Im bloody shit...

at blogging

Well i am lol, thought i better pop in for a catch up, so whats been going on ooop North

first things first still skint but happy :D


Christmas is over and done with, there was only four of us and there was no stressing and no debt to worry about, and thats such a good feeling ..

Decorations will be down tonight and the big clean will start again..

ooh its been wet windy and dull in Lancashire lately and bloomin cold, the blankets have been out the hot water bottles are in full swing, and i have been walking around the house in layers upon layers of clothes with a dressing gown on top, the postman's face was a picture when i finally managed to waddle through the door the other morning to collect a parcel ..hells teeth i looked like a sumo that was about to attempt a mountain trek haha
At least he had a giggle

So its back to work today for us both 

Thought id check the bank balances  

OH 0.00 

Me 0.33p lol the bills that were due on the 1st came out this morning so we have 33p until OH gets paid on Thursday (midnight Wednesday thank goodness) 

We have been in this situation most months tbh, but we struggle on and scrape through 

I have council tax to pay Thursday, top the gas and electric up and do a bit of grocery shopping. 

I need milk and tea bags today, we are totally out checked the purse and there's about £2 in there so enough for that 

The pets have their food... 

Best check the cupboards, fridge and freezer I don’t think I need to panic too much I should be able to cobble up some meals... let's have a look... 

Fridge - 

Half block cheese 

½ tub garlic cheese spread 

1 unopened soft cheese spread 

Half block butter 

Small amount of lurpack 

Salad items 

1 cooked chicken breast 

Some cooked gammon 

Quorn ham 

8 eggs 

Veg basket - 

½ bag Reduced sprouts 

5 Reduced potatoes 

2 Reduced cabbages 

3 Reduced parsnips 

½  bag carrots  

Fruit bowl - 

Oranges 

Apples 

Grapes 

Cupboards - 

Sons cereal  

2 tins soup 

Tin salmon 

Tin rice pudding 

Tin baked beans 

Tin tomatoes 

Tin sweetcorn 

Curry noodles 

Chicken noodles 

Plain noodles 

Rice 

3 packets custard 

Garlic chicken packet 

Parsley sauce packet 

Lasagne sheets 

Parmesan cheese 

Chopped garlic  

salt & pepper 

Balsamic vinegar 

Malt vinegar 

Worcester sauce 

Ketchup 

Pickles 

Mint sauce 

Applesauce 

Maple syrup 

Suet  

Plain flour 

Self raising flour 

Sugar 

Yeast 

Half loaf bread 

4 x oven bake baguettes 

Freezer - 

Vege burgers 

Sausage rolls 

Bag peas 

Beef Mince 

2 chicken kievs 

4 southern fried chicken 

1 quorn kiev 

2 breaded turkey steaks 

mini sweet corn cobs 

Ice cream 

Frozen white sauce mascarpone & spinach 

So whats left from xmas and the treat draw -  

Some roses 

Small bag terrys choc orange  

4 mince pies 

Half xmas cake 

Bag pretzels 

2 ½ bags doritos 

½ biscuit jar 

½ packet crackers 

5 Cereal bars 

Microwave popcorn 

Drinks - 

Half bottle squash 

2 fresh orange juice cartons 

When you put it all down on paper it seems a lot – plenty of bis to use up and make meals from I need to chop and freeze some cabbage for the freezer I dont want it to go to waste, there's half a Swede than can be frozen too for a casserole. 

Ive run out of allot of basics – oil gravy stuffing pasta beans spaghetti etc think I will make another list in a couple of days with a meal plan and try to spend no more than £30 it’s the pet foods that bump our shopping bill up each week. 

I need cleaning bits but I only use value bleach with boiling water, and use polish with recycled sheet cloths, I don’t need that but do need value washing up liquid and sponges too. 

