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cw18

kerri_gt wrote: »

Ow Cheryl, that sounds really painful. Can anyone batch cook you some meals that could be frozen in portions? Perhaps you could amend your rules a little in light of the circumstances with your wrist?

OH and I cook things in majorly different ways - I'd have to breath down his neck to be sure he padded out mince with oats and lentils, and that he gets more than 2 portions of anything from 500g of mince.

But that still leaves me with the problem of freezer space (have none as I stocked up on Costc0 chicken breasts 10 days ago and shoe-horned those in), and also cooking carbs to go with whatever as I hate frozen home cooked potatoes, rice and pasta. The only carbs I can cope with are baby new potatoes, but I don't have frozen veg, have no freezer space for veg, and don't have access to much in the way of (expensive) prepared veg locally. Plus I then end up with all kinds of tubs and pans I have to try and wash up one-handed, whereas with ready meals I can chuck the trays (would normally wash out and recycle, but needs must...) and only have to worry about cleaning odd bits of cutlery

fedupandskint

NSD 11 here today with no spends at all

t2rry

kerri_gt wrote: »

That's one of the reasons I don't include milk as a spend. Realistically few of us buy it unless we need it. If milk is counted as an allowable spend (like petrol) then don't have the temptation of 'oh well, I've broken my NSD with milk, so I'll get X,Y,Z as well now I'm here'.

That is a very good way of putting it and I think I may steal your logic. I don't allow any spends at all apart from direct debits (as far as I'm concerned they go out on payday as that's when they are budgeted for regardless of the day they actually leave my bank.

On that note, today was indeed NSD #6

kathy40uk

:hello:Hi there all xxx

Aww cw, welcome back :grouphug: but ouch!!

I haven't got another NSD as I had to buy electric on my way into work. I have got to pop into Aldis in the morning for some bits but that will be on my way home from work so as I am going home to bed afterwards I will be counting it as the same day. The reason I'm doing it like that is that I did think of doing it all in the morning but that would have took too long and I would have been too late getting in and getting to bed so as I'm going to sleep afterwards I'm kind of justifying it as being the same day if you know what I mean (as if I had done one on the way in on the morning and the other on the way home) that way I hope not to lose two NSDs. I hope that makes sense

Anyway, am off for now, see you all tomorrow

:hello:

marmiterulesok

cw18 that sounds tough.Are you right-handed?I wish I could help you out.

Hi kathyHi to you! :wave:
It all sounds perfectly logical.Have a good sleep.

t2rry glad you found buying milk to be an nsd.It does make sense.

I'm hoping for #12 today.

marmiterulesok

The front page has been updated,and we have 140 nsds in total!!

marmiterulesok

Happy Thursday all!

Aphidgirl

Yesterday was NSD 6 :j

I now have no bread but I can make pasta and pesto to take to work as lunch today and still got food in the cupboards for dinner so might manage another one today...

cw18

marmiterulesok wrote: »

cw18 that sounds tough.Are you right-handed?I wish I could help you out.

Yes I am, but many mis-spent hours at secondary school are paying off
When we were kept in at play time 'cos of rain we used to get bored, so a bunch of us decided it would be fun to try writing with our 'wrong' hand. End result is that some 35 years later I can still write legibly with it (even if it is a bit shakey), and I can sign my name (possibly not to the point a financial company would accept it, but doctors are amazed they can read it on consent forms).... and it means the hand-to-eye co-ordination for other tasks isn't too bad either

t2rry

marmiterulesok wrote: »

t2rry glad you found buying milk to be an nsd.It does make sense.

Shame I bought more than milk the other day! That's the first time someone has explained the reasoning by having 'allowable' spends that makes sense to me...it stops you buying unnecessary items at the same time...of course!

Therefore....therefore... (spoken in the manner of George C Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge in the best version of A Christmas Carol that exists!) ...milk shall forever more be an allowable spend. As shall petrol...as shall my monthly online grocery shop (that is always to stock up on necessary provisions)

I shall keep top up grocery shops (save for milk!) not allowable as this will kerb spending.

Is there anything else people have as allowable that makes sense in this same fashion?????

Oh, and challenge to obtain powdered milk accepted...next online shop!