Love food hate Waste Part two for 2018 :)

Hi chums, a bit earlier tonight as DD's very tired I think all the excitement of Christmas etc is catching up with her.I dropped DGS Jack off at the local Savacentre in Hempstead for his coffee bar job and youngest DGS Mikey wanted to come with me for a shufti around the shops with his Christmas cash.

He had £75.00 burning a hole in his pocket this morning.WE we looked in Game, no bargains to be had, his words were I can buy it cheaper online , Then went to Argos ,again nothing took his fancy ,even went into the large Sainsburys again nothing he fancied in there either. So we came back home with his cash intact.We may go to Chatham tomorrow and he can have a look around Primari, as he said he might see a hoodie there he fancies. I think he is at last growing up and thinking twice and really looking for value for his cash before splashing out.His next brother up Henry had also £75 in Christmas cash and has decided to open an online savings account for next year when he goes to Uni and has deposited £60.00 towards next year in it ,then when I went to pick Jack up from work just before 5 he came with me and bought some aftershave than he wanted and a lotion for his face out of his birthday cash.

One of the presents I bought him was a top of the range Gillette shaving system and he has started to shave this week bless him he is 17 and was asking his Dad the best way to do it so he doesn't cut himself, seems odd as it's not that long ago he was playing with Lego but I am glad he is being sensible and thinking ahead.

My little grandsons are growing up so quickly . My son-in-law cooked a beautiful piece of beef for dinner today it was real melt in the mouth, and at lunch it was just left over odds and ends stuff on a help yourself basis which was nice.Hoping we can get a day out that is dry enough for the dogs to have a run and we can have a good walk and blow away the indoor cobwebs

No shopping done or needed for a few days as we have cupboard stuff full of food and I bought lots from my house as well.Just a couple of dry days would be nice this week..

When I was in Sainsburys with DGS Mikey I saw on the meat counter a shoulder of lamb and it looked nice but at £21.47 it could stay there as it was vastly overpriced I thought. the price of meat is unbelievable at the moment let hope it doesn't get any worse next year.


Another thing that was jaw dropping last week was the price that had been charged at "Santa's grotto' £5 per child and the presents that I saw were actual plastic tat. Didn't even get a photo with him either as they don't want children sitting on Santa's knee , what a sad twisted country we have become.

Well I don't seem to have spent much at all over the holiday and come next week a New Year will mean tightening my belt another notch and waiting and seeing what 29th March will bring.I may lay in some staple stuff if I can depends what seems likely to be running short .

Right the kettle calls as I am sleeping very comfortably on a long soft leather sofa. I have a blanket over my down sleeping bag which has kept me warm in may countries around the world. It zips up into a manageable size and folds away into a carrying case Its been a lifesaver over the past 10 years as its easily portable and very soft and warm,

My DD says she will kick one of the boys out of bed if you want Mum but I am more than comfy on the sofa, plus I am next door to the kitchen and hot kettle if ,as I do often, make cuppa in the night, I am a bit of a night owl when it comes to my joints


I am enjoying the break from the routine but by the weekend I will be itching to be back in my own home again.I have a very long list of to-do job that I want to get done mainly in the decluttering, but I want to get my New Years cleaning done before the bad weather arrives

Hope all is well with my virtual pals and hope to return with lots of many saving meal in the New Year

take care chums

JackieO xx