Five OS Pleasures in your day today

vixtress

1, the realisation of being 'hooked' on this os lark when i felt the panic rising on realising i had forgotten my shopping list

2, having a mental note of the weeks menu plan so still being able to get everything.

3, making 3 huge pizzas for ds's 5th b'day party and the smugness of knowing the will be better than shop bought

4. the 3 bowls of fridge bottom pasta sauce ds ate for dinner that contained 6 different types of veg

5, having bought everything for party bags for 35 for less than a tenner!

tiff

First time I have read this thread, I love reading everyones posts.

Over the last few days mine are

Collecting free fruit donated from freecyclers

Collecting jam jars today from a freecycler, so I can make chutney with the fruit

Making a delicious soup that is new to me and watching my DD7 eat a whole bowl for the first time ever (I realised she didnt like pureed soup so left it lumpy)

Reading the old style forum

Learning I can grow blueberries in a pot (I'm not very green fingered!)

lil_me

1. Putting a little more 'thought' into food. I was going to do spag bol with mince, was browning the mince but realised there was chicken which needed using (previously frozen) which would have been just picked at until scoffed (DP a nightmare for left over meat in fridge and will just pick until it's gone) so I've thrown the mince cooked off in fridge to do shepherds pie tomorrow and did 'italian chicken' instead
2. Sweeping and mopping floors instead of vacuuming
3. Recycling sorting, my son saying 'I wish other people recycled as much as we do'
4. Being a bit more organised by updating calendar etc
5. Finding things I thought I had lost for good while decluttering, will save me money on replacing them

thriftlady_2

What a lot of replies this thread has had I'm glad it's reminded people that OS is not just about saving money -that's an added bonus.

1) I bought a tray of 13lbs damsons from the farmshop for £5.50 (42p a lb) half will go to chutney (see below) and the rest are in the freezer waiting to be turned into damson gin and damson puree for adding to yogurt and ice cream.

2) I've got a ginormous pan of damson chutney on the go -took me ages to stone 6lbs of damsons but smells wonderful and will taste lovely in 3 months (my birthday!)

3) Picked a huge mixing bowl full of blackberries in my garden.

4) Made a lovely looking blackberry cake for tea to eat warm with cream.

5) No-one likes the sliced bread we brought home from our holiday -it smells funny apparently Will have to bake some tomorrow or there'll be a riot.

donna73 love your blog:T

vixtress

1, the lovely roast dinner i made including 2 new veg that came in veg box.

2, the delicious chinese beef curry and egg fried rice for 2 (with leftovers) i made that cost about £2.50 instead of the £15 it would have been at the takeaway.

3, the enjoyment ds got helping to make up the party bags for next weeks birthday.

4, the thought that most of next weeks dinners are already cooked/prepared.

twink

got a bulb for a bedside light i got for £1 at a sale and it works, brand new too
washed and hoovered the car
made fridge bottom soup and fruit salad
weeded the front and back garden
went over to see kyle and family and they all enjoyed their day at the raf, lovely to see them all happy

floyd

1. Cleared out 7 binbags of crap from the house (lots of that went in recycle bin)
2. Sent a crate of fab condition books to Marie Curie shop
3. Made 2 dozen jam and lemon curd tarts before OH even got out of bed
4. About to make a lasagne to freeze
5. Doing my menu planning for next week

Miró

Got some lovely Ikea white porcelain crockery from the car boot sale for next to nothing. :j

Gave a big box of Bramley apples to a grateful Freecycler.

Heard that a friend is home from hospital after a 14 hr operation. :T

Had a snacky lunch of cheese from the local farmshop, HM bread, HM chutney and HM pickled beetroot...delish

Found a £1 coin on the pavement :rotfl:

vixtress

3 bin bags of toys sent to charity shop.

ds (4) helping sort out his stuff to send to 'the boys and girls with no toys'

the delicious tea we had with left overs for my lunch tomorrow

my collegue's impressedness when i mentioned the hampers i was making for xmas and the hm pizzas for ds's b'day

only 1 day at work then 2 days off to sort the kids wardrobes

*niptuckfan*

My os pleasures from yesterday-

Making £100 at car boot sale

Tiles now gleaming in kitchen with help of microfire cloth and drop of stardrops

4 loads of washing washed and dried in a day no tumble drier

Fresh bedding put on last night smelling lovely from being on line

Listing some unused items on ebay