And now we go again...

PennysIntoPounds

That's terrible about Canon, definitely brand switch, and put your experience on TrustPilot and Canon's website if possible

Big eek to the car estimated cost, no-one needs that! At least you have your other car though not ideal.

Can you have a big omelette for a dinner to use some eggs up? And if you're away/out and about then a fry up/egg sarnie to set you right for the day is breakfast of champions

rtandon27

EEEEEEk to Canon being less than reasonable!

For the eggs, in the past (pandemic times) we've cracked and scrambled 4 at a time the poured into zippy bags to freeze. Defrost at room temp then cook into scramble or omlette. Can also do them 2 at a time for baking cakes or quick breads. Always cooks up fine and saves wasting any. (Oh the things you learn when the only eggs available come in flats of 60!)

joedenise

I was also going to suggest whipping them up and freezing in ziplock bags ready to make omelettes, quiche, scrambled eggs or even to add to cakes.

kayannie

Although I don't recommend using eggs past their BB date, we discovered that my late MIL was eating them weeks later than the date. She never had any ill effects & lived to 109!

KA

badmemory

I keep my eggs in an egg tray & have no idea of the BB date. If I think there may be a problem I just do the float test. It has never let me down.

EssexHebridean

Hey all! Yes - as soon as mine get to the BB I ALWAYS do the float test! I can't imagine that eggs that are old would do you any harm as such, it's just they tend not to taste anything like as nice at that stage I find, so not as worth eating!

It's occurred to me that we could even take them with us to use while we're away - egg butties are definitely an option at that stage, so I'm not really sure why I was concerned about them now I think about it! Ah well - we've dealt with some anyway - pasta salad last night had eggs as the protein, and we've had egg mayo rolls for lunch today as well.

Also have no idea why I hadn't thought about cracking, beating and freezing - honestly, I cleary need to post regularly on a forum where people post about such things! 😆

PiP - I've never been so tempted to brand-switch - but it's not as easy as that sadly, something which Canon are well aware of. It's not only that camera - it's the lens that goes with it, and several other cameras and lenses of the same brand. My original aim was to get a second mirrorless camera as my backup, and then gradually change all my lenses to the new mirrorless mount (rather than needing to use them via an adapter) over time - changing everything in one go - which is the only real option if changing brands, is going to cost me a lot more money than I'd like, and I think than I'm willing to pay. I am pretty set on the second mirrorless body being 2nd hand not new now though, so that will at least be a bit less money in Canon's pocket! I'm already posting on a relevant FB group about the issue - Trustpilot isn't a bad shout although I do need to consider whether I risk causing myself issues in the future if I have kit needing repair or service.

The car thing is indeed ouchy - we're ignoring it for the moment, but that won't work for long!

EssexHebridean

And here we are the other side of a fairly busy couple of weeks!

We DID take the eggs with us, and had bacon and egg butties for breakfast for our first couple of days in Cornwall. That was an easily solved dilemma! We also took a double batch of crumble topping and a massive pile of rhubarb, and cooked rhubarb & apple crumble for 10 while we were there - that went down very well indeed!

I've now spent some time shooting with a pal's spare camera which he has kindly loaned to me - and I fear that my photography wish-list has just got longer AND more expensive than it's been for a while. Such is a photographer's lot, unfortunately - and the money is there in savings for exactly that purpose so I'll be firming some thigs up in my own mind then making the decision.

