Put away your purse & become debt-averse

foxgloves

Just popping back quickly to report that the home made tortilla wraps are nice. I was grateful for my audiobook while I was individually rolling out 16 of the things, but they were not difficult, the dough easy to handle & only needed a very short time in the pan. They are smaller than the shop bought ones but we both think they are tastier. I don't buy corn oil so I used rapeseed instead. I think I'll make them again. I'm going to fill a couple for tomorrow's packed lunch & freeze the rest. I think they'd be useful warm off the pan & foiled to accompany a BBQ as could fill them with bits & pieces straight off the grill.
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Sun_Addict

The wraps sound nice. 

DawnW

The wraps sound very nice! Is there a link to a recipe?

Lol to the pale pink shoes / goose poo scenario. I needed a laugh after a difficult afternoon at the shop where I rent my sales space - I was working there this afternoon, and had one difficult customer after another

Not heard from DNMS for ages - hope she is ok.

foxgloves

I remember difficult members of the public very well, @DawnW , as my profession pre-VR was in the public sector. Yes, it's odd how they arrive in clusters.
Re tortillas, I don't have a link - it's from Rick Stein's book 'The Road to Mexico' which accompanied the TV programme. It's an interesting book - I borrowed it from the library. The photography of all the markets/shops selling fresh ingredients is lovely & there were quite a lot of ingredients I hadn't come across before. I think I'd need to rely on ordering some of them online if I wanted to cook a range of recipes from it though. I think I'd watch the TV series again if I found myself wanting a documentary series & it was on iplayer.
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Suffolk_lass

foxgloves said:

I remember difficult members of the public very well, @DawnW , as my profession pre-VR was in the public sector. Yes, it's odd how they arrive in clusters.
Re tortillas, I don't have a link - it's from Rick Stein's book 'The Road to Mexico' which accompanied the TV programme. It's an interesting book - I borrowed it from the library. The photography of all the markets/shops selling fresh ingredients is lovely & there were quite a lot of ingredients I hadn't come across before. I think I'd need to rely on ordering some of them online if I wanted to cook a range of recipes from it though. I think I'd watch the TV series again if I found myself wanting a documentary series & it was on iplayer.
F

It's on BBC Food...link

foxgloves

Thanks for the link, @Suffolk_lass.

Good Morning Frugal Peeps,
Have got off to a decent start to the day.....home made batch cooked bolognese defrosting for later, will cut more lettuce for a big salad to go with it. Cat litter changed, kitchen sorted & various small financial admin tasks done. Paypal money had arrived in bank account first thing, so I've added the £36.45 of it which was my April P/A survey earnings to my Personal Spends (Spreadsheet 3!) & I sent the rest of it, which was from our original box of books trade plus the small additional sum for the missing amount I raised a complaint about, to Leisure/Entertainment savings pot. This pot had just £10 left in it until very recently, but is now up to just under £50 just from odds & sods......the book sales money, May's grocery budget underspend & this month's cancelled streaming service subscription. Just shows how all these little bits do add up. 
While I had the spreadsheets open, I sorted out an error I'd made on Mr F's Personal Spends......yes, I'd accidentally done him out of the megally massive, if not actually LIFE-CHANGING sum of........£1.88, (rofl). Apparently he has some pre-ordered items (I bet you all a bun it will be muso stuff & culty films/TV) due in June & the fact that their release dates are clustered together is going to cause him a tight month. I suggested he could have spread the orders, but this is not an option (there was eye-rolling) because the sort of stuff he collects is 'limited special editions' which sell out. I said 'Bloody hell, how many of you nerds are there out there?' but apparently there are loads. Nerds like blu-rays in tins. I'm told they are called 'steel books' but effectively, they are a blu-ray in a tin instead of a plastic box. They often have Very Important Extras such as 2.3 minutes of previously unseen footage..........although tbf, am I the same with plants, yarn, etc? Actually, I think not. I used to be, but I don't spend much on either category these days. Anyway, no matter. As I've said before, there are only 2 rules with our Personal Spends - 1) It is to spend on anything we want 2) When it's gone, it's gone.
Off to the greenhouse now to stake those tomatoes - looks like rain is probably on its way, so I might not get the rest of my hoped-for veggie garden tasks done.
Wishing everyone a peaceful, productive day.
F x

foxgloves

Really useful greenhouse session.....Ash came to join me, but Soot is sulking having earlier suffered the indignity of having his bum fur de-matted.
12 tomato plants side-shooted, staked & tied in. Also staked peppers & chillies, weeded greenhouse bed & planted my usual row of basil in front of the tomatoes. Swept & watered. Greenhouse defo one of my happy places. Decided again not to plant out the remaining tomato plants as there's a strong wind which won't help them establish. I'll do them at the weekend, I think

Also tied in sweet peas & ipomea, watered veg, staked a massive poppy, filled bird feeders & cut another lettuce for tonight's salad. 
Time for a cup of tea & a sit-down with my book. I've started next week's meal plan but inspiration was thin on the ground so will bump it till tomorrow.
F x

Blackcats

Poor Soot - what an appalling breach of his dignity.  We've just had the flea tablet monthly drama with my two.  Tablets crushed to minuscule barely discernible granules, hidden in favourite food - the cats manage to lick around the powder and swop bowls in a red arrows type routine so that I've no idea who had what flea treatment.  

Sun_Addict

Blackcats said:

Poor Soot - what an appalling breach of his dignity.  We've just had the flea tablet monthly drama with my two.  Tablets crushed to minuscule barely discernible granules, hidden in favourite food - the cats manage to lick around the powder and swop bowls in a red arrows type routine so that I've no idea who had what flea treatment.  

My cats have the back of the neck flea treatment, they don’t like it but can’t get away from it.

Baileys_Babe

DNMS often talked about making wraps 😃 I haven't seen her around for a while, I hope she and her loved ones are doing well.

@foxgloves what type of flour is used to make the wraps?

If or more likely when you restart your Netflix subscription it is worth questioning if you need the £10.99 or if the £6.99 plan is suitable for your need. I think the language used by Netflix is obviously designed to get you to sign up for the more expensive option, the plans are basic £6.99, standard £10.99 and premium £15.99. For years the basic £6.99 plan but now the children are older and often watch without us we have decided to upgrade to the standard plan so 2 devices can use it simultaneously. If you or more likely Mr F is unsure you could always try it for a month and then upgrade if it is unsuitable.