Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

wishingthemortgaheaway wrote: »

Tea sounds lovely, what a great outdoor larder you have.

Yes, the garden has been very productive this year - mixed salad leaves, chard, rocket, endive, purple beans, mangetout, garlic, cherry tomatoes, potatoes & yellow courgettes so far

muddywhitechicken

£7 TCB claimed and £35 cashback incentive credited to new 0% CC :T

Today's to do list:

* meal plan and write shopping list

* walk into town - drop some stuff off at a charity shop, grocery shopping, bank

* fit second blind in kitchen (it should be easy peasy now we know what to do...!)

* touch up paint where we've scuffed the kitchen walls putting up the blinds

* tidy understairs cupboard so we can get more stuff in there

* find homes for the all the kitchen/living room bits & pieces currently in the spare room

* filing

* laundry

* keep on top of the garden

greent

What a pain about the curtains

Hopefully your logs will still be there this morning

x

muddywhitechicken

greent wrote: »

Hopefully your logs will still be there this morning

Still there at the moment gt!

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

... and that's it nothing else. I mean that

:o:o Spent £300 JL GVs on a new fancy hand blender, a cast iron grill pan, new chopping boards and kitchen scissors, then Mr MWC bought an orange coffee machine & 250 coffee capsules :o:o

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Today's to do list:

* meal plan and write shopping list - done

* walk into town - drop some stuff off at a charity shop, grocery shopping, bank - done

* fit second blind in kitchen (it should be easy peasy now we know what to do...!) - done

* touch up paint where we've scuffed the kitchen walls putting up the blinds - just needed a rub with a magic sponge :T

* tidy understairs cupboard so we can get more stuff in there - very nearly done

* find homes for the all the kitchen/living room bits & pieces currently in the spare room - getting there...

* filing - not done

* laundry - done

* keep on top of the garden - not done

We also did a couple of trips to the tip, bought chicken food and the electrician fitted the new living room ceiling light

wishingthemortgaheaway

Sounds like a very productive day.

I'm a cast iron cooking pots girl, I'm really missing them in this holiday cottage/digs. I feel like Im using every pot in the kitchen to make a simple tea.

muddywhitechicken

My brother swears by them too and has a huge collection of secondhand cast iron pots & pans. He's been known to take them on holiday :rotfl: We tend to use the stainless steel saucepans I got from Boots 20 years ago - all purchased on BOGOF and with loyalty points, no real money :T - but Mr MWC has a hankering for another couple of cast iron pots (I made the mistake of telling him that there was a substantial amount left in the savngs account :doh:) so I've told him that he has to wait until they're on offer.

Mr MWC is in California on business this week so I'm hoping to get the house completely straight whilst he is away, aka hiding things so he can't find them

wishingthemortgaheaway

I will be bringing at least one of them with me next year. They are so flexible.

muddywhitechicken

It's pay day :j

Looking forward to shuffling money later although there is a whopper of a CC bill to pay as well

Karmacat

Hi MWC! Yay to payday ... and ooh to cast iron pans. I'm very tempted - I use stainless steel myself, with one nonstick for sticky things, but I'd really like some cast iron ... any brand you recommend, or simple JL?