Thank god we paid the mortgage off

ladybird1106

Thanks everyone I will look into those authors. Imagined eye candy sounds interesting. I wonder how Rutha differs from person to person’s imagination.

FRUGALNESS FOR TODAY.
• made soup with homegrown celery. Enough for leftovers.
• harvested parsley( finally got it to grow- currently under some netting) chopped and then frozen. Courgettes sliced and then griddled. Beans from yesterday have been podded and are now drying.
• took advantage of 🐙2 free hours of leccy. Dw, computers, phones, hoovered and a shower used.
• used nature’s tumble dryer and managed to get it in the house before it rained.
• free exercise at the allotment.
• mum made bread and pudding🤤.

Very tired so any early night for me.

Love 🐞

ladybird1106

Today we managed to get mum some decent walking shoes, had to go into the national park- lovely drive. Another family member visited😮‍💨. Applied for another job and learnt how to upload a cv. Still not feeling 100%, but better than yesterday.

FRUGALNESS FOR TODAY.
• leftovers for tea.
• didn’t spend any money.
• meal plan sorted for the week.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 and that’s about it for today. Short but sweet.
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themadvix

I think driving into a national park and not spending any money deserves a well done! Many temptations and usually extortionate parking!

Hope you're feeling even better today.

ladybird1106

It was and in and out job themadvix. Feeling a bit better today, less nausea.
I’ve Decluttered 3lbs from last week’s weigh in and no alcohol.
Volunteered this morning for 4hours. Managed to create order in the semi chaos🤣 until next week.

FRUGALNESS FOR TODAY.
• sm shop was £42odd- marmite £6.10 in Sainsbugs 😖.
• tea out with my friend who paid to thank me for my help on a project.
•Mr 🐞 had freezer surprise and veggies.

That’s all for today.
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Cherryfudge

Have you tried the 'marmite lookalikes'? They are labelled 'yeast extract' and are, as far as I can tell, the same thing without the brand, and cheaper. I used to be a bit wary as they could be the wrong consistency, but they seem to have got it right over the last few years.

ladybird1106

Thanks cherryfudge I’ll look at that next time we need some.

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Greying_Pilgrim

Yes, @Cherryfudge is right - even MrS do a mArm1te dupe, don't they? As well as MrAl - not too sure about MrL. I've had the MrS dupe. Possibly a leetle runnier (difficult to judge as I'd not bought the branded product for yonks), but taste-wise, just as good, full of the same vits etc. I think - don't quote me - but I think @EssexHebridean uses the aldee mArm1te dupe??? and finds it good enough, having previously used the branded??

Greying X

ladybird1106

Thanks GP will give those a look🤞 I’ll remember about those when the jar runs out!

FRUGALNESS FOR TODAY.
• visited the allotment this morning, harvested the last of the tomatoes and french beans. Also picked 4 small courgettes, cucumbers, lettuce, herbs, apples and potatoes.
• homemade pizza and salad (homegrown lettuce, garlic, beetroot, cucumber, herbs and tomatoes).
• shower water used to flush the loo.
• used homegrown tomatoes, herbs and garlic to make pizza sauce.
• used homegrown tomatoes to make passata sauce for later in the week.
• no money spent other than the usual bills.
• more beans podded to dry (future meal ingredients).

Other than that not a lot achieved.
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EssexHebridean

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82175232#Comment_82175232

Oh no no no - Marmite is sacrosanct in our house, along with a certain brand of coffee that MrEH prefers, and no dupes shall cross the threshold! 😁 If we're talking about stuff on toast though in terms of peanut butter I rate Al's and Lil's offerings on the "100% peanuts" type very highly indeed - when they say "crunchy" they MEAN crunchy!

I do recall someone talking about using a dupe for the yeasty stuff - can't remember who though!

themadvix

I didn't know you could get dupes of the yeasty stuff - good to know as the only thing it's used for in this house (certainly by me) is for adding some depth to chilli etc. (I am very much in the hate camp, but in small untastable quantities, this is acceptable). At that price, I shall definitely be looking for an unbranded version next time!