PositiveBalance's Positive Postings on the Path to Paying off Peter & Paul and...

hiddenshadow

http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2013/11/18/salted-caramel-chocolate-chip-mini-cheesecakes/

I made the salted caramel (really yum) but was usually too lazy to actually heat it up and put it on - they were quite yummy without.

For no-bake ones I've just taken a regular cheesecake recipe and prepped it in ramekins rather than a 9" round tin. (We have varying size ramekins and a regular recipe usually fills 10-12 including our two huge ones.) It's a bit more faff in the fridge figuring out if the ramekins can/will stack, but once they're all set you can store them wherever.

gallygirl

:naughty: DO YOUR ASSIGNMENTS!!!!!

PositiveBalance

Hello everyone!

Day off...spent 20p on crisps yesterday, £1 chocolate and £6.50 on yoga. I appear to his mislaid a £10 note I took out of the cash machine as well. :mad:

I also spent some on a food shop (can't remember how much - will dig our receipt soon) plus 81p paying it forward on a good deed.

Today I paid £400.00 more today debt making a total of £1510.02. I guess I beat my 10% target for the month.

This is currently covered by my savings but I am getting to the end of them now and erring into stoozed money set aside. I have to be a little careful here but I'm just one right side of it.

PositiveBalance

Oh and £2 to the terrimundi as well.

PositiveBalance

Have tucked £3.06 away to bring debt repayments up to 13% but haven't paid it into the account I make debt repayments into as there is no interest payable on that account. And there is in my other account.

PositiveBalance

I've spent £1.00 on chocolate.

Also, I was intrigued with the notion of 'daily interest' on the mortgage as mentioned in numerous other diaries so I calculated mine or thereabouts: £3.59 a day! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Kind of wish I hasn't done that now!

PositiveBalance

Spent just over £10 yesterday on mostly rubbish food and good value coffee for work that looks like it won't be such good value for much longer.

Also, just made a smoothie using frozen fruit from Aldee. It's really good value - 5000g/pack. I hope the price doesn't go up later in the year when fruit is out of season.

Tinkerbelle2000

Hi PB. I've come over from Kirsty's diary, hope you don't mind. Read all of it tonight, seems we are both night owls lol.

I think my debt is a little higher than yours and my income a little lower Hope I can get some tips from you.

Tink xx

zcrat41

Hi,
Just stopping by to say I enjoy reading your diary.

Also - thank you for the amazing salted caramel cheesecake recip & idea to do it in ramekins!! There is finally a use for the million Gu pots I have !

PositiveBalance

Hi Tinkerbelle & zcrat41! :wave:

Nice to have you over here!

Sorry I'm being a bit rubbish at updating but I am still in assignment hell and have absolutely no motivation to do any of them whatseover!

In other news, it turns out that I am entitled to a tax rebate of about £400. Yippee!

Also, does anyone have a chiminea? Is it worth it? They've gone down in price as it's the end of season and I was thinking of purchasing one. Or a fire pit. (Could I use that as a bbq as well?)

Also, have just made some lovely HM lemon and lime body scrub as a present for someone. It's really good, cheap as chips to make and people are always really, really impressed with it as a gift!

Anyway, got to go. It's my day off work (unexpectedly) so I need to do some studying, especially as I have just had to spend hours complaining about bins to the council!:mad: