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asparagus1968

TGI February !

Glad you are a bit brighter coco.

my tip for the weekend..... Sainbos has first cape rose wine box for £5.99 !!:)

I justify it by it being cheap and low alcohol and its my treat for the week ?

Coco114

Thank you all for your tips

Did ok with shop yesterday , one of those weeks where stuff we use was on special :T Also got stuff to bake some treats today. Also need to list some eBay bits.

Ex has now moved to new place. It's closer so, in theory, he should Starr having boys now. Will give him a couple of weeks to settle and see what happens .......

House across the road has just sold for £10k less than I would need on this one. That's food for thought ..... If everything settles down and we can carry on with the "nice" I will sit it out. I really need to get back to having deposit/rent money saved so that needs to be the focus again On the QT, it's making me slightly nervous with the ex being so much closer but we will see - I am not going to worry about problems that dont yet exist

I have 20 mins left of me time this morning then it's on with it ! Kids were up till after one last night playing on the PS though there was lots of laughing and no bad language so I left them to it
Should give me peace & quiet this morning!

Couple more basics we like
Value cornflakes & cooking chocolate to make crispies
Value Swiss museli, tastes fine to me
Value syrup , kids didn't notice
Value cream cleaner , works fine

Coco x

grannyx2

Good morning Coco, I thought I'd pop in and say Hi. :hello: I've read your whole diary and am amazed at how far you have come in a year. I'm fairly certain with your determination you will succeed in all you decide eventually.

I hope OH living so much closer eases your pressure a bit rather than adds to it but as you say, no point worrying about it until it becomes a problem that needs sorting.

Love Granny x

Coco114

:j Hi Granny , good to have you drop in .... I read your thread

Busy morning , lots of baking & I need to blitz later ! Want to be finished in time to catch up on tv later Will do a roast chicken later , should be enough for sweet & sour chicken tomorrow as well.

Need to do air in tyres later as well .... No peace for the wicked

Coco114

Hmmmmmmm there is an awful lot of "later" in my posts

Mr_Toad

Coco114 wrote: »

Couple more basics we like

Value Swiss museli, tastes fine to me

Coco x

Have you ever made your own?

Strictly speaking what I make is granola but it's delicious.

250g jumbo rolled oats - big porridge oats.
50g flaked almonds
50g pumpkin seeds
50g sunflower seeds
50g butter
squeeze of honey - 5 to 6 tablespoons
zest of an orange

Mix dry ingredients in bowl put butter and honey in microwave to melt then pour into dry ingredients and mix to all coated.

Put on a baking tray and cook at 180 for 15-20 mins stirring every 5 mins.

I make double so I don't have to do it as often. I eat it with dried cranberries or other dried or fresh fruit. Lovely:T

The above is a basic recipe and can be changed to suit. I've found that leaving out the orange zest makes it very bland, I didn't have an orange on that occasion.

I also use orange blossom honey from Aldi which gives an even better flavour. I also sometimes add a bit of golden syrup which again changes the flavour.

I've messed with the formula in all manner of ways and will add a word of caution.

I made one batch and experimented with the seeds. It was delicious but there was an unfortunate side effect, one that made amoebic dysentery look like a bad case of constipation :eek:

You know that phrase 'the bottom has fallen out of my world'? well the I experienced the opposite where the world fell out of my......

The moral of that tale is to stick to the basic recipe.

Coco114

Mr T I was thinking how yummy that recipe sounded .... Until I got the end :eek: Oh dear

Just been out and did my running around ..... I am seriously considering putting my pjs back on again ... Who says you can't clean the loo in your pjs ???!!!!

Coco114

Happy Tuesday All !!
Nothing exciting to report , not spent any money but will need to get milk & bread etc in the morning & petrol as down to fumes

Sold £20 in bits - every little helps , still waiting for one buyer to pay but will parcel up tonight ready to send and need to re-list a couple of bits.

Mr T has pork jt on half price so may pick one up tomorrow , can do 2 or 3 meals from that. Will have a look tomorrow and see what they are like.

That's as exciting as my week has been so far

Coco x

Imdebtfree

Morning Coco. Hope your weekend is going well?

My dd1 aged 26 is moving home in a few weeks after 4 years. She's so fed up of almost all her wages going on bills and getting really down. By moving home shell have to spend £100 per week on travelling to work but that's still less than half of what she pays towards rented flat.

Downside is been using spare bedroom as dumping ground for everything and its full up. Can't even see the bed. So lots of tidying to do just don't know where I'm gonna find homes for all the stuff!


Well done on using value range. I use value pasta. also not that I get every week but salt and paracetamol caplets are fine. And dd1 used to love value porridge oats. She's gluten intolerant now so can't anymore!

Chin up. Just remember there will be an end to this. Then you'll have money but be too tight to spend it! :rotfl::rotfl: