Trying not to fall off the DF wagon

vasseur

I don't believe this. I have just typed a really long post and I have lost it. Grrrr....

To Do List

Take down xmas decs.

Ta-da! List

Christening present collected.
New underwear for dd bought from primarni - £5.50
Exchanged underwear present for me in Debnam$ for correct size -£free
Eyebrows threaded - freebie from loyalty card:T
Te$cos for GF bits mainly - £8
Brown parcel paper for eb@y sales- £1
Make-up remover pads bought with Advantage card points
Cooked dinner for friends
Made stock from bones (first time ever - smells great)
Cleaned out fridge (long overdue)
Sold 2 eb@y items - total £43.50
Parcelled up sales.
Ironing
Tidy up

That list looks much better. We got quite a lot in town without actually spending too much real money

judi24

Wow you had a busy and productive day! What are you going to make with your stock? I love making fresh stock - I have some chicken stock in the freezer but at the moment I have 3 tubs of turkey and rice soup and 2 tubs of curried parsnip soup to use up first! Lucky I like soup!


Well done on the eb*y sales - I keep saying I am going start eb*ying but never quite get round to it!!!

RosaBernicia

Go you - love the idea of To Do and TaDa lists :T

I have always wanted to make proper stock following roasts... need to move somewhere with a decent kitchen and sufficient space to seat friends! Hopefully this will be the year

RB xx

vasseur

judi24 wrote: »

Wow you had a busy and productive day! What are you going to make with your stock? I love making fresh stock - I have some chicken stock in the freezer but at the moment I have 3 tubs of turkey and rice soup and 2 tubs of curried parsnip soup to use up first! Lucky I like soup!


Well done on the eb*y sales - I keep saying I am going start eb*ying but never quite get round to it!!!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the stock :think: I might just use it when I next do risotto. The recipes usually say 'good quality stock' and all I usually have in is run of the mill stuff. I must admit I was surprised at how easy it was - i always assumed it would be fiddly and smelly (!)

Once you start eb@ying it becomes quite addictive. It is so easy these days with smartphones too. Can usually just list everything whilst sitting on the sofa

vasseur

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I have always wanted to make proper stock following roasts... need to move somewhere with a decent kitchen and sufficient space to seat friends! Hopefully this will be the year

RB xx

I have decided to entertain more (well, I clearly need the practise ) and as I have done it twice this year already and it is only 5 Jan that's not bad going!

You'll get there Rosa - you have enough determination and the right attitude

vasseur

Ta-da! List

100 crunches done (have actually managed it every day but keep forgetting to post it.
Tree and decs down
Bank accounts checked
Eb@y parcels sent off.
Floors steamed
3 loads of washing done

To do list

Go for a run at lunchtime

Took the steam mop for a test drive and once it had been going for about 10 minutes it was OK. It was quite hard work to start with but I think that was because the pad was dry. I think all in all it is OK for the money (£24)

vasseur

Ta-da! List for yesterday and today..

100 crunches (both days)
Went for run (yesterday)

Not much else on the 'achieved' list. I've got a rotten sore throat which is probably just the beginning of a cold (which I smugly thought I'd managed to avoid whilst everyone else was dropping like flies but no, it's got me :cool:) Running in the rain yesterday probably didn't help. Been dosing myself up for the last couple of days and will go to bed after Silent Witness.

I signed up for a free trial of My credit M0nitor through TCB for £15.75 cashback. Since I 'rejoined' TCB last week I now have £53 pending.

The fridge is looking encouragingly bare which is good because it means I bought just enough food to last until food shop on Friday :T

judi24

Hi Vasseur you are doing great with the crunches and running - send some motivation my way please! I hope the cold doesn't turn into this nasty bug that seems to be everywhere - I wasn't well 10 days before Christmas and I'm still coughing!!! might have a look at the credit monitor thing - that cash back is very good!

RosaBernicia

Hm, I may follow your example in heading for TBC instead of QCo. I looked for insurance on there a week ago and was very disappointed to find that they'd set up their own search tool instead of using the wider ones.

Good on you for going running - not sure I will manage to follow that example very soon, but may try when I'm back in the swing of the day job. I did get the running book on Amazon deals for a whole 99p today - that must count for something


RB xx

vasseur

judi24 wrote: »

Hi Vasseur you are doing great with the crunches and running - send some motivation my way please! I hope the cold doesn't turn into this nasty bug that seems to be everywhere - I wasn't well 10 days before Christmas and I'm still coughing!!! might have a look at the credit monitor thing - that cash back is very good!

Motivation sent

I actually think it might be tonsillitis I used to suffer from it a lot when i was younger so i know what it feels like. No point in going to the doctor - it will be gone by the time I get an appointment...

Do credit monitor thing just make sure you diarise to cancel after 25 days.