An in-between phase

Chrystal

WinterWarrior said:

joedenise said:

I find Prime is still good value for me as we also use the Prime Video quite often so it's not just the postage.  Also some of the free books on the 1st of the month are worth reading too.  

Same for me. We both use the video and both take advantage of the free postage a lot. I also have a regular order for coffee beans and the cats Dreamies are cheaper (and they go through them so fast!), so it definitely pays for me. I also use the trick quite often of sending a big bar of chocolate with a gift message instead of a birthday card…when you add in the cost of a card and postage it is quite a bit cheaper and they get chocolate 😁

What a brilliant idea.... why hadn't I thought of that! 

dawnybabes

Ditto - everyone’s going to be gettting a bar of choc now ! 

PennysIntoPounds

What a rainy and gloomy Sunday!

Admin comping tidying

M&S receipt survey

Laundry

Survey

Cleaned kitchen floor

Mum decided she didn't particularly want to go out and that it was a staying in and being cosy day instead

I did a bit of sorting out for car boot sale/possible moving, including a Vinted listing and some bits for the charity shop bag

Take-away this evening, plan is to go for Greek which is exciting. Mustn't order too much *orders too much*

Sun_Addict

The weather has been dire here too after a glorious day yesterday. Rained ALL day 😞 

PennysIntoPounds

Ah yes @Sun_Addict but as I keep repeating to myself, this is spring freezing and bloody horrible, not winter freezing and bloody horrible, such a difference 👀😂

PennysIntoPounds

Pleased to report that mum enjoyed her food, unfortunately I was sent a meat version and started stuffing it in my face before realising (it was mousakka so not immediately evident, it's not like I was pulling the legs off a lobster and wondering why this tomato seemed weird). 
Complaint registered with Just Eat, haven't consumed meat in decades, but we all know that I have super chill guts so I'm sure it'll be fine...
But the main reason I'm drivelling on is to praise the mse 'cook once, eat twice' ethos (which I think I picked up from @foxgloves, thank you) as it meant I could quickly warm up leftover pasta and still participate in our mothers day dinner without making my mum feel like our treat had been spoiled.
We've had a lovely day and I hope everyone else has too whether celebrating what is ultimately yet another festival of meaningless and unnecessary consumerism or not x

Though I do have to appreciate the irony of me a week or two ago calling out nonsense emails and ads for being all BUY YOUR MUM HAM and me now having offered my mum an extra beef meal on mother's day. Touchè corporate b*llocks, touchè

Less_Talk_and_More_Action

Glad you were able to rescue things @PennysIntoPounds That reminds me of years ago. When I met Mr L he was vegetarian.  About six months after we got together we ordered a curry for delivery and they sent him one with chicken in it instead of cauliflower.  He was so hungry that he ate it anyway and that was him eating meat again for a number of years (a man of great moral fibre.....ha ha!).  We have both been fully vegetarian since Jan 2021 and try to be as plant based as possible so definitely wouldn't eat it now! Good you are feeling better.

L x 

PennysIntoPounds

Oh dear @Less_Talk_and_More_Action 😂

PennysIntoPounds

Unsurprisingly, bit of a dodgy tummy so haven't done much today. Bit disappointing as I could have pushed myself to do more but on the other hand I've spent nothing and have been reading so getting nearer to ziffitable books!

Have managed:

Admin
Comping
Tidying

Receipt survey
Online survey

Was brave and put a post asking for advice up on the mse mortgage section. It was obviously so inane it crashed the whole site as I've got an error message every time I've tried to catch up on anyone's diary

Tiny bit of work

Item up on Vinted

A third of wussy situps

Ten minute carpet walk reading book for ziffit

Dinner will be leftovers of the all-healing mum's cauliflower cheese and a baked spud

PennysIntoPounds

Interesting little article in a recent New Scientist about ultra processed foods, was reassuring to read this snippet as I was starting to get a bit overwhelmed by the debate