Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

foxgloves

@amber03 - That was my thinking exactly! As Christmas draws nearer, jobs should tail off nicely, leaving plenty of time for films, reading, music, games, relaxation & fun. 
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foxgloves

Hello Diary Readers,
Got this week off to a good start but didn't finish everything on my list. Revisited list. List was stupid. Too many things on it so bumped some tasks to tomorrow & Weds. Budget-friendly stuff I did get done:
*2 loads of laundry on eco-setting.
*Finished knitting remaining birthday present sock, sewed in the ends & wrapped both pairs.
*Baked bread.
*Used some surplus bread to make bread sauce for Christmas Day plus crumbed & froze what I need for stuffings.
*Baked bread pudding to use up last of the surplus bread. Added leftover cherries from the Christmas cake to the dried fruit, so with the mixed spice & nutmeg (Cranks recipe book), it has turned out quite festive. Sliced into squares & will freeze some for lunch boxes.
*Packed the last of this year's saved seed (cosmos & more Guatamalan blue squash) into envelopes for my seed box.
*Made tomorrow's packed lunch.
*Selcted today's Advent items - a little embroidery my Mum did, spelling out CHRISTMAS in ornate letters,  & a rotund robin I knitted a few years ago.
I will get the tasks which fell off the list done tomorrow. Am confident I can finish them.
Try to stay dry tomorrow. Forecast looks pretty grim.
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