Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

Pippilongstocking

Why thank u!

Tea all round I say. Bonnie here and my job share has given me the day off!

Woop

Cheery_Daff

Well now that IS exciting! :j :j :j

Was reading through some cheery old posts on your blog this morning :j Most jolly SO much need some chickens - aarrgghh! Will be coming to you for chicken-related tips as soon as we move (if we ever bloody move, that is...) :rotfl: :rotfl:

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Exactly cheery I was just thinking the other day (as my hours will be reducing very soon) that I might actually *actually* find time to do some writing.

Chicken related anything is always good - the lasses are up to two eggs a day again (only 3 darlings left) so I gave them extra rations yesterday.

WHOLE day yesterday from 7.30am til 6pm in the garden. WHOLE DAY can't remember the last time that happened.

Fingers crossed you can move soon - OH went past the old flat yesterday on way home to check lights were on etc and the new person is in. They can't change their mind now! Although I know in scotland its legal once the offers accepted but until they're in with their little knotted hanky - you know its not real.

So today - lazy start after a gorgeous dinner out last night. Anniversary of TRG and I meeting. 13 years wowser. Got to go out for a posh dinner.

lovely it was too.

So now its back to reality and meal planning its about 3 weeks til we head off on the last hols of the year and so we need to eat out the cupboards/freezer.

Kettle on, a working at home day for chores and also wombles.

Must write invoice too.

I feel a wee list coming on.



Banks
Invoices
Update work accounts
Fathom next weeks working week
Hosp again on Wed see about pesky knee
Washing
Indoor mowing (hoovering)
List for groceries - but prob not much.
Check out if can use the vouchers for Ffoods - they've lots of 'store stuff'
Fly lady - already done 15 mins in kitchen.

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BANKS DONE - transferred housekeeping and petrol to credit card and cleared the balance.

Other cc made an extra payment so its now reducing nicely.

Transferred £100 into kids uni account.

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Checked here for new free sole trader accounting spreadsheet as last years one was so easy. But only last years one up the now. I'm sure they'll have a new one soon.

If anyone has any other suggestions happy to hear it.

I've just had a statement for the pension I knew nothing about still mulling what to do with it.

Freezer and cupboards next I reckon. (for a meal plan not for a pension.)

Had a look at tatties no chitting yet, lazy beggars. Spinach has started growing again and I found a few random carrots when planting tulips yesterday and three shallots.

All the caned fruit is starting to bud up. Have a couple of £1 reduced bushes to plant too.

Rubs fingers at idea of a good season.

Pretty sure I have some T&M vouchers I didn't use last year via email must check. I'll get tomato plants after we come back from hols.

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Freezer.....

bread and related items x 16
fish and fish related stuff x 17
Fish stock x 22 portions
meat x 5 (sausages, mince, turkey mince, liver, chicken breasts (cooked)
home ready meals (fish curry mince, spag bog, ven stew and lamb bog) 5
Butter x 10
Cheese x 5 (brie, halloumi, raclette cheese, phily)
milk x 2
veggies x 7 (corn, carrots + neeps, tatties, leeks, chopped onions)
duck x 1/2
ice cream and lollies 2
lunches for work - curry/soup/soup/soup

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Fridge

Fruit (kiwi pomegranite apples) *reduced* and half a tinned pineapple
Veg - carrots leeks garlic tatties neep mushrooms asparagras *all reduced*
cheese - (cheddar, orkney smoked, cream cheese)
veg chorizo *reduced*
meat chorizo
a couple dodgy looking carrots and a half onion
Milk
Cordial

So need a wee bit of milk, and some dug fud. Anything reduced is good as long as it will be scoffed. ** items need using quick.

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I also found something dead in the fridge. I think it use to be a cucumber. RIP you poor beggar.

Sorry about that. Ashamed at my cruelty to food. Nobody should be left behind.

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Few bits when out.

Mutt food, 17p fizzy water for his 'cocktails' he knows how to live.

Reduced meat gained - (yes I know I have an addiction)
Chicken (breasts, thighs and wings) c84p-1.25 each x 4
Pork mince x 2 £1.29
Steak mince x 2 £1.14
Sausages - 74p
K Prawn ready meal 1.10

Bread 14p
Advocados 2 x £1
Kale - 25p
carrot battons 5p

F/price milk, some crisps for tonight.

£23 spent all in total


fly lady'd the fridge so its looking OK but not perfect.

Carrot soup on the hob and some fish bones. Domestic goddess or what.

What really eh.

Cheery_Daff

Domestic goddess indeed RIP poor old cucumber, so sad when that happens, and I bet it's not often in your house :rotfl: Yay for bargains though :j Just done a bit of yellow stickering myself although not on your scale Some basil and coriander for 44p, yesterday got a couple of bags of rocket for 25p each and some tubs of chopped onions reduced to 10p :j