MFW Diary - Take 1!

Calfuray

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

Baby steps, but they're steps in the right direction :beer:

I think I just need to remember it's a marathon, not a sprint - as I've heard somebody on here say before.

14 days til payday. Sigh.

Dentist tomorrow Waiting to see how expensive that turns out! My wisdom teeth are giving me bother.

Cheque to deposit at bank tomorrow, really grudge paying for parking to go to my bank, no local branches. Thinking of opening up Halifax Rewards account, and then that bank is local and free to use, then transfer over to main bank.

Does anyone have any links to find out more information on shares and how that all works?

Have been lurking about and not posting as I feel a bit.. blaah.

I think once I'm busy again I'll be floating along quite happily but now I'm boooooored. Can't wait for uni. It's going to be hectic!

Calfuray

Dentist - expensive and sore. Not sure how much that will affect OPs for next month

Calfuray

Nice and full after dinner

Back to dentist on Monday Need to go though, filling that's been done feels dodgy, need to see if they can fix it or see why it's hurting

Got our yearly mortgage statement today, made for interesting reading! Had a mini freak-out, saw a redemption administration fee on the mortgage and was like this -> :mad:
I was so careful to read all T&Cs, and didn't understand how this had been charged, even on the fixed rate the T&Cs were that we could only make OPs of up to £500 pcm, and we definitely hadn't reached that.

Tried to phone, department closed.
Searched for it on their website - and found that this is the fee that would be added if we were to pay our mortgage in full now. Oops

Calfuray

Nice and chilled out day today, slight, teeny tiny bit of snow.

Bought some clothes in online sale as I really need a few basics.

Have spend the afternoon trying to list what meals we can eat so I can continue with meal planning, drawing a serious blank here.
This is all I have so far:

chilli con carne
basic pizza
risotto
paella
chicken noodle soup
curry
stir fry mix
shepard's pie
cottage pie
macaroni cheese
omelette
spicy lentil soup
gnocchi
hamburgers
chickenburgers
sausage casserole
baked potatoes

And I'll need to make 2 of everything as partner and I are our own unique brands of fussiness that don't combine. Yay.

If anyone has any more ideas, please, please jump in.

Cal

pavlovs_dog

when I'm meal planning and cooking from scratch I tend to work on a themed basis for inspiration as much as anything else e.g

1) Roast (e.g. chicken dinner)
2) Pasta (chicken pesto pasta)
3) Rice (chilli & rice)
4) Cheap n Cheerful (jacket spud, beans on toast, soup & sandwich etc)
5) veggie (bean enchiladas, veggie fajitas)
6) fakeaway (stir fry, duck pancakes etc)
7) fish (fish and chips, fish pie)

Calfuray

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

when I'm meal planning and cooking from scratch I tend to work on a themed basis for inspiration as much as anything else e.g

1) Roast (e.g. chicken dinner)
2) Pasta (chicken pesto pasta)
3) Rice (chilli & rice)
4) Cheap n Cheerful (jacket spud, beans on toast, soup & sandwich etc)
5) veggie (bean enchiladas, veggie fajitas)
6) fakeaway (stir fry, duck pancakes etc)
7) fish (fish and chips, fish pie)

Hmm, good idea. Problem being the OH does not like any vegetables apart from carrot and sometimes mushroom depending on his mood. Or seafood. So from that list he would eat, chicken dinner, jacket spud, soup + sandwich and nothing else.

:eek:

VoucherMan

One meal I make regularly - lasagne.

Got some beef stew/casserole in the slow cooker at the moment. Might add some dumplings later.

Calfuray

VoucherMan wrote: »

One meal I make regularly - lasagne.

Got some beef stew/casserole in the slow cooker at the moment. Might add some dumplings later.

How did I miss lasagna? Oh dear! Love it

Beef casserole sounds really tasty, will need to add to the list too.

Thank you!

nattypants

Calfuray wrote: »

Nice and chilled out day today, slight, teeny tiny bit of snow.

Scotland's been RUBBISH with it's attempts to snow, so far this year. I mean c'mon, doesn't the urgent need for a few snow days mean anything?
Personally, I think it's rude and inconsiderate of our weather.

PS your meal planning is missing the vital ingredient of chips:D

Calfuray

nattypants wrote: »

Scotland's been RUBBISH with it's attempts to snow, so far this year. I mean c'mon, doesn't the urgent need for a few snow days mean anything?
Personally, I think it's rude and inconsiderate of our weather.

PS your meal planning is missing the vital ingredient of chips:D

Did you see the forecast for tomorrow? :eek:

And I had roasties tonight, so kinda chips?