Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Upsidedown_Bear

Is (value) beans on (YS) bread a recipe? :think::D

Greying_Pilgrim

Yup!

Greying

beanielou

I cant quite master the art of transferring the pictures from the camera to MSE or the book :eek:

Karmacat

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

... I did spend money today, but it was all on 'budgetted' for stuff, with the exception of a pad that I will use for writing paper whilst we are away. Excuse me people, just WHEN did we stop using writing pads? I know I was pressed for time, but I went to 5 different places today, Wilks, HB, tHe W0rks, whsmits and RyMan to look for a simple A5 size writing pad. I couldn't find one at all, with the exception of R**** that had the ubiquitous *Essex town meets 007* pad for £4something or other :eek: I ended up purchasing a plain paper exercise book from whsmits that is about a5ish, and if I carefully 'unpick' the sheets, they will become sort of A4. That was 99p for about 48 sheets - 24 I suppose A4 size. Honestly - no A5 size plain or lined writing pads for a quid or less - jeez!

:rotfl: I don't use writing paper at all - I'm much too verbose, and my handwriting *can* be very big, especially if I actually feel like writing to someone - I really *need* A4 to write on :rotfl:

At least the organising for the hols is coming along apace. I do love reading about seasoned travellers, who carry 2 eyepod cases and dash off for 3 weeks in the Himalayas at a stretch. In one eyepod case, they carry, erm.. their eyepod and in the other they have 16 'separates' including formal evening wear - afterall, one never knows when one will bump into a chocolate proffering ambassador...... the ruffguide to the mountains, a toothbrush, toothpaste, skis, crampons and raymondo bands and a packet of condominiums just in case they hit it lucky with the ski-instructor Oh, and naturally, they 'wear' their hat, which has a built in charger for the eyepod and can transform into a satellite phone if you turn it inside out.

We meanwhile contemplate purchasing a trailer as we have so much 'stuff' :rotfl::rotfl:(I exaggerate un petit peu.....)

I'd like to be the seasoned traveller! One year when I went to the States, I did manage to take my rucksack as hand luggage, and nothing in the hold at all, because I planned to buy most of my clothes out there, but that didn't really happen, I just kept washing everything

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

handwritten notes and letters - but no wonder H had to write on the back of the event invite, nobody sells affordable writing paper anymore..........

for walking guides - I have just finished a novel that included a walking guide to a particular place. It and other aspects of the novel will 'guide' (and perhaps enhance) some of our holiday activity. A novel with 'added extras'.......how.....novel.

the postal service - I don't need the pizza company flyers, nor the posh veg box company literature, I'm happy with my broadband co and really don't have time for satellite TV, but for bringing me a note from a friend and the NT autumn/winter magazine, Royal Mail, I thank you

Awww. Actually, yes, I like the sound of the walking guide in the novel

beanielou wrote: »

I envy you your talent of so effortlessly posting picures of your lovely meals.
I cannot master this at all :rotfl:

Me too

I hope you actually *enjoy* writing letters, Greying - your lovely meal too, the smoked paprika sounds lovely.

Upsidedown_Bear

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Yup!

Greying

In that case I know one recipe

miss_empty_piggy

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

In that case I know one recipe

It's the first meal on my meal planner - and features quite heavily in our repertoire (particularly at the end of the month). When we're feeling flush or needing to have a foreign-style meal I will have it "avec oeuf" - and "le sauce brun" (yummy).

Massive apologies if brown sauce is feminine - didn't mean to offend anyone with my "le".

Upsidedown_Bear

miss_empty_piggy wrote: »

It's the first meal on my meal planner - and features quite heavily in our repertoire (particularly at the end of the month). When we're feeling flush or needing to have a foreign-style meal I will have it "avec oeuf" - and "le sauce brun" (yummy).

Massive apologies if brown sauce is feminine - didn't mean to offend anyone with my "le".

Thank you - I can now add 2 more recipes to my repertoire :D

Greying_Pilgrim

miss_empty_piggy wrote: »

It's the first meal on my meal planner - and features quite heavily in our repertoire (particularly at the end of the month). When we're feeling flush or needing to have a foreign-style meal I will have it "avec oeuf" - and "le sauce brun" (yummy).

Massive apologies if brown sauce is feminine - didn't mean to offend anyone with my "le".

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

Thank you - I can now add 2 more recipes to my repertoire :D

See - you all know far more than you're letting on.....:D Plus, you've all quite clearly done the cordon bleu course - Greying hasn't! :rotfl:

Greying

Greying_Pilgrim

Karmacat wrote: »

:rotfl: I don't use writing paper at all - I'm much too verbose, and my handwriting *can* be very big, especially if I actually feel like writing to someone - I really *need* A4 to write on :rotfl:

I hope you actually *enjoy* writing letters, Greying

Having been a recipient of a letter from you Karmacat, you are selling yourself short! And yes, I *lurve* writing letters, great big huge long, rambling ones (which will come as a surprise to many, I'm sure ) Although as I've mentioned on the thread before, I cannot say whether the recipients enjoy receiving them :rotfl:

I was only looking for an A5 pad because of space issues - DP has added 2 reading books on top of all the [STRIKE]carp[/STRIKE] essential books, maps, paperwork, chargers, batteries and pens I've already nominated. I usually write on A4 printer paper - and hope my sentences don't get too spidery across the page

Greying

Mint1955

So to extend the repertoire and for special occasions here are two more
Cheese on toast with beans on top
And
Beans on toast with cheese on top for the ones that you have to hide veggies from
Sheila