Aspirations of Frugality and Fun on the Road to Mortgage Freedom

in_need_of_direction

I'm tired from just reading about today's activities. Here's hoping you get a good night's sleep

Cheery_Daff

excellent work there! :j :j :j

intrigued as to how the hairdresser ruined your leggings...

DedicatedDFW

Alchemilla wrote: »

Cheapie leggings in Primarche?

Thanks Al - i won't get there before they are needed. And i will just stick with the default outfit of the moment for now

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Just dropping on to say that I did a freezer inventory today - I've only got a little freezer, but there were things in there that I'd forgotten about. Will try to keep it up to date.

I'm wondering about a cupboard inventory now, but tend to think it's easier to glance into a cupboard to see what's there, so will put that one on the back burner for now

Hi GG,

Yep i am quite good at knowing what we have in except for the freezer of doom. Anywho's no more buying freezer food until at least 1 full shelf has been emptied - that doesn't mean i'll be eating 14 packs of sausages anytime soon :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: But just eating stuff from there and distributing to other shelves as space allows :cool:

I didn't inventory the shelves, just re-organised into date order and food type sections - my Mr told me we had no ham in so i added to my list - found 7 tins of it in the cupboard it always gets put in :eek: So its all sorted out and the ham has been crossed off the list :cool:

Hope you had some nice surprises in your freezer i was looking at some stuff going 'err meat?' :rotfl:

DedicatedDFW

Habibiboo wrote: »

:wave:

This is my current wardrobe / diet loop too Dedicated, lots to wear but a little too many bulges in the wrong places at the moment! A full wardrobe declutter is awaiting a bit of weight decluttering first!

You're doing well with all your decluttering, clothes, cupboards and all! :T

Hey hbbo - good to see you again I was brave and took the 1 pair of next size up shorts out of the wardrobe and got them ready to list for sale - I *will* lose the weight :) Remaining shorts are the size i have been for a long time although a bit big for my target weight - which i won't have reached before my hols without anything drastic happening - 2.5 stone to lose ideally 3 :cool:

Goldiegirl

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Hope you had some nice surprises in your freezer i was looking at some stuff going 'err meat?' :rotfl:

Well, there were a quite startling amount of fish cakes in there. I have no idea why I have been stock piling them! That's a few Saturday lunches sorted out

DedicatedDFW

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

I'm tired from just reading about today's activities. Here's hoping you get a good night's sleep

Thank INOD - sadly still away before 3.30am - no wonder i am shattered when i finish work.

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

excellent work there! :j :j :j

intrigued as to how the hairdresser ruined your leggings...

Same way she ruined our dining table, and 1 of the chairs - some sort of bleach

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Well, there were a quite startling amount of fish cakes in there. I have no idea why I have been stock piling them! That's a few Saturday lunches sorted out

Mmm i do like fishcakes and i haven't got any in - mind you whenever i look at them i am cannot part with the money for them they are quite dear for me at my supermarket.

DedicatedDFW

Where did the day go? This healthy / balanced eating malarky is 2 things - time consuming and expensive - was yummy too though Today i enjoyed oven baked smoked haddock served with a pea sauce, mashed salad potatoes with salt pepper and butter and stir fry. Left over fish and stir fry ready for lunch tomorrow.

The problem is i would never eat this lavishly normally.

The potatoes would be a meal on their own. As would the stir fry. The fish (for me) is a luxury midweek.

Several bay of e items written up and photo'd. 2 items ready to be washed before listing - i'm not that mucky but they must have been caught on something on the journey to the wardrobe.

Annoyingly had a message about an item after listing has ended so i don't know what it was and would like to get it sold and posted with everything else tomorrow. Replied to potential buyer (message came through late) but no response.

I need to shower and package items now but the view of the sky here is just beautiful gorgeous pinks and blues

Hope everyone is well. x

peaceandfreedom

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Where did the day go? This healthy / balanced eating malarky is 2 things - time consuming and expensive - was yummy too though Today i enjoyed oven baked smoked haddock served with a pea sauce, mashed salad potatoes with salt pepper and butter and stir fry. Left over fish and stir fry ready for lunch tomorrow.

The problem is i would never eat this lavishly normally.

The potatoes would be a meal on their own. As would the stir fry. The fish (for me) is a luxury midweek.

Fish is quite expensive - I often try to get ad-hoc reduced stuff if possible. It is yummy though and so easy to cook - I often just oven-bake it as you've done, perhaps slathered with olive oil, lemon juice and black pepper - yum!

I try to eat low-carb as far as possible, so I try to avoid potatoes - though it's hard because I love them. I have tons of veggies though.

jwil

Wow, you've been so busy again!

Your food sounds yummy! Impressed with the freezer stash too

DedicatedDFW

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Fish is quite expensive - I often try to get ad-hoc reduced stuff if possible. It is yummy though and so easy to cook - I often just oven-bake it as you've done, perhaps slathered with olive oil, lemon juice and black pepper - yum!

I try to eat low-carb as far as possible, so I try to avoid potatoes - though it's hard because I love them. I have tons of veggies though.

Thanks p&f - this was reduced price also - just not as cheap as i would like it to be

jwil wrote: »

Wow, you've been so busy again!

Your food sounds yummy! Impressed with the freezer stash too

Thanks jwil - the freezer really needs to have less stuff in it though - although i'll probably panic then about not having enough food. Also it seems the price items are reduced in the supermarket has changed - i didn't shop there at the times they were being reduced it was just a happy co-incidence. I cannot get in any earlier due to work and now it seems all the reduced shelves are empty as they are reducing items earlier instead