5 years MFW - Lets get cracking...

lulabelle1

Do you manage to get everything you need in Aldi? We still have to go to Tesco once we're finished in Aldi... Our Aldi is quote small though, perhaps they stock more lines in the bigger stores.....

HelenDaveKids

Find I need to do a farmfoods and an asda once a month. Just aldi today though, as agree dont quite have everything i need.
Find that asdas sp stuff often beats aldi (their yogurt, chocolate mousse, tbags, custard powder, hot chocolate, cheese) as wellas some of their deals like £10 for 3 bottles of wine and work/school biscuits always different deals. I would have gone over £100 in asda if went there instead today though as mostly fresh fruit and veg.

My FF vouchers are ace. MIL and own mum always saves them for me. £2.50 off £25 spend (£5 of £50 £10 of £100) and completely fill freezer and other food cupboards when go there but never seem to have much fresh fruit / veg. Occassional; banana or carrot. Also dont sell wine.

HelenDaveKids

Taken handover today for new area will be covering from next monday (to cover mat leave but hopefully till a new manager is found so 3 months)
So full time (weekdays) from next week plus agreed to do 2 OT shifts for job 2 (which is now a zero hours contract). Job 2 very short staffed so have said will do some more OT shifts in feb if they need me, as on my annual leave and OT money is very lucrative (only offered if they have absolutely no other option)
DH not pleased when mentioned it.

Tea on, pie (unsure of variety) and mash pot/veg (i think) with some of yesterdays mushroom / onion gravy (fairly confident) ... think I need to start labelling.

lulabelle1

Sounds like you are going to be crazy busy for the new few months..... hope you manage to find some quality time to yourself...

Anna_Glypta

HelenDaveKids wrote: »

Tea on, pie (unsure of variety) and mash pot/veg (i think) with some of yesterdays mushroom / onion gravy (fairly confident) ... think I need to start labelling.

Hi, thank you for making me laugh :rotfl::rotfl:enjoy it, whatever it turns out to be!!

lulabelle1

I'd recommend labelling - we were looking forward to chilli con carne the other day and ended up with Bolognese....

HelenDaveKids

yes, think I need to label and create a bit more of a system!

Dinner was mince / onion pie!

Think with how work is, definitely need to schedule my batch cooking as like today, in from work, tea on but as batch cooked I managed to do all the ironing, then eat and kids to swimming (i went to aerobics). Seemed far less stressful as usually Im fielding questions whilst dashing round the kitchen.

Did promise to take girls shopping for a few weeks now, perhaps saturday after music, as DD3 needs new school shoes, DD2 needs some more school trousers and DD1 always needs something.

Plus have promised they can have friends for tea (failed completely this week) but I tend to work later so I can finish early on the activity evening.

HelenDaveKids

Work, tea, zumba... was fab to have own silly time and great to get those cob webs cleared. There's another lady my age, who i only know from zumba and we are very silly together, and it makes it hysterical as we seem equally bonkers! Have missed quite a few sessions due to work so great to go tonight.

After that had online group tutorial for course, arrgghhh. I need to stop being mardy and just crack on now!

Seems very little food in cupboards to say have been shopping. Doesnt help that dd2 is currently eating lots and lots, fortunately have steered her fruit bowlwards.

Long day tomoz, DH doing school run. Hoping everyone makes it in as will be a longggg day if not as on the shop floor. If everyone turns in, may get some office time.

Done some surveys but struggling on ad points. Waiting for a non - payer resolution to go through too. Seem to have had quite a few recently. Have new strategy for Feb!

Currently weekend off but may need to work sunday ..... booooo. Trying to avoid as will make me a long run (i think 7 days as already working mon-sat) with at least 4 being long shifts (12.5 hours) and including meeting lots of staff etc and therefore being smiley smiley all week. YUCK! Also IPR (mine) Monday.

Plus need pay day now, we are sooo broke. But have shiny cheques ready for OP sat on cupboard too and love to see the number come down,,,,,

HelenDaveKids

Its not snowing.... looks like we had a bit but not loads, although the only routes out of the village are all quite tough in bad weather. My car is a skip on wheels and therefore can be fun. Have only ever not made it in once and that was 2 years ago, took me 45 minutes to drop kids off at school (i usually drop and then carry on to work, its about a mile+ to school) and then a car came sideways down the road to me and I thought NO. I was doing a secondment at the time and was training staff, fortunately a colleague agreed to cover the group for me.

Right off to work. Have a good day folks.

edinburgher

Gosh, it sounds like you're incredibly busy at the moment. I hope you're still managing to find some time for realxing with the family?