Making chicken feed of my mortgage

edinburgher

Flight was on sale and booked via TCB, hotel and transfers are free as accompanying Mr MWC on his business trip and I had a fistful of dollars anyway

Nice! What sort of business is Mr MWC in, if you can say without being specific?

Have a wonderful time.

MrsP1983

Hello, have subscribed and am jealous of your chickens

muddywhitechicken

Thanks edinburgher. Mr MWC is a scientist.

Hello MrsP1983 - chickens are the best pets in the world

muddywhitechicken

I'm back :wave:

NYC was really :cool: and not too expensive.

We ate at Momofuku on Friday *drools* and Momofuku's Milk Bar on Friday (peanut butter & ritz cracker ice-cream and pineapple upside down truffles), Saturday (green apple & cheddar ice-cream and compost cookies) and Sunday (crack pie)! We already have the momofuku cookbook but I really want the milk bar cookbook now. It is 30% off on Amazon but with my :money:head on, I have resisted and put it on my Christmas list instead. If only I could have resisted some of that food...!

I've just had my shopping delivered (Sainsburys, £12 off a £60 spend)

BookWorm

Welcome back Glad to hear you had a good time

Well done on resisting the cookbook. Very MSW

muddywhitechicken

Thanks BookWorm

Today I have:

Drooled at the memory of crack pie
Resisted buying the momofuku milk bar cookbook again
Taken lunch to work - raw veggies, marmite breadsticks, fresh/dried fruit
Failed to resist the vending machine at work due to boredem (three times )
Shined my sink

Only 2 eggs today (+1 softie)

Mr MWC rustled up a storecupboard dinner of spinach & ricotta tortelloni with pesto, peas and fried onion

muddywhitechicken

Good morning

I forgot to mention previously that there was a little :money:action in NYC... the maid replenished the aveda toiletries every day so I have enough to last me for a couple of weeks

Need to pick up my lift share in 15 minutes so I'd better get a move on - have a good day everyone.

misscousinitt

Hi and welcome to MFW.

Just popped in to wish you luck.

MCI

muddywhitechicken

Thank you MCI

Today I have:

Received my monthly CC statement. It's significantly lower than normal but still doesn't stand up to close scrutiny

Supermarket/groceries = £335.45 :eek: (+ I spent an additional £81.94 on my debit card...)
Petrol = £91.16
Toiletries = £67.52 (in addition to what is included in the supermarket shop)
Amazon = £25.52 (DVD boxsets that I can't get on LoveFilm or Netflix - will try to sell on when we've finished watching them)
Plants = £26.42 (I don't have room in the garden for these...)
Miscellaneous = £233.10 (treats for The Girls, vet bill for FIL's dog, coffee, magazines, train tickets, a half price coat and a pair of trouser that don't fit but I haven't got round to returning yet...)

Looking on the brightside, my loyalty points have been redeemed and I will be receiving a £25 JL gift voucher in the post soon.

Mr MWC is away on business again (back Friday) - this city is not as :cool: as NYC so I decided to stay here! I hate cooking just for myself so I took inspiration from this forum and had eggy bread + maple syrup for my dinner

3 eggs today

edinburgher

I hate cooking just for myself so I took inspiration from this forum and had eggy bread + maple syrup for my dinner

Sounds delicious