£67,031.92 is a frightening number indeed....

It's 75p per roll, but they are longer rolls - the relevant calculation is the price per 100 sheets (can you tell I've spent too long researching this?). The brands we buy (proper brands when on offer or 'nicer' supermarket version rather than standard, as explained in possibly too much depth) vary from 16p to 20p per 100 sheets, and the WGAC is 18.8p per 100 sheets, so bang in the middle. And hopefully will be sufficiently good quality compared to other recycled toilet roll that we will only use as much as of the 'nice' toilet roll we currently use. But as you point out, each solution has its benefits - we can all only make the choice that seems best for us. <ponders velvet toilet roll>

I love the sound of the way you manage your stores Suffolk Lass, that's kind of where I want to get to. At the minute we have three shower gels purely because I didn't realise we already had one, twice. So better management of what we do have is definitely part of it too! I don't even use shower gel, that's just for DH.

More (hopefully) good financial news today - got a text message saying the Virgin transfer had gone through, so hopefully no more problems there. Will be good to have it on a 0%.

Interesting chat re the toilet roll (clearly my diary has it all going on. Debt busting, washing up bowls and toilet roll. What more could you want?). Having researched virgin pulp (like Nicky) vs recycled and locally produced vs slow-shipped from China, I'm happy with WGAC, but everyone has different priorities. So hard to know which is the best choice when there are so many 'this is the best option' options out there, especially when there's the additional constraint of a super tight budget. I'm excited about trying to get our household goods onto more of a level footing though, with regular savings and infrequent bulk buying to save money.

I'm really enjoying the challenge of trying to figure out how to incorporate a few of our green principles into a budget lifestyle. I'm sure that our big money savers of not going anywhere abroad on holiday, not running a tumble dryer, only running one car, having smallish wardrobes etc all contribute much more, environmentally speaking, than saving the odd tree's worth of toilet roll, but it's nice to feel we're doing our bit.

Had a much better day with the DC today, they were all much cheerier. We didn't even leave the house in the end, the weather was so utterly miserable. I think a good home-day was what we all needed though. I got on top of some cleaning, the DC built lego and played games, it was all really nice.

Dinner was surprisingly ok. I made chana dal (current favourite dal among the children, having firmly usurped tarka dal), but threw in the last of a jar of mung beans to use them up too. Was worried it would be a gross brown colour - mung beans are sludgy green, chana dal is yellow and tinned tomatoes are, obviously, red - but it came out looking moderately appetising, and everyone ate plenty. Always feels like a good nourishing meal. Threw some fresh parsley on top, bought by mistake instead of coriander, whoops! Waste not want not. Also made naans. A different recipe to my usual one and they came out like chapatis, which seemed like a bit of a waste of effort after spending so long on them. This is close to the recipe I usually use, which is much better. Loads of dal and a few naans leftover, might just have them again tomorrow night since DH is away and it's an easy dinner.

Three things to do today
1. Pack and post orders for smaller business. Done.
2. Arrange playdate for Friday. Done.
3. Focus properly on the DC when I can today, rather than being half hearted, in an attempt to kill-with-kindness any nascent tantrums! Not perfect, but a lot better than yesterday, and I think it paid off.

Savings/Spends:
- £37.68/£28 February 'rounding down' overpayment pot (moved across the rounding down pot from my business account).
- £1,046.80/£5,000 2018 debt repayment goal.