Put away your purse & become debt-averse

Onebrokelady

Yay to finishing the kitchen, I'm also very happy about the election result 🎉🎉

foxgloves

Hello Frugalistas, 
I seem to have spent a ridiculous amount of time scrubbing things today - mostly kitchen cupboard doors & tiles, also grubby kettle, which is now sitting full of water & a half lemon beforw being re-boiled & left overnight to shift limescale. Everything is back on my dresser - had a move around too, so it's looking lovely & tidy & the fairy lights illuminate all my 'treasures' with such a soft warm light. Have been quite strict about decluttering as I go. I picked up a pretty little 1930s green glass butter dish shaped like a cow (told you I used to spend too much time at vintage fairs back in the Spendy Years, didn't I? ) & decided that if there was room for it at the back of my crockery cupboard, it could stay, & if not, it would go to the charity shop. There was no room for it, so I went to put it ready for the charity bag, when all of a sudden it just pinged out of my hand & smashed all over the floor! Clearly it didn't want to go!
I've also baked a seeded loaf, done two loads of laundry & made a list of all my recent online orders so I can note delivery dates & cross off as things arrive. I just have piano practice to do, then I shall read & knit and hopefully watch the next episode of 'DNA'.
Virtually no cooking required tonight, as Mr F made enough lasagne yesterday to feed us for two days.
Ok, that's today's thoroughly unrivetting activity from me,
Take care now. 
F x

Blackcats

The kitchen sounds lovely.   Sorry to hear about the butter dish - it sounds just the sort of thing I would have bought at an antiques fair in the past.  Usually the antiques fair occupied  Sunday morning which was the perfect excuse to then have a pub lunch (not that I ever needed an excuse to spend more money that I didn't actually have).  

foxgloves

Hi Blackcats, Yes, me too! Sunday morning mooches around antique fairs spending money I didn't have. The biggest fair I used to frequent involved a drive down the M1 & on route, I'd tell myself that I'd got cash in my purse & it'd be home time as soon as I'd spent it. This would usually be 40 quid or so.... more than enough back then to choose something nice or 2 or 3 cheaper things. Of course I used to get round this without batting an eyelid......I'd buy things using cheques (as stall holders only rarely had card readers at the time) & save the cash for my final purchase, so as to stick to my 'when it's gone, it' s home time' rule in a very cheaty way. I do still have quite a lot of the vintage items I bought & I still love & enjoy owning them, but I bet I've off-loaded at least twice as many over the years to charity shops, car boots, other people & the bin. Yes, the Sunday morning vintage fair habit would have contributed quite a chunk to my debt. I think I do have a collector's streak but I manage it much better now.
F x

Pixiehouse55

Hellooooo. Well today I gave in and brought a cheap soup maker. I can then throw everything in it. Meat veg potatoes or barley etc and make a smooth soup for J,  He is getting fed up with a sloppy diet.... I don't  blame him. Ive cleared out one of the cupboard space under the stairs and put a large quantity of food containers on a social media to get rid of plus a couple of roasting tins. Now hubby as taken cupboard apart replaced it with a door and now have storage for my vacuum and steam mop. Happy Bunny now. Then done a bit of tidying in my craft room. Rest of the day I've been doing some knitting. Jumper for my niece's 3 Yr old son.  Oh and sorted out monies so I can pay off a bit more on my credit card. Hope you've all had a good day?  Keep Safe X 

foxgloves

I don't know about 'Happy Bunny', Pixiehouse55, it sounds like you've been a 'Busy Bunny'!
F

foxgloves

Morning Sunbeams, 
Yes, sunshine here! The fog lifted nice & early so I've pegged out the rest of this week's laundry. Have also tidied, dealt with my emails & put a brisket in the slow cooker for Barbecoa Beef. It will just need shredding when it's done & serving with wraps & salad, so very little to do to it. I love my slow cooker. Mr F not furloughed but working from home some days. I've lent him my desk for this morning while I'm downstairs as I intend watching TV while I make a big effort to get my friend's throw finished today. It's on 9mm needles so there's every chance I can be casting off tonight.
Then this afternoon, I shall get my HQ back & will be doing budget updates, a bit more present ordering & a variety of other tasks which require my desk & laptop.
Coffee time now..... we run on caffiene in this house, 
F x

Pixiehouse55

foxgloves said:

I don't know about 'Happy Bunny', Pixiehouse55, it sounds like you've been a 'Busy Bunny'!
F

Happy Bunny because I've got a few thinks done Foxgloves 😊 X 

foxgloves

Hello m'dears,
A bit of fresh air & exercise for me today, which frankly stemmed from me being a bit of tightwad these days. I realised that tomorrow is collection day for our garden waste wheelie bin & it was only a quarter full. As this is the paid for collection, I can't see the point in paying the fee, then failing to make full use of the service. So I attacked the shrubbery alongside the front of the house, especially the winter jasmine, which was attempting to grow over, under & even THROUGH the fence! Had a big sweep up afterwards, then as there was still space left in the bin, I also cut back the most overgrown bits of buddleja & also ejected two very sorry looking peonies from their pots. I've also made bread - a seedy loaf just out of the oven & cooling & a sourdough proving, which will be baked either later today or tomorrow morning, & sorted all the clean laundry. I'm not in the mood for ironing (am I ever?) so that can wait until tomorrow. I did finish knitting my friend's throw last night & so I shall sew in all the ends tonight, then it can come upstairs & be added to the growing pile of things in my HQ which need wrapping. Very little cooking required tonight, as there's plenty of the barbecoa beef left, which I cooked yesterday. I think we'll have that atop a bowl of home made jacket wedges with some coleslaw. Intending to sort out next week's meal plans next & am wondering if we might manage to get a supermarket delivery slot, so that we'll only need to pop into town for the market on Saturday. Worth a try, anyway so had better get organised. 
Hope everyone's managed at least a reasonably decent day,
F x

Pixiehouse55

Helloooooo.. Well the soup maker i brought is brilliant, just throw anything in and you get a tasty soup. J had left over roast dinner thrown in to make soup yesterday and he loved it😊. Today we had chicken in a honey and mustard sauce cooked in s,ow cooker. Whilst eating ours we put some for J in the soup maker with veg and potatoes. Win win, he loved it. Don't know what tomorrow's will be yet. Hubby had a bad day felt poorly....reason being. He forgot to take his slow release tramadol this morning. Took it tonight and sound asleep already. Hopefully a good night's sleep and he will be fine tomorrow. Ive done the washing today and brushed/ washed all the floors downstairs. Tomorrow will be clean the bathroom and hoover the 2 flights of stairs.  Off to read for a bit 
. Goodnight. Keep safe  X