Get a grip !

MovingForwards

If it means your shopping is done for this month, why not. Slip in extra bathroom things as they always get used.

savingwannabe

Yes i agree, that means you are still in budget well done. I hope you are ok and understand the tiredness. It is all quite stressful i fell asleep after a monster hypo and couldnt mark for much of the day. 

Skint_yet_Again

Lidl spend £26.58 minus £5 = £21.58. I got a large pack of cubed beef, swede & carrots, large pork joint, bacon, 15 eggs, a few basics tins / jars curry sauce & a few freezer items as well as bleach, handwash, box tissues & 4 pints skimmed milk. 

I need to do some cooking over the next few days together with the stuff bought in mr t and cook the pork in slow cooker, mince beef & bean & veg chilli, beef stew, beef curry, chicken & peppers in black bean sauce, chicken curry & peri peri chicken in a Nando’s sauce that was on offer in mr t. Should be plenty to go in the freezer. 

I should have DS & his gf bills money hit my account today so I will move money around later after work. Right I’m off to walk the dog. 

MovingForwards

That's a good spend and very useful shopping trip.

Hope your day goes well.

savingwannabe

Good hope you are ok. Food looks healthy to me which is amazing in this corona stress environment, well done on walking i refuse to in cold and rain.. 

Skint_yet_Again

Made a chilli after work, one portion for tea & 3 in the freezer. 2 dog walks & walk to the chemist for meds. 

Moved money into savings & household pots and paid credit card. £50 has gone into 3% account & £300 into long term/ moving savings. Total savings £5850 including £1000 emergency fund. £61.16 left until payday. Most of that is unused petrol fund & leftover entertainment fund. May need more milk & loo rolls before payday. Council tax free this month moved into holiday pot, £150 for petrol up north & meals / days out when I go to see family once we are back to some sort of normal! 

MovingForwards

Savings are looking healthy and you've a nice amount left for staples until payday.

Skint_yet_Again

So glad it’s friday 🤗 

GP consult he thinks I probably broke my coxywhatsit when I fell on my posterior on the stairs in the summer & its taking longer to heal. Not much help. I am looking for a special cushion online to use on my work chair as sitting oddly is triggering back pain. He also said he was booking me in for a covid jab if I wanted one 🤗 

Made a chicken curry for dinner & a spare portion into the freezer. I am going to cook the cubed beef in my slow cooker today with half for a couple of portions of stew & the rest for beef madras into the freezer. Then I will cook the pork in the slow cooker tomorrow for pulled pork wraps & other meals next week. 

MovingForwards

Ouch, hope you find a suitable cushion.
Meals sound yummy.

savingwannabe

Well done on savings, those cushions are on ebay and really good. I bought one for my mum after she had a bad fall. Your food sounds lovely. You are rich with £61 left till payday, twice as much as me. Well done.