My son is at the x's this week so don’t need to feed him, that helps blimey being off school they don’t stop eating lol 

So off to plan a few meals and work out the shopping for the week, but first back to work … meh …  

All the animals are acting like naughty kids this morning they've realised its back to the routine, all running around going mad cats calling for the birds outside, oining me for food etc etc .. heck cant even have a cuppa till I nip for tea bags, another coffee is going to send me over the edge lol 

I hope you have all had a relaxed stress free xmas with loved ones and friends, and lastly happy new year to you all xxxxx

Bloody cat

For an hour I've been trying to get the cat in its now 11.35pm I've been out quietly shouting quickly followed by louder shouting tempting her with treats

Oh no she thinks it's a game
Off she runs
Up and down the back street
Teasing me on the wall
At arms reach
Out comes the laser pen
Not tonight this girls not for coming in


Followed by me in crocs
Pj pants
A yoda t shirt
No bra
Doing laps of the bloody back street with a laser pen

I've had to come in the neighbours are looking out the windows

She can stay out the little minx

Raining cats and dogs ooop north

Its been raining all night and all morning up north

the evenings seem to be drawing in and starting to feel chilly first thing in the morning, OH gets up for work around 5am and ive noticed a difference in temperature

its funny old weather thou, one minute torrential rain and the next brilliant sunshine, just as easily then turns to hail and thunderstorms

i hope we are not in for a long wet winter

meh

im off back to bed for half an hour with a cuppa then off to work i go

catch you all later 

Sammie xx

Penny pinching

I ended up with a thumping headache last night so didn't manage the hill walk..

bugger!

I didn't fancy the stir fry either..

oh heck! 

that got shoved in the freezer

I wanted something stodgy and filling as feeling sorry for myself

 (well more of a cant be arsed mood to be honest)

into the depths of the freezer i went..

i grabbed a cheap 99p farmfoods cheese pizza

some reduced spinach balls i cooked and froze in november

a squishy tomato from the fridge

the last teeny piece of cheese

and threw it all on

i found some spiral fries in the freezer to so bunged a few on a baking tray shoved it all in and cooked for 30 mins

that jazzed up a boring pizza and was bloomin lovely, with leftovers for lunch today too

much better!

So while all that was cooking i diced up some going squishy toms from the fridge and tubbed them up for the freezer ready to add to a lasagne or pasta, and cut up the reduced baby corn i bought for 20p, brought to a simmer and popped them on a tray for the freezer too

ahhh

another job jobbed, ill add the corn to some currys i think or whatever springs to mind :D

The fridge is almost bare now, with only milk, butter, eggs, coconut oil, some sundried tomatoes and a tin of cat food, its all been used up

When i finish work this afternoon that will be my first job, i'll give the fridge a real good clean out

how does it get so mucky it gets wiped down every week!! 

The freezers a bit more full i think ill have a run through and see what i can use up and what meals i can cobble together for next week

easy tea tonight something along the lines of egg, chips and beans

or soup and toast

shopping day tomorrow

Sammie xx

literally turn my back for two minutes and the three amigos are at it again

straight up on the sofa on me blinking furry blanket

one snuggling on it 

one scratching it up

and one licking it

Ahhh thats better ive shoved nipper off mum night night

please play ball mum before you goto work

go on then!!!

god help me hahaha

Three amigos

Just look at these three ...I wonder who will catch the fly first

Nipper Pixie or Darcy

They do make me laugh

Just put the washing out and it looks like rain off to find the crocs ready for a dash outside

Hopefully I'll burn a few calories running in and out lol

Back soon

Sammie xx

Back in the land of bloggy world and some yellow stickers

Hello everyone

Its been a while again we've had no internet as the laptop decided to give up I thought there was a virus on it so eventually forked out for Norton antivirus software and touch wood it's been fine since, worth it at £19 for the year I think, I'm sure Norton used to be around £70 odd pounds a few years back..any who fingers crossed.

Grabbed some yellow stickers this evening spent a total of 89p

That'll do me

Two bags of stir fry 15p each

Packet of baby corn 20p

And a hovis multi seed loaf 39p

should have been £4.10 so a nice little saving

We'll have the stir fry tomorrow and I've frozen the loaf and will use for my breakfast and lunches in the week.

Now I've put on a bit of weight and suffering from a bad hip and back hells chuffing teeth only 36 and really feeling my age so ive started walking up the massive hill every evening with the dog absolutely kills me but when I reach the top I'm rewarded with feeling good and a lovely Tesco extra store, If I time it right usually around 8.30pm ish there are a few bargains to be had so all's good, and I'll only buy things we can use or need, that reminds me I had to get a tin of cat food the cats have decided they don't like anything at the moment only tinned gormet pate! Christ on a blooming stick even I don't get pate! Luckily have found some offers on it in town some places 3 tins for a pound and others 4 tins for a pound ..honestly!

Anyway Im still blaming my thyroid although it's probably the love of Jammie Dodgers that's got me putting on weight :D if I'm honest

Ah well we can't all be perfect

I'll be back soon

I promise

Sammie xx