Making chicken feed of my mortgage

moneycurious

Hiya - hows Miss F today??
Hope your feeling better!!

muddywhitechicken

Hello MRN & moneycurious :wave:

I think I'll take the cash and OP it. Mr MWC also claimed £70-odd from TCB this week (£40 alone from our hotel in NYC, the hotel that was paid for on his company CC :cool:) and he picked Amazon vouchers. There's only so many CDs cluttering up the house that I can cope with... I'm not even going to ask him for a Christmas list :rotfl:

And I'm trying not to spend too much on my brother for Christmas this year because his surprise 40th birthday present (in March) is that we're taking him to Mexico for a week :):)

I'm feeling much better and I think Miss F is too - she seems worse first thing in the morning and improves during the day

misscousinitt

Glad you and Miss F are feeling better...

MCI

muddywhitechicken

Thanks MCI... although I'm headachy again today but not as bad as Monday

I had to spend some money today *boo* on petrol and 3 tins of chocolates as a "thank-you" to a supplier

I received my payment of £10.64 from musicmagpie today and claimed the £68.28 from TCB. My other way of making money this week is mileage expenses 98 miles on Monday, 63 miles on Tuesday, 63 miles today and 65 miles tomorrow. 289 miles @ 45 p/mile = £130.05 :j And it means that I'm not in the office!!!

I'm away from home tomorrow night and back very late on Friday though

One of our favourites (curried pasta) for dinner tonight :drool:

Still getting an egg a day from Miss B :T

muddywhitechicken

whoop whoop, I'm home and it's payday :j:j

Yesterday was a NSD and today would have been too but I needed chocolate this evening and it would be a bit cheeky to claim it on expenses - by my reckoning that's 16 NSD in November

I'll shuffle money to savings and OPs in the morning but my bed is calling me!

muddywhitechicken

Having a lazy day today

Grocery shopping is planned for tomorrow so we are eating out of the cupboard/fridge/freezer today - HM spicy carrot & butterbean soup for lunch and I've taken chilli out of the freezer for dinner. I'm also soaking some dried fruit in advance of making a few more Christmas puddings on Tuesday (sultana, raisins, currants, prunes and dates in brandy and cointreau :drool::drool::drool:)

Miss F went out in the garden this afternoon and she has put herself to bed in the coop so fingers-crossed she's on the mend at long last and that she doesn't have another relapse. Miss B is still the only chook laying - thank you Miss B :T

I've transferred £250 to my reg saver and OP'd £575 on the FA. I was tempted to OP a bit more but decided to be sensible and leave myself some cash for December!

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

Your soup sounds delish. And glad to hear Miss B still laying and Miss F showing signs of recovery!

muddywhitechicken

Thanks MRN

The soup is one of our favourites and the recipe is from Sainbury's magazine...

Dry-toast 1 tbsp each of cumin & coriander seeds - grind with a pestle and mortar.
Melt a knob of butter and fry spices, 1 chopped onion and a pinch of dried chilli flakes for 10 minutes.
Add 600g of peeled & chopped carrots, 800mL of stock and 1 x 410g can of butterbeans. Simmer, partially covered, until the carrots are cooked.
Blend until smooth.
Return to pan (if you haven't used a stick blender!), add 450mL of milk and reheat.
Serve with a swirl of yogurt, cripsy fried shallots and chopped parsley.

gallygirl

Sounds gorgeous but I'd need to save some whole butterbeans - nom nom nom

muddywhitechicken

Good morning

Weekly menu planned and shopping list written but struggling to get off the sofa and do anything else!