Get a grip !

MovingForwards

Would they be interested in buying yours, so you can move out 😁

Big name supermarkets have cotton, if you've one close by, or check 3bay to see how well priced they are, UK only due to the new import changes.

Irenadler

Ha! @ Swan, and I raise you, no, I am not falling for that one....!  

Skint_yet_Again

Went to aldi after work only to find they are closed in the middle of being refurbished until 14th! So I drove to the next nearest, morresons. Total spend £35.20 got loads of meat, tinned fish, veg, beans etc. Tomorrow I will make a stew in my slow cooker using half the beef & the day after I will make a beef & bean chilli. Definitely the weather for warming comfort food. 

MovingForwards

You've picked some supplies up which is the main thing 🤗

doingitanyway

Your food plans look good. I must try and do the same more often.

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks DIA I have now planned out the main meals from what I bought yesterday & the steak pie I just got rtc in the coop down from £4 to £1. I will cook it tonight and have 1/4 with veg and freeze the other individual portions. 

3 portions stew 
1 bean chilli with jacket potato (today’s lunch)
2 bean & beef chilli with rice 
Leftover gammon with leeks, cauli & sprouts & cheese sauce
4 x steak pie & veg
2 x chicken & peppers in black bean sauce 
2 x chicken & salad wraps 
2 x chicken & mushroom stir fried rice 
2 x chicken fajitas 
1 x medallion steak stir fry
1 x medallion steak & peppers / onions wrap 
1 x chicken livers with sage & port sauce and spirali pasta

breakfasts will be porridge & fruit, or omelette with mushrooms or cheese and bacon or mashed sardines in tomato sauce on toast. Lunches will be soup and/or cheese & salad & crackers & tinned tuna or sardines on toast. 

Snacks will be boiled eggs, cucumber carrots or celery with low fat cheese spread, low fat cheddar cheese & apple, banana. 

I’ve just got my breakdown renewal which is with the flag of green and it has gone up from £68.32 to £85.12. I will try & get some cheaper quotes. Last year it was cheaper to go with the same company as a new customer online so I will check that again too. 

MovingForwards

Yummy!
Breakdown cover is getting so expensive now, does your car insurance company offer it as an optional extra?

Skint_yet_Again

They do, but they wanted £90 last year for the same cover & company so it was cheaper to buy direct. 

Skint_yet_Again

It’s very cold this morning & the garden is white & twinkling with frost ❄️ The weather is meant to warm up by the weekend to about 8 degrees which will be lovely for dog walking & almost tropical 😆 

Today I will put the stew in the slow cooker before I start working from home at 9am. I need to post a birthday card. I’m glad I bought a few before lockdown as now the card shop is closed. I will post it on my dog walk as my one outing for exercise. 

I will also start to load the car for the tip run on Saturday which can still go ahead during this lockdown. 

Irenadler

Morning Skinty! 

Yes, so frosty here at 4.30am, and still the same now, like we had a layer of snow. When I let the dog out, it was like opening a huge freezer door, she still won't go on her early morning walk and I am blummin' relieved!

Lovely meal plan, I like reading how organised you are, sounds tasty.

I am weighing up taking the dog on my supermarket trip, but, I don't think I could juggle it, and I would have to tie her up in the cold, not a good idea with her stiff joints.... I may confine her to home today as it is so cold. 

At least you are still able to de-clutter!