Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

brizzlegirl

All sounding great SSG..am sure you'll get to love those noise cancelling headphones. My OH swears by his.

I am now trying being vegan during the day. Vegan cheese is pretty rubbish apart from Violife Feta and a few very bespoke (and expensive) cashew ones I found in a small health/organic store near me. I am just staying clear of it at the moment but its hard.

I am going up in weight despite exercising every day. Think iss the wine!!!!

brizzlegirl

* Its!!!!
I am not drunk already honest its not even 9am!!!!

in_need_of_direction

That made me smile, thanks brizzle

Seasidegal58

milann said:

I’m very impressed you have managed staying vegan for as long as you have, 👍

moving_forward said:

I must have missed the bit about you going vegan. I need to lose weight but find the ww and sw type things just make me feel like im on a diet so vant wait to get off it. I need to stick to proper portion sizes and stop snacking

Thanks guys. I've not been 100% vegan since I started at the end of last year.  I took the decision that if I ate out and there wasn't anything that was 'tasty' vegan then I would lapse. Also if I visit friends and they have no vegan milk for coffee or non vegan food then I would lapse here too. It still results in a high percentage of eating vegan for most of the time. 

Seasidegal58

brizzlegirl said:

* Its!!!!
I am not drunk already honest its not even 9am!!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Seasidegal58

Nearly the end of the WFH home week - thank goodness!  It's been a bit of an up and down week - in particular dealing with difficult people who don't read their emails properly!😡

Nothing exciting to report - felt a bit meh yesterday and didn't go out for a walk. Feel a bit more bucked up today - digesting the fact of another three weeks of lockdown at least - but not surprised. 

Still swapping around radio channels in my 'Music While You Work' experiment. Latest are Classic FM , Planet Rock, Absolute (which had lots of mid-60s tracks - reminded me of my childhood!) and Heart 80s. I must say I've liked all of them so far apart from Kiss. 

I've been receiving birthday cards over the last few days though it's not till next week. I think friends and family have decided to get in early in case there are delays in the post!

I'm still waiting for my beauty box - it's being processed.  And off to Waitrose later which will incorporate my walk. 

SCRIMPY MSE THINGS 

The good news is that we've all heard from work that everyone is still receiving this year's bonus  which will be paid at the end of the month.  I feel extremely fortunate to be receiving this as well as having a steady job and salary when so many have been laid off or receiving less then their normal salary.   I've upped my regular charity donations and also contributed towards some one off payments to other charities. 

Apart from that nothing else spent!  

Mumoffourkids

That is good news about your bonus but you are so right that so many others are struggling. Good for you to donate some to charity.

I love the idea of changing radio stations. I normally listen to kisstory whilst I am sewing but I might have to switch it up a bit!

HairyHandofDartmoor

I hope your walk to Waitrose makes you feel less meh. I think we're all missing human contact. I enjoyed talking to the woman in the pharmacy today and it was only to confirm my name and address 😭🤣. 

It's very good for you that your financial situation hasn't changed for the worse and kind of you to give more to charity. Which charities do you support?

moving_forward

Your meh day is probally down to social isolation.  Its got to be very hard for those of you living alone in these times xx

moving_forward

Which dairy free milk do you think best in coffee?  I was veggie for a few years but the diet didn't suit my health at the time.  I do however have to limit my dairy and would love to find a good milk alternative that doesn't split in coffee or taste yuck.  I like almond milk straight up but its awful in coffee.  Soya milk tastes yuck in anything and I tried coconut milk at costa once and the taste of coconut ruined the coffee.