Cherry takes the reins

I got quite a bit of knitting done tonight - have to feel I'm doing something while watching the footie! I don't usually manage to watch any sport of my own, not even with horses involved, but this one drew me in. DH (he who never watches football either) had to miss it as he had a prior commitment.

I haven't given in to the storage containers - yet. I need to work out how many I want/need, thereby saving postage.
Spends:
Housekeeping £4.51
e-book £1.99 (gift voucher)
Gift £30.00
MS:
£75 compensation for bank error in not setting up my DD
£6 'reward' to be paid by bank (see above somewhere).
All dinner ingredients from freezer or cupboards (liver and mash with onions and red wine gravy - rapidly becoming a favourite).
10th coin savings 10p
Confessions:
Only needed dishwasher salt but ended up buying fruit and chocolate too.
Decluttering:
I didn't throw anything out (though those jalapenos may be doomed - and they're out of date so the food bank won't have them) - but the fridge and two big shelves look a lot better and I've finished up a small bottle of wine

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

Cranberry sauce never really goes out of date, last Xmas we ate cranberry sauce which had been opened and was dated 2014, no one died:rotfl: Seriously though I sometimes just have cranberry on the side if I am doing a roast chicken dinner - its not just for turkey.

Could the meringues and sponge fingers be made in to a trifle of sorts??

I love cranberry sauce - I just need more fridge space lol. I think I may just organise myself to have chicken, stuffing and cranberry sandwiches from time to time. Glad nobody came to grief over it last Christmas :rotfl: it's one of those things where you can see or smell if it's not right, can't you.

Trifle is a good idea! If I make a big one for Sunday dinner then that should get through quite a lot - I'm sure we have a backlog of jelly somewhere too!

A sad day today: our remaining guinea pig went into a decline and died this evening. He was at least six years old and I think it was sheer old age: he seemed his normal self till this morning. I did discuss taking him to the vet but I've seen this before and I knew that given his age it was a case of when not if, and decided the journey to the vets might be more trauma for him. So the day has been overshadowed by this.

Apart from this it's been a day of nice things. I decided I really needed to do something about my hair so I gave it a wash and trim. I can trim it myself as it's long but it hadn't been done for ages because I've not had the mobility. I had no problem today, evidence my arm is getting a wider range of movement. We had a takeaway for lunch then went out for a walk through beautiful woodland and stopped for coffee and a scone on the way home before visiting Mr Al in a nearby town. That has spent nearly all the food budget for the week - I think there is £1.61 left but I have a few things in for this coming week (soups, liver, sausages, tins of fruit etc.) which takes the strain off that budget.

The under-sink storage is assembled and just about fitted in. Much neater under there so it seems to have been the right move. I also got all the handwashing and the ironing up to date.

Spending:
Housekeeping: £19.65
Gift £5.00
MS:
Am down to seven coins in my purse so nothing towards the 10th coin savings.
Found £1.05 when moving the washing machine
Home made hair cut.
Decluttering:
Under sink is a lot more accessible.
Haven't actually got this out of the house yet but asked DS2 to see if his animal-loving friend can use spare hay etc. from the guinea pig. Sad to have it around and I'm not getting any new animals this side of our big holiday.