Things are ticking along on the MSE front at home

• we're finally beginning to see some space in the freezer - I have done an audit so I know what we have and am starting to work my way through it.
• Yesterday's long run of negative prices on Agile means that I cooked a big dish of chicken orzo bake and a second roasting tin with indian spiced chicken thighs - that was lunch yesterday, tea tonight and probably two days meals later in the week sorted.
• Those negative prices also meant the washing basket was got completely up to date - including bedding and towels - and everything dried too between tumble drying and the line.
• Mum had a couple of part bags of salad she wasn't going to use so those have been incorporated into the meal plan - we do like free food! (and she got some rhubarb from us, so fair's fair!
• Claimed a free veg item and also managed to use a £5 off £40 spend in Lil's. The veg ended up being the peppers I would have bought anyway as although not the best value, they were the vest value from the stuff I was buying, and would use.
• The garden is also starting to contribute some salad stuff which is good - although yet again I seem to have had a fail on the radish front, I've no idea why they won't grow for me!
• The start of month mortgage OP was done as usual and that now leaves us in the £86k's. I'm hoping that the interest even for 31 days months will be down below the £300 level from next month too which will feel like a milestone.
• My revised tax code is now in place ending a year of HMRC having a knee-jerk reaction to what they thought our savings interest "might be" - it will not surprise you to know that it hasn't been anything like the figure they plucked from the air, and this has all now been corrected and my tax code is back where it should be.
• We have agreed that a small additional payment will go to my pension each month - I may yet ask payroll to just deduct this at source as that will likely be easier than doing it manually.

I've been given the opportunity to join some pals on a trip to Lundy later in the year which will be rather good - there was just the one space available but MrEH didn't have the holiday time in any event. I've worked though the budget and established how it will be paid for, and have started planning travel and the overnight accommodation before and after etc.

EssexHebridean

Morning all - and as SA said in her diary, it's a proper miserable one here with pretty much constant rain since first thing, and chilly too!

MSE Stuff:

• 2 x N'wide Fairer Share payments received with us yesterday and both have been transferred to the mortgage.
• MrEH opted to do an ISA transfer to a 1 year fix with a decent rate but it seems that in spite of what it lead him to believe on opening, it can only be funded once, meaning he can't transfer in the rest of the ISA money we need to move. As he opened it online though, I believe he can just reverse the whole thing - he's looking into that.
• His car needed fuel last night - prices do finally seem to be falling a little which is a relief.
• A new box of fatballs was ordered for the birds - I'll ned to work out where the cost of that comes from, it's sitting on the CC at the moment
• Food is ticking along roughly as planned - last night's (delicious) salmon pasta salad used the last of this weeks salad leaves and tomatoes, and the remnants of a bag of croutons as well as a portion of wholewheat pasta in the bottom of a bag. Tonight is going to be a quick cheaty meal of soup (tinned) with toasted crumpets (freezer)
• We're managing to get odds and ends dealt with in the garden in the evenings now which is both nice and useful. Relocation of the tomatoes to thin out the "plantation" a bit - and also to ensure that all those currently setting fruit are sitting together for ease of feeding, a quick sow of some more salad bits, and others odds and ends
• Electricity prices are still looking hopeful for the weekend although the predictor site doesn't seem to think so - we'll see how it pans out.

This week seems to have involved a lot of odd spendiness

• I've had to park the car near the office twice which means needing to pop to Als for something small to justify the car park use
• Also had to pop into T's for a couple of bits on Monday evening.
• I've ordered a new plug for the kitchen sink - we bought a good one for the main sink so I've gone for the same for the half sink too.
• Also ordered another set of 4 planter troughs that we use for salad.

All needed, - but nonetheless niggly! I'm also planning to do some needed clothes/footwear shopping at the weekend, although that relies on finding the right things, of course.

Under not needed but wanted, file the Sn@g 3 for 2 offers on their chub rub shorts. Been wanting to try those for a while.

joedenise

I always take fat balls from our garden pot - after all that's where the holders for them are!

Cheery_Daff

I love my sn@g chub rub shorts! They're a bit weird because they're kind of tights fabric (can't wear on their own!) but actually I find them very cool 😊

We missed the fairer shares payments this time - it's the account I use for matched betting and i haven't done any in a while - hadn't realised that would disqualify me as it hadn't happened before! Most vexing as its a joint account and we both usually get in 🙄