Making chicken feed of my mortgage

Karmacat

Hello MWC just catching up - you've been through the mill

7lbs weight loss would be just right for me too! Don't know if I can cope with that in the cold weather, but I'll have a think :rotfl:

muddywhitechicken

I've received a free 3-month first class lounge (railway station) pass :T Complimentary refreshments, newspapers and wi-fi - I'm also hoping it means that I don't need to pay 30p to pee!

Share price still falling Looking on the bright side they do pay a 4% dividend - not as good as the 6% Mr MWC gets but not to be sniffed at

It's been a spendy afternoon: £39 on new head lamp bulbs & fitting and screenwash, £15 (incl. tip) at car wash, £275 on new glasses :eek: (I should be able to claim £125 back from work)

I did get one bargain - £stretcher have some really lovely bare root fruit trees @ £3.99 :money: I couldn't resist and treated myself to a cherry (Stella) tree

Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 10 (1 box given to friend + 4 used in huevos rancheros for dinner :drool:)

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

I've eaten too much rubbish whilst Mr MWC was away, another couple of pounds have crept on and my jeans have shrunk (!)
I really need to knuckle down and follow the plan...

My new goal is to lose 7 pounds in the 7 weeks before I visit GG in Spain

You may need the extra padding - you don't have a bed yet :rotfl:. You will have curtains though and pictures on the wall .

Karmacat

Your own cherry tree lovely.

There are several on the rec. ground outside my house (very big - mature ones are huge, apparently, Edwardian Farm showed cherry ladders, and they're all massive too, sorry!) and I picked a few, though I was in a bad patch when they actually got ripe. But at least I remembered where my little cherry stoner was, I was happy about that

Have a lovely weekend.

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Loose change pots = £88.64
Nectar points = £95
Match & More vouchers = £25 (+ additional £5)
Waitrose vouchers = £35 (+ £6 off/£30 spend coupon)
Love2shop vouchers = £42
(M&S giftcard = £20)

Halfway through the month and I've spent:

Cash = £27.81
Nectar points = £27.50
Match & More vouchers = £30.00
Waitrose vouchers = £30.00
Love2shop vouchers = £9.00

Total = £124.31 of which £36.99 was miscellaneous spends (clothing for my great aunt, seed potatoes)

ETA Spent another £7.50 nectar points + 45p cash this evening in Sainsburys. Apart from a loaf of crusty bread tomorrow, I shouldn't need to buy anything else until next Saturday...

muddywhitechicken

Karmacat wrote: »

Your own cherry tree lovely.

There are several on the rec. ground outside my house (very big - mature ones are huge, apparently, Edwardian Farm showed cherry ladders, and they're all massive too, sorry!) and I picked a few, though I was in a bad patch when they actually got ripe. But at least I remembered where my little cherry stoner was, I was happy about that

Have a lovely weekend.

I'm still very pleased with my tree - it's a good size and a beautiful shape Unless I dig up the lawn (tempting but unlikely!), I'll have to grow it in a large pot so it shouldn't get huge.

I now have quite a collection of fruit trees/bushes/plants :j

1 x cooking apple + 1 x eating apple (both stepovers)
1 x pear (stepover)
1 x plum
2 x cherry
1 x medlar
1 x quince
1 x fig
1 x crab apple
2 x gooseberry (1 x green + 1 x red)
raspberries
blackberries
strawberries
blueberries
rhubarb

earthgirl

Hi MWC,

We lost a hen today, and we have one left - I'm gutted. It was during the day - we let them free range. Farmer saw a fox at about 11.30 today, so we are thinking it took it.

I'm so sad, and the children will be really upset

muddywhitechicken

earthgirl wrote: »

Hi MWC,

We lost a hen today, and we have one left - I'm gutted. It was during the day - we let them free range. Farmer saw a fox at about 11.30 today, so we are thinking it took it.

I'm so sad, and the children will be really upset

oh EG, I'm so sorry to read that :(:(

Big hugs to you and the boys

MWCx

Skinnylatte

earthgirl wrote: »

Hi MWC,

We lost a hen today, and we have one left - I'm gutted. It was during the day - we let them free range. Farmer saw a fox at about 11.30 today, so we are thinking it took it.

I'm so sad, and the children will be really upset

That's sad

muddywhitechicken

£1.75 spent on crusty bread bringing total spending (excluding the miscellaneous spending mentioned previously) to £96.57. Of that, a whopping 54% was on fruit & veg!

I'm looking forward to dinner - our first new recipe of the year is Delia's oxtail braised in Guinness with cannellini beans using YS'd oxtail from the freezer and substituting dried haricot beans from the larder