Keep calm and carry on....

Baileys_Babe

I hardly ever use a rolling pin, when I make scones I just pat the dough down, which might work for this dough as well. 

Chiglepig

I can't solve your 'sitting in the car' problem, but pizza bases don't nee a rolling pin, stretch with your hands and spin on your fist if you're feeling brave and really want that circle to be neat (if not, embrace the eccentricity of the shape!).

ruby_eskimo

Chiglepig said:

I can't solve your 'sitting in the car' problem, but pizza bases don't nee a rolling pin, stretch with your hands and spin on your fist if you're feeling brave and really want that circle to be neat (if not, embrace the eccentricity of the shape!).

Was going to say the same.  My DH used to work in a pizza restaurant so is used to stretching dough by hand.  Not that he can remember any of the recipes they used back then but he's not bad at the Sainsbury's one.  Also we usually make it as and when, the bit that takes the longest is waiting for the oven to heat up as the dough doesn't really need that long to rest with that recipe so you may not have to make in advance.  We only ever freeze if I forget to tell him to halve the recipe.

South_coast

Thanks all 😀 I had to wrack my brains for a minute to remember what the sitting in the car problem was - I thought we were talking about me sitting in the car, which was extremely confusing 🤦‍♀️!

killerpeaty

Could you get a cool bag?

South_coast

All my bags are cool. Oh, right, you mean an actual cool bag 🤣! Possibly, let's see how the dough trials go first!

South_coast

Right, end of June so time to tot up the free money for the month. The target was £87.96 and the scores on the doors are:

£0.22 bank account interest
£1.86 bank account cashback
£2.00 Storewards 
£2.09 TopCashBack
£2.77 Qmee
£4.99 Curious Cat
£5.00 Online forum about savings
£5.00 Shoppix
£5.00 i-Say
£7.50 cashed-in Nectar points
£10.00 Consumer Pulse
£10.00 Shop & Scan
£24.14 Prolific
£25.00 One Poll 

Total £105.57. Happy with that 😀 

Next month's target = £85.02

South_coast

And time for the goals round-up:

South_coast said:

Money....
* Save up £4k to transfer into the LISA at the start of the new tax year - This will earn me the maximum bonus of £1k for The Future and the overall "money needed" figure - Achieved 🧚‍♀️
* Once I have the £4k ready, pile all money into the mortgage - Simples! - Achieved 🧚‍♀️
* No clothes purchases, except for work clothes, underwear and tights - I don't have loads of clothes, but I definitely have enough and they're all in decent enough condition. The exceptions are to a) make sure I look professional and b) ensure public decency, so are sensible enough omissions! - Underwear purchased, but that's on the allowed list
* 1% of monthly salary to be donated to local homeless charity - Rolled over from 2020, as not yet a habit - Yep, done

2021, the year of health....
* Buy a 12-month prescription pre-payment certificate - I have been guilty of not using my inhalers at the prescribed dose to save on prescription charges in the past, so this feels sensible and grown-up. It will also save me money overall - Yep, done
* Act promptly on health concerns - No more ignoring back/chest pain for two weeks and telling myself it's down to sleeping on a lumpy mattress (although this did at least prompt me to buy a loooovely mattress topper 🤣!) - One appointment done this month
* Continue to minimise alcohol consumption - No explanation needed here, I think! - Quite a bit more than last month (which admittedly was a very low baseline). Still less than it would have been a couple of months ago, but more than I would have liked
* Avoid all processed sugar - I'm not going to refuse birthday cake if someone has taken the time to bake it, but I'm not going to go looking for it either. The same goes for biscuits, chocolate etc - Not great this month, I had two portions of a dessert which BF made, plus a hot chocolate
* Take steps to minimise processed food - A bit tricky as I'm veggie (I do eat fish, but not at home - mostly to make it easier for other people catering for me), so I can't just base meals round a piece of meat, but some of the meat-alternative products don't feel very natural so I'm trying to cut those out as much as possible. Just need to make sure I leave myself something to eat! - One meal at BF's and one at my parents'. There was also a takeaway 😳 (our first since New Year's Eve). It was good though 😋😋😋
* Exercise outdoors once a week and indoors once a week - I know this will sound really lame to you fit lot, but I have to start somewhere and also try and keep it achievable - Gah, still behind 🤦‍♀️ I've got some time off this month, so hoping to catch up a bit

Hmm, reckon that's another C for June then 🙄

QueenJess

I think that's a bit harsh.  It's a B from me!

Cornish_mum

South Coast-that’s harsh marking! An A from me CM