locked and hubby and the kids and dog all on the other side :rotfl:

Of course, what other way is there :rotfl: it will be my sanctuary
How fabulous Lou :T I might not produce the amounts required to halve the grocery bill BUT it's totally satisfying growing your own :j

Am loving the current sunshine today, saw my first bumblebee yesterday. As did the kids wo shrieked like banshees and ran for their lives <rollseyes>

Loulou2010

i'm with the kids on that one :eek::rotfl:

without sounding .... dont know the word i'm looknig for but i think its important for ds to see where his food comes from. the amount of children i have looked after who just think food comes from the supermarket is surprisingly high :eek::o

ETA - that doesnt mean i aam going to start sluaghtering cows and pigs

LameWolf

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Also picked up two handbags, one was leather and in excellent condition, the other I think was brand new. Showed my mum and she started coveting the leather one so I've given her that one as an early mothers day present :money: clothing choice was rubbish but a girl can't have too many handbags can she

I have to admit I only have one handbag; but I'm extremely fussy about bags, and had to resort to ording online from a shop in Belgium to get what I wanted (also I'm too lazy to transfer stuff from one bag to another more than once every decade).:D

Loulou2010 wrote: »

i'm with the kids on that one :eek::rotfl:

without sounding .... dont know the word i'm looknig for but i think its important for ds to see where his food comes from. the amount of children i have looked after who just think food comes from the supermarket is surprisingly high :eek::o

ETA - that doesnt mean i aam going to start sluaghtering cows and pigs

*nods* Believe it or not, we used to have an elderly lady living next door, and when she saw me getting herbs in from the garden, her reaction was "eeewwwww, not out of the dirty ground!!" Like she thought herbs grow in little plastic bags in Mr T's!:D I'd have thought someone her age, who would've seen digging for victory and wartime rationing, would've known better!

Bitsy_Beans

LameWolf wrote: »

I have to admit I only have one handbag; but I'm extremely fussy about bags, and had to resort to ording online from a shop in Belgium to get what I wanted (also I'm too lazy to transfer stuff from one bag to another more than once every decade).:D

*nods* Believe it or not, we used to have an elderly lady living next door, and when she saw me getting herbs in from the garden, her reaction was "eeewwwww, not out of the dirty ground!!" Like she thought herbs grow in little plastic bags in Mr T's!:D I'd have thought someone her age, who would've seen digging for victory and wartime rationing, would've known better!

:eek::eek: to dirty ground. Some good stuff in that there ground.

So Lidl run to stock up on bread flour. 8 1.5kg bags equates to approx 30 loaves so assuming thats approx one loaf every day thats bread sorted for a month
Sat and did budgets this morning so have a clearer idea of our finances. Want to factor in some savings as car tax is due at the end of this month......£245 for one year :eek:

Loulou2010

ouch to the car tax :eek: hubby has decided to pay insurance yearly as he says it works out cheaper. sat and worked out a budget and all our bills yesterday so we know where we stand. hubby was giving himself a mini breakdown over this car loan... in the process giving me a big one

so food shop was £24 for the week. we buy meat in bulk at costc0 and works out cheaper. also told him that 2-3 days a week are going to be meat free. i stood guard over the left over spag bol lsat night and that is safely in the freezer hubby normally eats it just because it is sat there...

is making bread really cost effective? have never really made it and only eat brown bread. we go through two loafs a week easily the joys of having a child who has a bread addiction :rotfl:

Bitsy_Beans

Well we can eat a loaf of bread a day!!! Mind you these are small HM ones, more the mini ones you buy at supermarket.
It does work out a wee bit cheaper BUT for me the main advantage is HM bread is more filling, I know it's got no additives or nasty stuff in it. It has 1tsp of salt and sugar for the entire loaf and hasn't been pumped full of air just to get it to rise. And it makes cracking toast

LameWolf

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Well we can eat a loaf of bread a day!!! Mind you these are small HM ones, more the mini ones you buy at supermarket.
It does work out a wee bit cheaper BUT for me the main advantage is HM bread is more filling, I know it's got no additives or nasty stuff in it. It has 1tsp of salt and sugar for the entire loaf and hasn't been pumped full of air just to get it to rise. And it makes cracking toast

Wot she said!:D We keep some shop bread in the freezer for emergencies (like if I'm not well enough to make bread) but for the most part, we eat HM bread because it's just so much nicer. I haven't really costed it out, but I certainly don't think it's any dearer to make HM.