Five OS Pleasures in your day today

[Deleted User]

Today is all about:
1. Listening to the rain on the roof, knowing its filling the water tanks
2. sewing up crochet blanket.
3. spinning wool for next project - jersey for DH
4. Practicing Tai Chi moves learnt yesterday.
5. Spending time with Dh who's home for the day

fertyskids

today..

1. dried 3 loads of washing on the line.

2. central heating off. had to put the gas fire on for a few minutes for the little ones.

3. no spend day.

4. still using food from the freezer, nearly £100 under budget this month!!

5. son has a hot water bottle lovely..

6. friend is going to teach me to knit and sew!!!! im excited!!!!

Beki

1. knowing that OH's starting his new job today after being laid off 3 days ago with no warning - rubbish new job really, but so proud of him that he's not too proud to do it

2. looking forward to making a batch of muffins for my little girl and her friend who's sleeping over tonight

3. knowing we have enough food to keep us going for quite a while

4. reading through the threads on here, gaining inspiration

5. looking forward to making h/m macaroni cheese for dinner

OrkneyStar

Hello :wave:
Yesterday, last night and today's pleasures
1. HM teacakes
2. knitting for DS while sitting with hot oat bag on my toes (to save putting fire on)
3. package arrived from mum with hand knitted tank top for DS and 'Chelsea whopper' sweets.
4. HM quiche, cauli cheese and bubble and squeak cakes for the freezer.
5. sweeping all the crumbs off the floor and not using hoover so saving leccie
It's great to hear what everyone has been doing and hope all are doing ok.
x

Caterina

Ohhh I got so many today that I will probably go well over 5, let's see:

1 - My friend calling me and taking me for a drive and window-shop in Bluewater (and then Lakeside)

2 - Finding while in Bluewater John Lewis that there is a free event run by Rowan (yarns) showing makeovers, knitted garments fashion show and free refreshments

3 - The Bucks Fizz, sandwiches and cakes eaten for free at the show

4 - Winning a fab pair of mittens (hand knitted in a lovely purple colour) at the charity raffle during the event

5 - On to Lakeside, getting a free hot drink for me and my friend just by signing up to a "family card" in Ikea

6 - Eating a small but sufficiently filling (due to previous sandwiches and cake) child portion of haddock, chips and peas (grand total £1.35!) and getting a free fruit in the bargain

7 - Eating a good handful of ginger biscuits at the sampling downstairs in Ikea food shop.

I could go on, and I had to group all the pleasures above otherwise I could have gone on and on and on.

Oh, I was forgetting:

8 - the very nice and tasty HM veg curry, bean dal and brown rice dinner I cooked instead of getting a takeaway!

9 - Pudding: the apple cake my friend brought me this morning when she came to pick me up.

Life is great, thank you!

Caterina

bellaquidsin

1. Foraging in the freezer and finding, blueberries bought on special,
migdool dates - reduced and a turkey thigh bone.

2. Made scrummy blueberry muffins from a recipe on this board ages ago.

3. Made sticky toffee muffins (can be used as puddings) with the dates,
also from a recipe on this board.

4. Putting turkey thigh bone with this weeks turkey thigh bone in the
Remoska to 'roast' with an onion and making a scrummy stock.

5. The beautiful sunshine which raised the temperature in my dining room
to 25deg this afternoon and has left it a comfortable 20deg tonight so:j no heating on again tonight.

Bella.

[Deleted User]

My OS pleasures

1. Having £70 to put towards my emergency savings since starting OS Grocery Challenge

2. Making my first ever rice pudding tonight and enjoying eating it.

3. Having all my meals planned for the month ahead.

4. Teaching myself to sew. Starting of simply with little lavender bags.

5. My hot water bottle!

Allie
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apple_mint

Some of the OS things I've done today ....
1. Made up another batch of HM museli (oats, crushed Shredded Wheat, sultanas and chopped nuts)
2. Popped a piece gammon in the slow cooker for the day - I'll get several meals from this and I have some stock to make pea and ham soup with.
3. Finding the spicy hasselback potato recipe on OS and making them for dinner tonight in the remoska (with enough left over for a supper with mayonnaise)
4. Finding a good buy one, get the cheapest free on herbs and spices at Julian Graves at the Outlet store.
5. Snugling up in a fleece to watch an old film on DVD with OH this evening

[Deleted User]

today I have
1. Finished the crochet blanket i was making for next winter.
2. Started knitting soft toys for Christmas presents.
3. Making fishcakes with the snapper OH caught yesterday.
4. Foraging for pine cones from the nearby forest.
5. Surf casting at the river mouth with OH.
Have a great day

Hardup_Hester

It's taken me a couple of days to get up to 5, but I've finally made it.

1) snuggling up an a thick cardie given to me by a friend, she bought one in every colour & then decided sh wasn't keen on the green one.
2)being given 2 more empty small biscuit tins that I can use to put home made goodies in as christmas gifts
3) it's half term next week & I have the whole week off.
4) selling another DVD on Ebay
5) making chinese style ribs & special fried rice for tea & hubby saying it was better than any takeaway.