PigginSkint's DFW Diary

PigginSkint

Today we went over with SM to see my stepsister and her 2 young children - they live some distance away so it was first time I had seen the new baby. Time for a broody moment!!

Pay day today - woohoo!!:j Also got rid of most of my Avon deliveries this evening! :j My Sainsburys delivery came this evening, so we now have food in the house!:j

And in other good news, OH had an interview today!!:j It seemed to go quite well, so fingers crossed. It was for a care worker post - work he has done before and as his current work involves him working with old people, it fits quite nicely. Here's hoping!

PigginSkint

Hi All

Having a housework day today - need to catch up! The pristine condition of my stepsister's house yesterday shamed me somewhat.

Also, I mentioned in an earlier post that I planned to do an exercise using a timesheet to focus our minds on how we spend our time. I couldn't find what I wanted - something that covered 24 hours separated into individual hours - so I have designed my own. I have printed off 3 copies - one each for myself, OH and DS - so that we can all do it. Should be interesting!

PigginSkint

Today's post continued....(I'm paranoid about the laptop suddenly cutting out again and losing everything!!)

Given the rising price of fuel and my desire to save money wherever possible, on Saturday I bought a slow cooker. I did a search via Quidco for one a couple of weeks ago and noticed that Argos had one for £13.30, with a removable crock. On Saturday the new catalogue was out and I noticed the same one for £19.97. When I checked availability on the keypad thingy they have, the price was showing as £13.30 so I decided to go for it. When I got to the paypoint it still came up as £13.30 (I was afraid they might charge the full price). I then asked whether I had any nectar points I could use and it turned out I had £2.50 worth, so I used them, which meant that it only cost me £10.80. Bargain! Especially if it actually saves me money.

I am currently using it for the first time to make a chilli which should be ready when OH gets back from his rehearsal later tonight.

peb

Great news re OH interview another lot of fingers to cross!

I have to admit that having been given a slowcooker I have not yet really got to grips with it. Another thing, like seeing what is in the freezer, that i Must Get Round To.

Weather now horrible here - hope it gets back for your camping!

PigginSkint

peb wrote: »

Great news re OH interview another lot of fingers to cross!

I have to admit that having been given a slowcooker I have not yet really got to grips with it. Another thing, like seeing what is in the freezer, that i Must Get Round To.

Weather now horrible here - hope it gets back for your camping!

I am trying to use my gas oven as little as possible so I can see the slowcooker getting plenty of use. OH is often out on an evening either at rehearsals or doing Betterware, so it makes sense to have one - once the foold is cooked I can turn it to the Keep Warm setting so he can just serve it up for himself when he gets in.

Weather not great here either - I have been doing loads of washing today so have had to use my tumble drier. Not very MSE!

Soon I will be able to look at the 5 day forecast to see whether the weather (:D ) is likely to be kind to us for our camping trip. Oh I hope so!!!!

dawnybabes

I love my slow cooker although I now use the slow cooker setting on my oven. I always made huge stews, soups, chillis etc in mine and froze the leftovers for another day. I also liked rice pudding in it.

PigginSkint

dawnybabes wrote: »

I love my slow cooker although I now use the slow cooker setting on my oven. I always made huge stews, soups, chillis etc in mine and froze the leftovers for another day. I also liked rice pudding in it.

OH and DS are currently eating the first output - chilli con carne from a recipe that was in the booklet that came with it. OH definitely approves, it is a wee bit spicy for DS but he is still eating it! It quite thin - it hasn't thickened very well - but I suppose that it is a case of trial and error with these things.

I've got spice almond risotto done in my wok with some home made peanut sauce - one of my favourite dinners. Yum!

hypno06

ooh, can you post up the almond risotto and peanut sauce recipe? Sounds yum!!!

PigginSkint

hypno06 wrote: »

ooh, can you post up the almond risotto and peanut sauce recipe? Sounds yum!!!

Will fish it out in a minute - I will see if I can google it but if not I'll type it up so please bear with me! Luckily I do type quite fast!

PigginSkint

Had a great day today - SM took DS and me to Drayton Manor Park. In true MSE style we saved quite a lot of money by buying the tickets online - £5 each on the adult (age 12+) ticket price. I couldn't print the tickets off at home like I wanted to but the the help line staff were very helpful - I just had to take my email confirmation to the call centre when we got there and they just printed the tickets off for me.

Off to find that recipe now...