Prosperous soul embraces creativity & mortgage neutrality

badmemory

I'm not fond of crumble but batter pudding is a whole different ball game.  Although the recipes if you google them now are way too sweet.  My recipes are from Good Housekeeping printed about 1966, given to me as a wedding present in 1969.  The pages are yellow/orange & are barely attached to the binding but it is still my go to book.

savingholmes

Thanks @hugglemonster @LadyWithAPlan and @badmemory

I like the BDM acronym - perhaps BADM 

I've had 2 croissants with jam today, an SW bar, and roast beef dinner. Gorgeous. Also had an apple from my tree. I picked a few plums. Need to pick a lot more or I will miss the opportunity. Potentially need to offer fruit on Oli0 so not wasted.

Freezer seems happier today - so hoping I'm going to be okay. Perhaps it was just the weather and being over full... 

Cleaner is busy transforming my house! She's emptied about 4 boxes for me and found homes for the stuff - so that automatically reduces the overwhelm. She's currently in the room I use for work so I'm getting out of her way!!

DD wants me to take her to the shop later. I also need to pick up some stuff for me - batteries and the like.

badmemory

I have a serious cleaner envy!  I suspect if I get one she'll walk in take a look around & walk back out again!

WelshmansDaughter

I cleaned the kitchen cupboards out at work and put all the pantry stuff back in order, looked the other day and it was all messed up 😭

LadyWithAPlan

savingholmes said:

Thanks @hugglemonster @LadyWithAPlan and @badmemory

I like the BDM acronym - perhaps BADM 

I've had 2 croissants with jam today, an SW bar, and roast beef dinner. Gorgeous. Also had an apple from my tree. I picked a few plums. Need to pick a lot more or I will miss the opportunity. Potentially need to offer fruit on Oli0 so not wasted.

We can even take it to BDSM - budget diet saving monsters

I have an orchard here - too many plums and apples already ripe - Horses happy

jwil

Your cleaner sounds fab!  Glad she's making a difference for you.

savingholmes

badmemory said:

I have a serious cleaner envy!  I suspect if I get one she'll walk in take a look around & walk back out again!

I vet mine - they have to be willing to tidy or they aren't any good to me. But with some cleaners - the above would definitely happen. I really value my cleaner.

WelshmansDaughter said:

I cleaned the kitchen cupboards out at work and put all the pantry stuff back in order, looked the other day and it was all messed up 😭

That sounds initially therapeutic followed by rage inducing... 

jwil said:

Your cleaner sounds fab!  Glad she's making a difference for you.

She is amazing. To all you cleaners out there - you're fabulous. 

LadyWithAPlan said:

We can even take it to BDSM - budget diet saving monsters

I have an orchard here - too many plums and apples already ripe - Horses happy

Enjoy your orchard. 

I got sucked into RM at one point today. I am bored and in want to escape mode... The boredom makes me question any thoughts of reducing my hours - so I really don't know what I want. Just not quite this. Yet I have a fab home that many would dream of. On RM today though I saw what felt like the perfect house. It was detached, 4 bed, had lots of receptions. All the rooms were big. It had an external shed. Huge front gravel drive and smaller back garden. But the best bit was its location - It seemed to be at the bottom of a small hill. Stunning. Amazing views front and back. 

But at best I would just be holding steady mortgage wise. At worst I've have to put to it. I could do it if DD wasn't living here but reluctant to make her homeless. I even felt guilty at the thought that if I went for it for displacing my cleaner...

I then thought of all the effort required to make this place in sale ready condition and backed further away from the idea.

I think I'm just ready for a new challenge. Need to work out what the right one for me is... Once I do - I'm sure I'll let you know. Even continuing writing my book would be a result. Or creating more art but currently feeling stuck.

Off to take DD to the shops... Need a few bits for me too.  

skint_spice

Good luck at the dentist!

savingholmes

Thanks skint_spice

I need to make myself go back to the gym. Haven't gone since I got covid at the end of June! Still paying for it though - so need to go back or stop paying!!

I spent £7.99 on for 24 AAA Dur branded batteries today. Starting to see that I need a pot for stuff like that. In theory I might be able to reclaim it from work - in practice it's in the too difficult basket.

I spent about £30.71 on food today. DD has the receipt for the Al** stuff and I have the one for the Mr A stuff.
20p bag for life - which was a waste as I had loads of bags in the car but forgot to take one in
£1.80 frozen parsnips - FF currently working again
£3.30 on Mr A branded toiletries - a saving of 70p compared to usual so happy
£1.20 on Coleslaw - cheapest version not available
£3.50 on kitchen foil 30 metres. Annoyingly 68p version not available (not sure on that one's meterage)
£4 on 2 different types of cheese
£0.22 on YS veg - however may have gone off so may be a waste. Very vinegary. 
£2.29 Mackerel (3 fillets ie. 1 more than Mr M at £1.89)
£1 Tomatoes

From Al**
95p potatoes
£1.15 Mixed peppers
£2.11? Clingfilm
£5.78 1kg 5% mince beef
£2.15 6pts semi milk
£1.17 3 x passata at 39p each (better than Mr A at 49p but was 30p not long ago)

I pointed out to DD she was the main user of the foil. I use cling film a lot though. We'd run out of the latter so used foil more - which wasn't ideal...  Still forgot to buy lo-salt and oxo cubes... So need to go back at some point for them. Need them to make spag bol and chilli! I avoided spending on BDMs although DD gave me one of her choc doughnuts and I still had some left (and ate toffees today). Not on SW plan yet. I have had 2 bananas today. Plus 3 plums from my tree and 2 apples from my garden. Had porridge for a late tea.

Non-food spends today were £13.80. Need to consider whether I need a category for those. Will see how the month progresses but interesting so far. Obvs spent on the cleaner too - but see her as an essential.

greent

Have you considered beeswax wraps instead of cling film? - maybe not for everything, but it could reduce the usage - and you could maybe may your own? (Frommemory beeswax pellets and jojoba oil - but lots of information online( x