Keeping my head clear and myself organised

longforthesun

Fell asleep about 9pm last night, woke around 6am but didn't get out of bed till 8.30.

Been a busy bee since. House is tidy :j hoovered everywhere. Mount washmore is not going down no matter how many loads i do:cool: ironing all up to date. Kitchen clean and tidy and all dishes away.

Just sat down and having a wee rest before i put dinner on. Pizza tonight so nice and easy.

still need to do budget for next month but I can take a few days to it.

longforthesun

Awfull weather here today. Needed to get a few things from the shops and decided to pop to Lidl as it's very close to me.

Don't tend to shop in lidl much as i find this particular store really untidy but anyway needed ham so had a look at theirs and was really surprised it was £1.79 for 400g. I am sure a similar size in Asda is about £2.99. Haven't tried it but if its ok then will start buying this.

House is fairly tidy. I bleached my whites last night so washed them this morning and they are in the TD now.

Not going to do much this afternoon as my fibro is giving me pain today. Kids are settled downstairs with the tv so I have am sitting on my bed and going to start on a months worth of meal plans. Payday in just over a week. Want to stick to my £250 food budget in june so think a months of meal plans is the way to go.

debtfreewannabe321

longforthesun wrote: »

Awfull weather here today. Needed to get a few things from the shops and decided to pop to Lidl as it's very close to me.

Don't tend to shop in lidl much as i find this particular store really untidy but anyway needed ham so had a look at theirs and was really surprised it was £1.79 for 400g. I am sure a similar size in Asda is about £2.99. Haven't tried it but if its ok then will start buying this.

House is fairly tidy. I bleached my whites last night so washed them this morning and they are in the TD now.

Not going to do much this afternoon as my fibro is giving me pain today. Kids are settled downstairs with the tv so I have am sitting on my bed and going to start on a months worth of meal plans. Payday in just over a week. Want to stick to my £250 food budget in june so think a months of meal plans is the way to go.

:rotfl: had a little giggle at the picture you painted of your washing pile mine sounds similar to mount washmore too :rotfl:

I get the ham from Ald1 (we don't have a lid1 here) and it's the same price and is really nice and much cheaper than a$da or Te$co!!!

I'm waning on my £250 Grocery budget...i stick to it right up to about the last week and then go and blow it on goodies i should join the grocery challenge but it moves too quick for me to keep up lol

longforthesun

I think every house has a mount washmore :rotfl:

My proplem is goodies too like my £7 a litre ice cream though :eek: finished it the other night and being good so far and not bought anymore.

Well I have 17 meal ideas and 8 lunch ideas.

Going to try and cost them and do a mock month shop on my supermarket to get an idea of costs.

Feeling a bit sleepy though so might have a wee nap first.

longforthesun

Had a busy week and not stopped. Have a few days off but feeling really tired and sore, damn this fibro.

Pay day today :j Plan to do my shopping today and I will stick to my budget this month I promise

Need to do a washing again:cool: a few weeks ago i was on top of it but it seems to have got out of control.

Meeting a friend for coffee about 11.30 today so will do my shopping after that.

My plan is to spend my morning doing my shopping list and sorting the money pots for the following month.

longforthesun

Meal Plan done for the week.

Fri - Gammon, potatoes and veg
Sat - Roast Chicken, potatoes and veg
Sun - Chicken stir fry for OH and kids and baked potatoe and cheese for me
Mon - Sausage, rice and beans for OH and kids and scrambled eggs for me
tues - Breaded chicken and potatoes and veg
wed - chicken fingers, chips beans (wed busy night with activitys so easy dinner needed)
thur - lasange for OH and DD, spal bol for DS and baked potatoe for me

We all are fusy eaters so some nights we all have different things, plus OH and i work shifts.

Right off to check the cupboards and make my list.

longforthesun

Shopping done stuck to my list (well almost) was buying a chicken for the roast on sat and M&S were doing there dine in for £10 with a full chicken so got that.

Spent £21 in M&S and £39 in Asda. Got everything for the week except ham. DD loves the lidl stuff I bought last week so will get that tomorrow when I know i am passing lidl.

Took £250 out of the bank for food. So will put the remainder in the tin.

OH has just called he has 3 hours OT tonight :T all OT goes into the savings pot.

longforthesun

Roast Chicken tonight. Haven't put it on yet as OH doing OT again tonight :j:j:j:j

Cleaned the car out today it really was :eek:.

DD is hoovering for me at the moment:T

I am alreay in my PJ's soooo tired today. Not planning on doing much else although there is a mountain of ironing to do

£20 spent on petrol today. Petrol pot is £180 at the start of the month and I know OH has put petrol in his car so we are down to £140.

longforthesun

DD is peeling the potatoes and veg for dinner :T Chicken is in the oven. Might have soup to start with as we are all a bit hungray waiting on OH getting home. I have tinned tomatoe and HM veg plus I am sure I have a part baked bagette (SP) in the freezer.

Pofiteroles (SP) for desert with cream :j:j:j

I have a blackboard in the kitchen so need to write my meal plan up on this.

I was shattered yesterday after doing the shopping. My fibro is playing up really bad so OH has said from now on he will do the big shop so going to have to plan this around his days off or days he doesn't start till later.

longforthesun

:)Have been busy working the last few days but I now have a few days off.

Lovely day today so managed to get a few washings out.

List for the next few days

Sort Banking
Update calander with kids activitys
Sort out payment to child tax credits,we owe £850 pounds. A bit :mad: cause they haven't paid us any for 2 years and if i had known this was owed i could have been paying it.
Look into reclaiming PPI. Think I might use a company as I am just too tired to deal with it myself this way I can just forget all about it.
Go clothes shopping as need some new clothes, nothing expensive mind just a few summer bits.
Meal plan for next week and do shopping list for OH to do on Friday.
Purchase present for a party DS is off to at the weekend.

Looks like i will be a busy wee bee over the next few days