Keep calm and carry on....

South_coast

Nothing too creative I'm afraid KP, I'm just chucking them in the freezer to use in my breakfast milkshakes. I use frozen fruit anyway, so this is saving me buying as much (I'll still get some to mix in with the apples, as just apples would be very boring!) 

I've done about half of them now, just waiting for them to freeze so I can then lob them in a bag (don't want to freeze them in a bag in case they all clump together). Will do the rest tomorrow, don't want all the fun in one day I think 🤣!

kaycastle

Afternoon how are you?
I went dark for a couple of months, feel like I have tons of diary news to catch up on!

South_coast

Hello!!! God lord, don't try and catch up on all that, it's one endless mood swing 😮

Hang on, I'll give you a summary....

I was made redundant in early June and finished at the end of July. I'm applying for jobs but the phone's not ringing! I now spend my days looking for work, trying to lose weight, navel gazing about how much I *really* need to earn, OP'ing as much as I dare, and doing surveys to supplement my Jobseeker's Allowance.

Er, I think that's about all you've missed 🤣!

killerpeaty

You are doing really well, don't put yourself down. It's a stressful time and I think you're been remarkably chipper.

Also you missed the most important news, you had an ice cream for the first time in aaaaggggeeessss

South_coast

OMG, you're right! Corrected version:

South_coast said:

I was made redundant in early June and finished at the end of July. I'm applying for jobs but the phone's not ringing! I now spend my days looking for work, trying to lose weight, navel gazing about how much I *really* need to earn, OP'ing as much as I dare, eating ice cream, and doing surveys to supplement my Jobseeker's Allowance.

Better 👍

South_coast

P.S. I also harvest and process apples 🍎 (I did feel all back-to-nature when I was picking them yesterday, all this living off the land and all....🤣)

I've transferred the ones I chopped today and also foolishly added 4 portions of food I've cooked this evening. Now not entirely sure whether the rest of them will actually fit in the freezer 🤔 That's a bridge to cross tomorrow though!

South_coast

I've been sent some shower gel for a product test. I thought it would just be a little travel size thing, but it's a full 250ml bottle - woo hoo, free shower gel! Very exciting. Hopefully it won't bring me out in hives or anything 😮 

Streetbees have sent me a survey asking what I'm doing for entertainment. I've sent them a photo of the Lidl magazine and my shopping list and told them it's my Sunday morning ritual! 50p coming my way for that if they believe me 😀

Right, need to wash up, have a shower and get back on with the apples!

ElmoR

We just started eating the chopped apple from the freezer stocks that we put in there for the very first brexit stockpiling build up. I've lost track of when that was now? We were a bit worried they might have gone mouldy or bacteria-laden, but we all still seem to be alive. DH made a lovely pastry thing using left over home made scone mix. So it was a sort of apple wrapped in scone pudding.

Now we've freed up freezer space we can prep for brexit/lockdown version 3.0, or whatever version we are at now? We've all inadvertantly turned into "preppers"? Which makes me wonder if there is a prepper and frugal crossover?

Keep staying chipper S_c

ElmoR x

South_coast

Thanks ElmoR, at least I know they'll keep for a while then!!! I decided to tackle the apples before showering so I then had the shower for a reward - OMG, 2 hours later 😮! 15 takeaway-sized tubs chopped this morning + half a bag for life chopped yesterday + a whole bag for life I already had = both freezers completely rammed. As I'd intended to cook a lunch which would then put another 5 or 6 portions of leftovers in there, I've had to put that on hold while I try and make some more room over the next couple of days - I hope my mushrooms last the course!

As for Brexit, well....🤷‍♀️ With that and Covid I think being a prepper is no bad thing! And I think there's definitely a crossover with frugality, being prepared and thinking ahead definitely saves you money. As an example, Lidl have kale reduced to 39p a bag next week. Great price and I use kale most days so thinking ahead is definitely a saving/frugal win there - except I already have one and a half bags in the freezer still from the last time they had it on offer 🤣🤣🤣!

Grogged

I think many will have become frugal preppers this year.
We've gone from a half empty chest freezer and some random under stairs space to full chest freezer organised by food group (using the strong Ald1 bags) and wire shelving units under the stairs that looks like an Ald1... 😁
I don't think we'd have been this organised without lockdown...