Keep calm and carry on....

greenbee

My inside freezer has... lots of home-made soup, thai green curry, bolognese, lamb tagine, beef casserole, cooked ham. HUGE bag of frozen banana. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, nectarines, rhubarb. Mince, cod, mackerel, haddock, salmon, prawns, smoked salmon. Halloumi, mozzarella, feta, ricotta, mascarpone. Chillies. Spinach, broad beans, peas, sweetcorn. Scones, welshcakes. 

Outside freezer (which isn't full) - emergency Christmas turkey (there was a ham too, but I cooked it) which I need to defrost and cook. Bread, croissants, pain au chocolat, ice cream, pizzas, more broadbeans, peas and spinach. All my cold packs. Ice cream. Probably something else I've forgotten about... 

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Peaches113 said:

I’ve been eating my way through a bag full of broccoli to make space for essentials, like ice cream 😝

See, I'm the weirdo that would much rather have the broccoli 😂!

coldcazzie

We've 2 freezers - 1 integrated one under the fridge and 1 upright one that is about 5 foot tall.
* Little freezer has batch cooked things: hm pies, apple crumbles, soups, sauces, dump bags for the slow cooker, bottom half of a cottage pie, a lasagne, 2 bags of flour and an entire drawer dedicated to ice creams (there's 5 of us, we eat a lot of ice cream lol).
* Big freezer has (from the bottom up): meat packets that I've bought in bulk/on offer, often things like turkey thigh or lamb mince which I can only buy at one supermarket so tend to buy several and stash them; bread drawer: 2-4 loaves of sliced bread, pitta breads, ciabattas, sometimes some naan if I cba to make it fresh; meaty drawer: fish portions, prawns, portioned up meats - chicken thighs, massive gammon joints cut into smaller sections etc, cooked meats for use in pasta sauce or curry; 2 drawers of random packets of stuff: tortellini, burgers, pastry bakes, wedges, peas, shop bought pies, etc. The top flap section usually has things like buttery spreads etc that again, I've bought several of when they're on offer, plus pizzas, because they're bulky.

ElmoR

Morning SC, I've been enjoying reading your diary. You mentioned a good book about 'Being/Becoming Minimalist'? Could you share the details please, it sounds interesting.

ElmoR x

Thick_n_Thin

Well done on the mortgage overpayment £700 is huge! 👏🏻

themadvix

Not sure there’s a book Elmo, it’s a blog - becomingminimalist.com. Hth!

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themadvix said:

Not sure there’s a book Elmo, it’s a blog - becomingminimalist.com. Hth!

Correct 😀 The book I was reading was called "The Waste Makers" by Vance Packard. It was all about how Americans had been lured into buying more than they needed by various mechanisms (two of everything/styling changes so things seemed outmoded/things breaking down/population growth) and how that had been driven not only by business but by the Government because of a recession in the 1950's. It also touched on environmentalism and how they were using up resources. Just fascinating to read and think about how it was written in 1960 and it's only now that people are starting to get the message, so felt very prescient

themadvix

Book sounds really interesting SC - think I’ll see if I can find a copy (for now I’ll make a list - I have a backlog!)

Mortgagefreegonnabe

Hello,
I've enjoyed reading your diary. It was tense in parts as I was in the camp of noooo don't do the cc transfer 😬 You sound mega organised though and like you're on it!
I've got a couple of questions if you don't mind? 
1. Why did you need 3 hair brushes? There was something else you bought 3 of around the same time and I wondered why and how many heads you have 🤣
2. Do you have any more of the random booze left as you haven't mentioned it for a while. What are you drinking it with? We used to have a decent drinks cabinet pre lockdown but we're now down to the likes of raki, mezcal and strawberry pims. I need to find some cheap cocktail recipes!
3. You mentioned towards the start of your diary you were going to list the pros and cons of your job to try and work out if it was the job you disliked or the setting. Did you ever establish which it was.
Anyway, I enjoyed the read, thanks and good luck! I long for the day we're that close x

South_coast

Hi mortgagefreegonnabe (love the positive statement in your user name 😀), thanks for saying I'm organised - doesn't often feel like that in real life! 

Haha, only one head the last time I checked. The triple-purchases are so that I can have one at my place, one at BF's and one for my hotel bag (have spent a fair bit of time in hotels with work on and off, and it's so much easier to have a toiletry bag already packed than keep shifting it back and forth), I've even got 3 hairdryers 😂! 

I've still got a few odd bits in the booze bag - strangely enough, including Raki 😂! No idea what that even tastes like - is it an aniseedy one, like Pernod? I tend to drown most things in diet coke, it masks the taste of most things 😀 Actually, have lapsed into topping up from the supermarket recently, must get back on the bag-emptying mission (it would also reclaim me some floor space). If I must spend money on booze, then it's better off going into my pocket (via paying off the credit card) than to the supermarkets - they're getting quite enough from me at the moment. Thanks for the prompt!

Funnily enough, I found my job pros and cons list the other day - I never did get further with it than those first two points! I'm not really sure what the answer is, to be honest. I'd rather not work at all, but as BF refuses to do the decent thing and support me 😯 and while there is still this pesky mortgage to take care of, it makes sense to try and maximise my earnings while I can and then keep reviewing 😦