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Getting tougher nearer the end of the month.
Super skint & however you cut the cake healthy eating is expensive.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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I agree @beanielou. DH is going away tomorrow until Sunday so DS2 and I will be eating from the freezer.We’ve grown a couple of courgettes in a large tub and have some small ones growing but they seem to be stunted (probably due to lack of space). Think I’ll harvest them tomorrow and maybe fry up with eggs like a fritter? Nowt wasted here!Cross-stitch WIP: Fiver Friday challenge 2025 founding member 😊 Read 25 books in 2025 11/25 Currently reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings0
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Evening all
Well done on the run Coxy.
Beanie yes it's tough especially when you are on your own
Breakfast was crustless quiche
Lunch 2 ryvita , half hexa, slice ham, scotch egg,beetroot, pickles and tomato
We have been over my sister's as my BIL is 60 today, there was a beige buffet 😂 but i had a bit of salad, 2 chicken drumsticks, i removed the skin. Then an Mr Kipling angel delight slice 7 syns, ginger chocolate biscuit 4 syns, a little square birthday cake, well me and other sister was laughing as it was the bloody heavy , we said 3lb on for that bit of cake 🤣🤣 she goes WW on a SatSealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:0 -
Coxy~~Well done on growing the courgettes
One of my favourite vegetables.
bubbs~~angel delight slices.Wow.
I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Coxy~~Sorry, do you mean the courgettes & eggs & flour too to make the fritters? Ta.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Was only a mouthful and 7 bleeding syns 🤣🤣beanielou said:Coxy~~Well done on growing the courgettes
One of my favourite vegetables.
bubbs~~angel delight slices.Wow.Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:0 -
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I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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Morning! DH left at 3am - he's going to a gig in Italy.
Sorry the dish didn't work out @Jellybaby
Beige buffet @bubbs! Thank the lord for chicken drumsticks. Why oh why is cake so synful - just so unfair!
Glad I made you chuckle @beanielou! Will let you know how my masterpiece works out lol!
Cinema tonight to see Freedom Uncut (George Michael documentary) - cinema only had 2 seats left when I booked last week.
Food today:
B - cheese omelette, mushrooms, tomatoes - HEA, P, S
L - 3 rye cakes, marmite, courgette fritters(!), pineapple, strawberries, blueberries - 1/2 HEB, S
D - Sea bream, broccoli, green beans, carrots - P, S
HEA - milk
1/2 HEB - hi fi bar
Syns - pink n white 2.5
Have a good day all,
CoxyCross-stitch WIP: Fiver Friday challenge 2025 founding member 😊 Read 25 books in 2025 11/25 Currently reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings1 -
Morning all. I make courgette fritters @Coxy11 by just grating them and squeezing them together to get the water out and to form them into patties, and then just fry them off. Add a little bit of feta cheese and mint if I'm feeling fancy!
Lost my mojo a bit at the moment as I was bitten by another horsefly at the weekend (some may remember the issues I had last year with a horsefly bite, this one is in the exact same place 😒). Currently on antibiotics, not able to walk much and just feeling a bit meh about everything. Food has been a bit off plan and I can feel it, plus not working out and doing the daily walks isn't helping. Trying to claw it back today with boiled eggs, melon and toast for breakfast, lunch is going to be a greek salad with grilled chicken and dinner is sweet and sour pork.
Hope you're all having a good day.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20171
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