Escape to the country & living off savings

Skint_yet_Again

Very hot today. Plans all changed. Went to look at garden stuff then a bit of lunch with DF. Soup & roll & cold drink for DF and jacket potato with tuna salad & cold drink for me total £12.65 from my entertainment fund. Then dropped DF home & I went to aldee £32.28 including fruit, wheat bics, smoked mackerel, salad, tin tuna, eggs, joint of gammon, 70% choc, chicken fillets 400g, plus box tissues, shampoo & bleach. 

I will put the gammon in the slow cooker and that will do several meals with salad or broccoli/ cauli cheese. Also sliced for breakfast with eggs. Chicken will do a few meals with roasted med veg or salad or swede/ carrot mash & cauli/ broccoli (in freezer) with gravy or with stir fry veg, ginger & soy. May just need more lettuce/ watercress and milk before the weekend. I am also going to make a goose mince / courgette lasagne. 

Current account remaining £68.88 
Groceries £40
Petrol £10
Entertainment £18.88

Tresinia511

Your menus sound mouthwatering as well as super healthy sya

doingitanyway

I like your use of gammon 
I was also very hot here today...

Skint_yet_Again

I am struggling with this heat 🥵 Had some bad news about friends mum this week so have been seeing my friend most days trying to provide some support. Met up with DF for trip to diy place. Niece came over with little lad 🥰

Next week out for brunch with friend, boiler due a service, (household bills pot) local company coming to measure up for new fence. (DIY pot). Dentist appointment (annual bills pot). 

This weekend I need to hoover the car (after this weeks tip run) and have paintwork on a couple of walls to touch up in the dining area. Hopefully we will get some rain and it will cool down a bit 

Tresinia511

Sorry to hear your friends bad news.  Is nice for her to have you as a friend for support  in time of need x

SuzeQStan

Hey lovely SYA - the heat is punishing! If you have one or two cooler packs from the freezer they work a treat wrapped in a tea towel and placed at the back of your neck or underarm/leg etc.  a shower before bed can also cool and allow for an easier sleep at night.

sorry to hear about your friends mom xx

Ordinary_Yet_Unique

It does seem that for once the North and East of England are getting the better of the weather. We have had a couple of fairly hot days but in general nothing special lol!

doingitanyway

Sorry about your friend's mum. Its good you are able to support her.

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks Tresinia, Suze and dia. More bad news her father in law has taken a turn for the worse (he’s been in hospital a week) so I have been to sit with her for a while as they have the grandchildren, while her OH has gone to the hospital. It’s been raining on and off today Oy_U but no cooler. Hopefully more rain tonight will cool temperatures down for tomorrow 

I hoovered the car this morning and wiped all the surfaces inside. One coat of paint over the marks on the walls. Hopefully that will cover them & I won’t need to paint the whole wall & alcove. 

Skint_yet_Again

Too hot 🥵 can’t sleep despite having a quick cool shower and having the fan on. 

Was too hot to cook today so I had cold roast chicken with salad for lunch and cold smoked peppered mackerel with crackers & cheese for dinner. It’s supposed to be cooler tomorrow so I have taken some goose mince from the freezer to make a courgette lasagne and mince & onions in gravy with mashed swede & carrot topping.