Dancing in the Rain

beanielou

Life is way too short not to eat chocolate

doingitanyway

redofromstart wrote: »

Good decisions on the clothes. I decided to buy less volume but spend more on things I really like. I have wasted so much over the years on things that will do.

Nice YS haul, I hope the new food hall works for you. I was excited about passing one on the way back from my contract stuff but at 4.30/5 they are just doing 20% off sadly.

Thanks Redo. It is all about timing with YS food. I am spoilt now. I get annoyed if I pay full price for protein now. I didn't go to the new one I need to case that joint first to work out peak reductions time

beanielou wrote: »

Life is way too short not to eat chocolate

I couldn't agree more but to misquote a famous model 'nothing tastes better than healthy feels' so I need to reign it in a little!

beanielou

Getting the balance is what it is all about

doingitanyway

I have had treats. Theatre and a meal. I was treated to the meal and I paid for the ticket in early summer

I was treated to flowers today

Today I finished work, so relieved. My ‘weekend’ has arrived. I need a few days for myself…

I have noticed the increase in food prices for the first time really. I read another diary where they were talking about the increase in the price of butter. Today I noticed red lentils. I used to buy them in Mr W for 89p, today I paid £1.20. I will now go to an Indian supermarket and buy this in bulk as I use them loads.

My best buy today amongst lots of YS veggies was 4 bags of leeks reduced from £1.79 to 10p. Along with the lentils this will keep me in soup all week.

YS shopping has spoilt me. Today I bought some wafer thin ham for a salad. It was £3.25 reduced to £1 and I thought that was a bit pricey

Tomorrow I will be making/cooking/prepping food to last until Wednesday

houmous

leek and lentil soup

leek and cheese frittata

grilling sausages for the fridge

chop up celery for the fridge

cook kidney beans for the fridge

make a chicken stock for soup

lamb and root veggie curry

Hoping you are all enjoying your weekend

I am so looking forward to waking up and not having to go anywhere tomorrow

beanielou

What a lovely day you have had
Theatre, meal & flowers :j :j :j
& enjoy your weekend.

doingitanyway

beanielou wrote: »

What a lovely day you have had
Theatre, meal & flowers :j :j :j
& enjoy your weekend.

Thank you. The flowers were today but the theatre and meal were yesterday. All very nice

System

DIA hope you gave a lovely day at home getting all your food prepped.

Glad you enjoyed theatre, flowers and meal. I bought a vase yesterday for a £1 so am treating myself to some flowers from MR A to put in the said vase.

Leeks feature heavily in the Cumbria freezer at the mo.

in_need_of_direction

Better the leeks feature in the freezer than in the vase

parsniphead

Sounds like you have had a nice few days DIA. Long may it last.

doingitanyway

Cumbria_lass wrote: »

DIA hope you gave a lovely day at home getting all your food prepped.
Glad you enjoyed theatre, flowers and meal.
Leeks feature heavily in the Cumbria freezer at the mo.

Thanks Cumbria lass. Might freeze some of my stash too

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Better the leeks feature in the freezer than in the vase

:rotfl:

parsniphead wrote: »

Sounds like you have had a nice few days DIA. Long may it last.

Thanks Parsniphead. It won't. Banging down to earth today, but don't mind really

Today
I prepped all the food I said I would except for the humous. There is enough stuff until Wednesday so I’ll do that in the second half of the week.

Redo, you are right, the curry was greatly improved by adding lentils

I’ve definitely overeaten. :eek: It’s crisps. I eat them and they make me hungry in the way nuts do not. It is the simple carbs. Bad for blood sugar and they send me down an unfortunate path. NOT BUYING CRISPS ANYMORE. Also decluttered my freezer and threw away all processed meats as keep eating cheap sausages I got YS. It isn't a bargain if it affects my health. I hate food waste but I don't want to eat them!

Other than cooking and a 2 hour telephone call and cleaning the back of a door and one window I have done a big fat nothing. Ah well. Will do better tomorrow

The compressed hours have not worked out. It became complicated for work to administer and I was being asked to do tasks in the additional time that I was not happy with so back to the drawing board on that one

The £320 at the end of my debt is annoying me :mad: It hasn't been there long but it feels like it has. I want to be in the 3s today...

I hope you are all there having lovely Sundays and enjoying the fireworks even if it involves looking out of the window and looking up