The Future's Feeling Fresh 'n' Fruity!

f0nz

Blooming men! Put a ham joint in the slow cooker for tea. Hubby decided he would make fried egg, chips and veg to go with it, all fine (I don't eat tea before work, normally just have a cup of coffee and a bit of fruit just before I leave). I Woke up at tea time so decided to go downstairs and see the kids for a bit and he'd used pretty much the whole joint :eek::eek: I would have used half of it then managed to get another meal for everyone out of the other half. That man is a feeder, he should be on a channel 4 show! He loves to see the kids eat bless him so if they ask for more he just keeps on feeding them :rotfl:

Have taken a couple of egg muffin thingies out of the freezer for "breakfast" at work and have a teeny drop of left over chilli in the fridge which will do for "lunch". Hubby's cooking off some corn on the cob for me to go with it. Bit random I know but it's looking a bit sad and pathetic so needs eaten and will save me from having rice.

Successful no spend day today :j

f0nz

Argh can't sleep!! :mad:

Really hope I can get some kip before work tonight otherwise I'll be a hot mess of uselessness! Having a cup of tea and a fruity oatcake to see if having a full tum might help.

Well spent £5.65 last night/this morning. Saw a post on Facebook about a £5 nails inc coupon free with a kinder Bueno so I bought one at work (70p) hopped on to the website and bought a nail polish set that had been reduced from £35 to £6, used the voucher which brought it down to £1 and then £3.95 p&p which is a bit poo but hey it's still ALOT cheaper than it would have been. That will get stashed aside for my niece's birthday as she loves posh nail polish. Already bagged her some cozy boot slippers and a posh candle in the Jan sales so that's her all bought for costing a grand total of £11.40 with a saving of £48.60 :j:T

f0nz

Still can't sleep :mad:

Found a pretty stonking offer online between Facebook and a gym website for a place called muscle foods. Have just ordered over £160's worth of meat for £82 :j best part is, is that you can pre-order it and set the delivery date up to 2 months in advance and no payment is taken until 2 days before delivery. That means if there any deals you particularly want but can't afford right there and then you can just pop them in your trolley and pay just before delivery when you have the funds :T Getting delivered mid next week so plenty of time to have a look for some recipes and get a meal plan all ready.

For anyone that's interested here's what I got for £82, free delivery and 2 x £5 vouchers (think there's also recipie booklets too):

400g - Irish Grass Fed Steak Mince
1.3kg - Corn-Fed French Chicken
400g - Prime Pork Loin Steaks
1-1.13kg - Barbary Duck Breasts
454g - Meaty Pork British Sausages
350g - Unsmoked Rindless Bacon
2 x 6oz - Great British Hache Steaks
600g - British Matured Beef Roasting Joint
340g+ - Chicken Drumsticks
580g - Hot & Spicy Chicken Wings

• 1 x 2.5kg Premium Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 3 x 400g Irish Grass Fed Beef Mince
• 2 x 400g Lean Diced British Beef
• 8 x 4oz Great British Steak Burgers
• 4 x 6oz Great British Hache Steaks

…& Fresh Veg:
• 1 x 1kg Fresh Jacket Potatoes – GMO Free
• 1 x 1kg Fresh Carrots – GMO Free
• 1 x 1kg Fresh White Onions – GMO Free

f0nz

My lovely Inlaws have stolen the kiddlywinkles away for the day but instead of sleeping I've started writing out next months meal plan. I'm absolutely shattered but I'm getting all anxious not knowing what to do with all that meat I just bought and really done want to waste any of it. Now that it's done I can relax a bit! I know, I know, I'm an idiot but we all have our little foibles Anyhoo main meals for next month will be:
Burgers, salad and homemade wedges
Cottage pie
Sausages, mash and veg
Pork stir fry with noodles
Chilli
Chicken biryani
BBQ chicken drumsticks with corn on the cob, salad and homemade jalapeño bread
Chicken jambalaya
Spicy chicken and rice with homemade garlic and cauliflower bread
Hache steaks in pitta bread with salad and coleslaw
Steak fajitas
Spag Bol
Shredded beef tacos with corn on the cob
Shredded beef enchiladas and salad
Chicken wings, wedges, coleslaw, salad and corn
Beef stew and crusty bread
Chicken and ham tangle pie
Lentil soup
Pea and ham soup

I know every meal has meat in it but i don't use a lot of meat at once. I tend to bulk out with veg or lentils. Hubby loves his meat so as long as there's a bit in there he's a happy boy We also don't tend to eat meat at any other time of day so I'm not too worried about us rotting our insides

About to go and find some healthy cheap recipes for snacks now. I fear I may be stuck to the Internet all day!

f0nz

Oh payday, why do you have to be so near yet so far? Absolutely desperate to pay off a lovely big chunk of the loan!! Seeing the balance under £2,000 will be lovely and a good psychological boost.

f0nz

Gave in to a plea from a sibling to lend them money. They still owe us money from last time they borrowed from us but I'm a soft touch and can't say no. I know how horrible it is to not be able to pay bills and stressing over having no money for food so I find it extremely difficult to say no.

Because of my over generosity I left us with £14 until Friday, oops! I didn't realise we needed to top up on bits and bobs so out I went today with £14 in my bank account and a winning scratch card with a whopping £2 on it. It was a real eye opener!! I thought I was pretty savvy when it came to shopping on a budget but until you have pretty much no money you don't make it stretch nearly as far as you can do. So for £15.65 I managed to get:
6 pints of milk
Block of cheese
12 "grown up size" yoghurts
Pack of garlic sausage
Satsumas
Bananas
Butter
3 loaves of bread
Rice
1 x box cereal
15 eggs
12-pack crisps
2 packets cookies
Tube of pringley type crisps
12 x sweets for the kiddos (individual marshmallows, chewy bars, that kind of Jazz)
Crackers

Bit of an eye opener that I managed to get that lot for under £20 when I can easily blow that amount on cr*p! Definitely giving myself a weekly top up budget and taking it out In cash and only allowing myself to spend that much. Any money shaved off the food budget can go to paying off the loan and then house deposit savings instead of hovering around my ample hips, thighs and belly!

f0nz

Things spinning around in head again making me all stressy so thought I'd write them down. There seems to be a lot of bits and bobs needing bought/paid for after next pay day:

Weekend away : approx £150-£200
A Birthday:£20
2 discharge certificates: £22
Car tax: I think I'm going to start paying this monthly, it's only about £4 dearer than paying for 12 months up front so not a huge outlay only about £11
Sending all letters re credit files recorded delivery: not sure how much this will cost but I'm guessing a fair amount as there are about 10 of them.
Teeny could really do with a new pair of trainers: £10-£15

That's everything I can think of just now, will add to the list if needed

Aloofdragon

Loving your diary so far, have you ever wondered what life will be like when we are debt free and can actually sleep rather than worry about money and 'stuff'? ooo it will be bliss !!


Hope you don't mind if I tag along x

f0nz

Aloofdragon wrote: »

Loving your diary so far, have you ever wondered what life will be like when we are debt free and can actually sleep rather than worry about money and 'stuff'? ooo it will be bliss !!


Hope you don't mind if I tag along x

Thank you very much! Of course I dont mind, will be nice to have the company

I cannot wait until we're debt free! It's been a long, hard, old slog. Seeing the money go into savings and grow every month will be so exciting! We've never really had savings before. We'll be like real grown ups :eek: :rotfl:

f0nz

Pretty productive day today and I'm rather chuffed with myself. Gutted out the kitchen cupboards and got rid of a ridiculous amount of out of date food, 2013 anyone :eek: also made th cupboards more workable and actually can see the products in there and have space in them now :T
Also did a bit of cooking. Have some taco style mince in the slow cooker, roasts off some root veg to chuck in with some cous cous and chicken for work meals and have made a rather yummy looking chorizo Mac and cheese (I really hope this tastes as good as it looks). This will stop hubby and I buying things from work and wasting money.


This last year us been a real struggle for me if I'm honest. After having my teeny 4 years ago I developed post natal depression but never got round to doing anything about it. Head in the sand, oh it'll go away, I'll go to the dr next week, I'm too busy .... And the list of excuses goes on. Hit pretty much rock bottom early last year and finally got the help needed. Getting out of bed was a real struggle and now here I am working, cleaning, cooking, going out on my own again ... It's great! Unfortunately I've not taken any medication for over 2 months ... See above list of excuses so I can feel myself slipping again so priority is to get to the quack ASAP, I'm doing well, I do not want to be where I was before!!!!!

Sorry for the verbal diarrhoea, I guess something in me needed to get that out