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Living richly; simply and debt-freely
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I have clicked the subscribe again so normal service is I hope resumed.
Hey Mint! lovely to see you - and you living the dream over in Cyprus too! Bravo! :T Love hearing that folk have set out to achieve something and do it
Must try harder myself 
This diary is currently in something of a limbo though - I'm not updating regularly, so I may well fall off your list again...... Thanks for your ongoing support though, I do recall you posting on my previous diary
GreyingGrocery spend April 2026 £158.03/£200
Non-food spend April 2026 £15.99/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 4/12 - £4.48/£98.02 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends0 -
Hi Greying. I feel exactly the same at the moment and I am only posting sporadically. So much going on, but I really want to get back to normal service soon. Partly because I need to make sure I stay on track and partly because I've been helped tremendously by lovely MSEers and Need to ensure I pass that on/give something back. I was in the murky depths and was rescued

Bought some YS mushrooms for 24p in Sainsbugs earlier which helped made a lovely stir fry. YS strawberries for 74p from South glamorgan, they were lovely.
Ah well, off for a little look around. Good wishes to all.
XxOSWL (start 13st) by 30Jun20 6/10
£1/day Xmas'20-62 £214/£366 saved
Grocery Challenge Jun £742/£320 spentHomeowner wannabe by July 2020 - WooHoo!!
Starter Emergency Fund £1000/£1000 saved0 -
GP - I've borrowed the loveliest cookbook from the library that makes me think of you! - "Spice 0dessy - From asafoedtida to wasabi, recipes to really excite & inspire".
Lovely pics of the dishes & such interesting combinations of spices and flavourings - Thinking of making the butternut & tofu laksa as well as the roasted veg couscous with feta & pomegranate!
xox
RT4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original End Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)0 -
GP - I've borrowed the loveliest cookbook from the library that makes me think of you! - "Spice 0dessy
Hey rtandon! - *Spikey Odd Missy* reminds you of me???????
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Ah, no, I've read it proper now..... *Spice Odyssey* - right, goggled it and it's by Paul Merrett :T:T See now, there is a chef who know's his stuff
Him and Allegra did awesome when they filmed *economy gastronomy* - pity the beeb puts style over substance and never really got behind them two
They really could have helped the nations cooks.
I hope we're going to get a blow-by-blow account of your kitchen endeavours whilst using this book? What's lush, what's a keeper, what worked *in company* etc etc
Well, I'm half way through listening to Lisa on R2 and making pizza and wedges fer us tea - I know - on a Saturday night :eek: - cuz I wunna......... :rotfl: And yes, coz it is the end of the month and March has been a looooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggg month and we're out of cash........
:rotfl:
Hope you are ALL keeping well
:D:D
Greying xGrocery spend April 2026 £158.03/£200
Non-food spend April 2026 £15.99/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 4/12 - £4.48/£98.02 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends0 -
Smilie knows your pizza doesn't come out of a box but he says he doesn't have your culinary skills

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Aw hun - looks like smilie is enjoying munching that pizza - which is all that really matters
Hope you are well 
Greying xGrocery spend April 2026 £158.03/£200
Non-food spend April 2026 £15.99/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 4/12 - £4.48/£98.02 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends0 -
He tells me he really loves pizza and can he come round and try yours some time pleaseGreying_Pilgrim wrote: »Aw hun - looks like smilie is enjoying munching that pizza - which is all that really matters
Hope you are well 
Greying x
All good here thank you :A0 -

A plate set for smilie and we've all squooshed up on the sofa to make room
Log burner is on 
Greying xGrocery spend April 2026 £158.03/£200
Non-food spend April 2026 £15.99/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 4/12 - £4.48/£98.02 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends0 -
Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

A plate set for smilie and we've all squooshed up on the sofa to make room
Log burner is on 
Greying x
Smilie asked me to tell you he's on his way
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Where is my plate GP? That looks LOVELY!!

Hope you are well, apart from the cash lackage. xxxTotal Debt: -£5,029.17/£11,220
A black belt only covers 2 inches of your a$$ - You have to cover the rest yourself - Royce Gracie0
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