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New job = New focus = Still a good life
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Oh dear RT! :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: Lentils all round in your house this week then!
Happy new year stripey lass :j :j
I just broke into my dad's Christmas present to have with a cup of tea
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Hmmm - I may have done some deep freeze diving this evening...
...and discovered...
An organic leg of lamb (reduced by 75%)...
...long forgotten & long buried under fish sticks, chicken, kale & spinach...
...because our closest neighbours are sheep for most of the year & it breaks my heart to think of the cute little baby lambies being dinner one day...
...but then again it's uber frugal month & no use letting already bought meat languish...
...I may have also found some frozen chicken breast & frozen prawns...
(you know they were all yellow stickered, right?)
So leg is in the fridge defrosting until Thursday & OH will be looking for a dry-rub recipe tomorrow...
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
(btw - is now a good time to randomly mention how much I detest commuting? - first day back is the worst!)4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 7 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 17 mths)0 -
But lamb tastes GOOD...and if we're being realistic, if someone wasn't going to eat them, they wouldn't be there for you to look at...in fact they probably wouldn't be there at all!
Yellow stickered awesomeness aplenty there though RT - excellent freezer diving mission I'd say. :T
I'm with Stripes - MrEH doesn't get let loose with the shopping either. Well not on his own - I let him carry the bags sometimes.
Need to try that activator idea for the compost - ta for the link Mrs. I know it's full of worms. Mum bought some for theirs ages ago and they multiplied - a LOT. So we brought a boxful back to ours. They appear to be extremely happy!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
Can't eat lamb and even struggle with the smell of it cooking. I'm the same with venison. Can't detach myself from how they look and the scene where Bambi's mother was killed.Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.0
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Lawks, am feeling really good about myself - I've bought vension sausages with the intention of cooking them for some meat-eaters that we are entertaining - and i'm a blessed veggie!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Greying XPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend October 2025 £216.43/£200
Non-food spend October 2025 £46.41/£50
Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.200 -
Hey up me ducks - hope you're all grand.
RT I'm pretty sure our freezers are mainly stickered goods.
well done on that haul - found some prawns in mine, we must be twins. - yesterday I saved some purple sprouting brocolli from the compost heap. they did not deserve to grow and die in vain.
GP I'm sure you'd be proud of my pro veggie actions. well done on the YS venison saussies.
INOD - having been married to a farmer, I pretty much eat anything my thinking is that if they've lived and had a good life (that includes vegetables), they deserve not to be wasted but I get what you mean. I got told I should eat my rabbit as it was bugs bunny.
Didn't see a cartoon for ages, thought I'd eaten him, oh the guilt.
RT first day back for me yesterday, not the same commute as yours (8 miles) but I'm convinced today is Tuesday.
As we depart back in time to your land at the weekend, I'm sure I'm going to be pretty confused through January.
(and the rest of my life I'm sure)
Oh bargain (of sorts) new skis (last season) £50 (79% off)
Sold my old ebay'd ski's I got in 2011 for the £50 I paid for them.
= FREE SKIS.
And, they're so titchy they fit in Mr RG's bag so I don't pay carriage when we travel.
Sometimes being wee is good.Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
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Invoice written to old job. Emailed. Yay.Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
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Pippilongstocking wrote: »
Oh bargain (of sorts) new skis (last season) £50 (79% off)
Sold my old ebay'd ski's I got in 2011 for the £50 I paid for them.
= FREE SKIS.
Oh lawks, see, this is why I am absolutely no loss, whatsoever to the fashion & ski industry - skis have *seasons*?? Who knew? I thought they were just flat things that assisted in moving you along
But 79% discount???? Fab.u.lous.
Good shopping Stripes!
And net cost = FREE - even better :j:j:j
Greying XPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend October 2025 £216.43/£200
Non-food spend October 2025 £46.41/£50
Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.200 -
My motto on life is " Cheap is good, Free is better"...
Me thinks you should borrow it when discussing bargainous wee skis! 4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 7 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 17 mths)0 -
in_need_of_direction wrote: »Can't eat lamb and even struggle with the smell of it cooking. I'm the same with venison. Can't detach myself from how they look and the scene where Bambi's mother was killed.
Yeah, I'd probably have eaten her too, if I'm honest...
Pippilongstocking wrote: »Hey up me ducks - hope you're all grand.
RT I'm pretty sure our freezers are mainly stickered goods. well done on that haul - found some prawns in mine, we must be twins. - yesterday I saved some purple sprouting brocolli from the compost heap. they did not deserve to grow and die in vain.
GP I'm sure you'd be proud of my pro veggie actions. well done on the YS venison saussies.
INOD - having been married to a farmer, I pretty much eat anything my thinking is that if they've lived and had a good life (that includes vegetables), they deserve not to be wasted but I get what you mean. I got told I should eat my rabbit as it was bugs bunny.
Didn't see a cartoon for ages, thought I'd eaten him, oh the guilt.
RT first day back for me yesterday, not the same commute as yours (8 miles) but I'm convinced today is Tuesday.
As we depart back in time to your land at the weekend, I'm sure I'm going to be pretty confused through January.
(and the rest of my life I'm sure)
Oh bargain (of sorts) new skis (last season) £50 (79% off)
Sold my old ebay'd ski's I got in 2011 for the £50 I paid for them.
= FREE SKIS.
And, they're so titchy they fit in Mr RG's bag so I don't pay carriage when we travel.
Sometimes being wee is good.
FREE skis is pretty awesome work Stripes - nice one! And free travelling skis even better - just think of all the place you can take them without them even needing a ticket! 🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0
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