Moving on

Cherryfudge

I was going to go for a run today but DD had a dental appointment near here and we agreed to meet up with H, so that took away running time - though I did run round doing a small amount of housework before going out, does that count?

I also thought to check the inside of the melon before throwing it out and to my surprise, given the grotty state of the exterior, it was fine. I ate a slice and blended the rest which is now in the freezer as an experimental sorbet.

I certainly got my steps in today - over 22,000. We met up at the nicest coffee shop and I had my second pumpkin latte in two days. J had a matcha with white chocolate and I tried a sip: I think the white choc sold it to me! The girls had sandwiches but I decided I needed to use up fridge stuff rather than eat out (also I'd just had melon) so that saved a few pounds. We had planned to go for a walk too, but the clouds were very dark so we settled for walking back to H's and spending time there. It was good to see A more mobile after the back incident, though he's still not himself. We had a nice time just talking and playing with the baby and unusually for me, I was first to go but had to think of work timing.

H gave me a bag of apples off their tree and on the way back I gathered more rosehips from the hedge that was cut back yesterday. I hope tomorrow to be able to do something with them. I also thought to check the Olio app. I've never got anything from it (there's not much round here) but I'd noticed 1celand puts their discounts on it so I checked rather than have a fruitless journey when I didn't have much turn-around time. They did me proud and I got a box of a dozen large eggs at half price, ready for DH's baking session tomorrow.

The latte had cream so that was enough calories for the afternoon, then I had an overnight oats before work and another helping of chickpea tikka for a main meal when I got home. On the way home I called into Mr T for margarine and flour for DH, and happily caught optimum bargain time: three punnets of doughnut peaches at 32p each instead of £1.30 and a gigantic bag of fresh spinach for 40p instead of £1.66. With some other discounts, that ostensibly saved £6.15, but of course I wouldn't have bought the peaches or spinach on full price. Some spinach went into my dinner and some will be frozen, but I may end up giving some to A and H if they can use it - 500g of spinach is a big bag!

Having dodged the rain all day, I got caught in the last few minutes of walking home. I was very glad of my umbrella (an MS one as it was part of my Mum's large collection) but my uniform and shoes went straight in the wash as I thought the wash plus spin gave them more chance of being dry for tomorrow.

Expenditure:
Housekeeping £9.56
Entertainment: £5.20