My year of living dangerously

Homegrown0

I also sometimes find that when I've meal planned and bought what i need on a Sunday, if i go home and do as much prep as i can, it makes life a bit easier when it comes to the making of things. I sometimes do a batch cook or i do the salad prep for the week so that I'm not preparing a salad every day etc.

Might that help on the old motivation front?

Seasidegal58

My meal plans have gone rather awol lately as well so hoping to remedy this! The heat hasn't helped - makes me feel like I can't be bothered to put anything together meal-wise.

Re. pensions, I have found the people on the MSE pensions board very knowledgeable and helpful so I would definitely post on there.

Have a good weekend DIA!

doingitanyway

savingholmes wrote: »

My drinks and ice cream top up wrecked the food plan and next week's food budget... Despite having a meal plan... bought pizza and salad for tea.

Thanks SH Exactly what I do. I can carry lunch to work and still ignore it for something more tempting

Homegrown0 wrote: »

I also sometimes find that when I've meal planned and bought what i need on a Sunday, if i go home and do as much prep as i can, it makes life a bit easier when it comes to the making of things. I sometimes do a batch cook or i do the salad prep for the week so that I'm not preparing a salad every day etc.

I prepped lots today as you are right. I used to do it every Sunday too. Need get back to regular mass prepping. Thanks HG

Seasidegal58 wrote: »

My meal plans have gone rather awol lately as well so hoping to remedy this! The heat hasn't helped - makes me feel like I can't be bothered to put anything together meal-wise.

Re. pensions, I have found the people on the MSE pensions board very knowledgeable and helpful so I would definitely post on there.

Have a good weekend DIA!

Thanks SSG I am lurking on pensions board. Will pluck up the courage to post soon

doingitanyway

I did my weekly Lidl shop. There are 2 things I forgot but they will have to wait until the next shop now as I am going militant on my once a week shop and sticking to my meal plan. I say once a week but if I can stretch this shop to 10 days it will be good

Lid1 had free range chickens on a 50% reduction. I cooked one today and froze one. Very pleased. Another diary posted about Lid1 having 50% reductions. They reduce at night for the next day and there are no grabby people :money:

Got petrol. It will hopefully last the month

I have a tradesman coming tomorrow morning to quote for brickwork. I don’t feel anxious, just glad he is coming. I need to get three quotes for this job too so I can make comparisons.

I avoided wine, crisps and chocolate and treated myself to cherries instead.

The heat is dropping thank goodness.

Welcome to the weekend everyone

doingitanyway

The brickwork guy just came. Knowledge is powerful. The things I have been worried about are not a major issue. I need some pointing but it isn't much and the air bricks I thought I needed indoors in the chimney breast he said they seem fine. So there is less work than I expected. That said his price seems a bit steep so I'll see how it compares with the other quotes.

He said a window with a rotten frame is drawing damp into the brick so I may get a quote for that next along with a small bedroom window (where the floor recently got done :_)

I'm off today and I need to organise all my cleaning stuff so off to look for something to put everything in. Then buy a second end of line cabinet (if they have any left) for storing stuff in the loo.

I will return a buy at the PO, take the bags to the charity shop and treat myself to a paper (free I spend £10 in Mr W but will see if the coffee shop has one for free first. Taking own cup for a reduction too :money:)

I have got my eating under control and stopped all the eating rubbish and stopped craving it too. Pleased about that as I feel in a better mood and sleep better when I eat better.

Bought a jumper in the sale.

Happy Saturday everyone

beanielou

Happy Saturday to you too ��

doingitanyway

I walked 4 miles yesterday and then did an hour and a half gardening. :T I was exhausted and realised how unfit I have become

I now have a whiteboard and a meal planner in my attempts to get more organised

I called the window company to arrange for quotes on the last 2 windows. Thankfully they are not big windows.

A neighbour had some brickwork done so I will ask her for the tradesman's contact details and get a second quote for the job quoted for on Saturday.

I need my neighbour (not the extension ones) to remove part of my outside tap so I can replace then I can use my pressure washer again

It's funny but I worried that becoming debt free would lead to loss of focus. Not so! I spend as much on doing things on the house as I did on the mortgage.

Waiting in for a delivery. If it comes I will be free to go to the post office and catch up on some other tasks.

Will definitely do another hour's gardening this evening.

Hope your week is getting off to a good start

Homegrown0

You are on fire DIA! I definitely noticed a shift in your positivity these days. You're getting stuff done and making solutions - i like that

savingholmes

Good that you are getting all the house jobs done. Good luck with meal planning... I need to write OH's name against a few more meals I think...

in_need_of_direction

I did a half hour gardening today to provide me with some exercise while hopefully making some improvements. I’ve tried marketing it as an outdoor gym but have had no takers