The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

Greying_Pilgrim

rtandon27 wrote: »

Oh boo - no Aldi near us!

GP - what were the MrL deals? - online all I can see is the 59p deals we bought over the weekend!

All 29p (at the mo ) 500g washed parsnips, 1.5kg mini roasting tatties (they specify British), washed Carrots 1kg and echalion shallots 500g.

Regional differences MAY apply, so please check before making a special journey - I thank you

Greying X

rtandon27

Thank-you GP!

We will have to give this week's MrL offerings a miss as we have all of those particular veg 'in stock' already! (though I will check the local online as per your disclaimer lol)

Might be a bit of a hodge podge shop this week as our freezer surprise adventure regains momentum!

Today we will be using a taco kit that surfaced in the storecupboard & some frozen mystery mince along with lots of fresh healthy veg & frozen grated cheese - him with all the new found time on his hands is in charge of bringing it together!;)

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Ever feel like you take one step forward and then another back?

In some ways I've done well today, as Baby Greying has been a little under the weather But in other ways, I've not achieved what I wanted to Ah well. BG has gone to bed much brighter and we've eaten. Maybe I'm being a little hard on myself.

All the chrimbo cards in the final tranche were written, addressed and stamped last night, and we posted them this morning :j I only have one member of the junior brigade in the family to get a (cash) gift to. Will sort that, hopefully this weekend.

I caved in and bought a box of weetybicks today. I haven't been able to come up with a sustainable and less costly breakfast alternative for myself, and I'm getting too hungry by lunchtime - to the extent that there are no longer any scabby hosses anywhere in the vicinity of Greying Town........ :rotfl: So back to normal tomorrow with me weetybicks & narnar

I think I may well try and institute the practice of writing down all my household purchases in January. I'm liking weekly meal planning, but money is still draining away too quickly. I can't reset/analyse the budget unless I know exactly where it is all going to. I'm somewhat concerned that council tax is going up - yet another rise in prices, with no likelihood of an attendant rise in household income. So some belt-tightening is on the horizon - and I thought I was doing so well losing the baby weight by myself!

Tea was a buddha bowl, not quite what I had envisaged, and not what I had thought I was going to do with the tofu, but hey, there will be other times I did some brown basmati rice (had intended to do buckwheat, but actually forgot, and just reached up for the rice ), cornmeal crusted, spiced tofu, broccoli and a tahini/miso/citrus dressing. We've had versions of it before. It was nice and filled a gap. Pic here;



Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

That the chrimbo cards were all written with thought and purpose and sent without it seeming an onerous chore.

For an invite for coffee and cake

for Baby Greying - worry and wonder, all in one, squidgy package

Thanks for popping in, reading and participating. I greatly appreciate it. Ta

Greying X

EssexHebridean

Aww hope BG's back to normal by tomorrow Greying xx

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, that does indeed look tasty Greying, well done! :j :j Most impressive And poor BG Hope they're feeling better soon.

Urgh to council tax rises We've not been notified of one but who knows? And thanks for the reminder about Christmas cards - I have *bought* them (and stamps) but buying them is not the same as writing them, which is not the same as posting them - I generally fail on at least one of those points so at least I'm past the first hurdle! :rotfl:

(Also, I feel the need to inform you that I have had shop-bought pizza for two nights in a row now. Gah!) :rotfl: :rotfl: Fortunately we stick to Mr S's £1 veggie pizza so it won't break the bank, and we just have half each so it's unlikely to break the waistline too much, but even so... I aspire to your levels of home cooking and fabulous creations! :j

beanielou

Cheery~~ Is Mr S Sainsbugs? Ta.

Cheery_Daff

Er, yep I only call it that cos Greying does but maybe she means something else by Mr S? Apologies if I'm just confusing everyone, I'm pretty good at that :rotfl:

(PS, in the big shop in town they're only 90p! But in our little local one they're £1, which is still pretty much a bargain. I like it that they actually have some bits of veg on too, not just glorified cheese on toast! Nowt wrong with cheese on toast of course...)

beanielou

Will look for them thanks.
Take it they are chilled?
Sorry for all the q's.

Upsidedown_Bear

Could it be one of these?

Greying_Pilgrim

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Er, yep I only call it that cos Greying does but maybe she means something else by Mr S? Apologies if I'm just confusing everyone, I'm pretty good at that :rotfl:

Absolutely right - MrS is sainsbugs, no confusion And never feel that you have to confess to me I'm honest enough to know that our lives would be entirely different if we had a decent takeaway in Greying Town. i'd probably investigate those pizzas too, if either the big shop, or one of the small versions was in the vicinity

The council tax rises have been passed in parliament, so they are on their way Something about councils being able to front load the rises over 2 yrs, instead of spreading the rise over 3. I know it is to do with social care funding, and realise that the money has to come from somewhere, but the bottom line is that household bills will rise.

Baby Greying is back to normal - thank you. Probably a combination of novice Ma and the first time they've been truly under the weather. We didn't even get temp. spikes with vaccinations (for which I remain grateful ) Plus babes can go downhill so quickly in health & well-being - it's rarer in adults. A combination of watching like a hawk; a dose of junior paracetamol and a big sleep (for BG) in the day seem to have done the trick on this occasion

We will probably go for a wander about to see how far it is today, to get some fresh air and excersise. I think one of the local churches is putting on free chrimbo themed concerts, and they've p ut decorations up etc. Might go and investigate that, and get some christmas vibes going.

Pizza is on the planner, so I'll dig out some tatties from the bag to accompany.

Right need to find a coffee. weetybicks having been munched

Ta for popping by, reading and joing in. Appreciated.

Greying X