Back to basics

Dear reader,

Good morning to you all. 0500 here as working early today and after laying in bed for a while and worrying about the alarm I just got up.

We were clobbered by a £500 car bill this month, never good and it didn't help with my frugal mind set at all. I spent when I wouldn't usually have done. Hairdressers (not been since last July though) a picture for the house and bought a few more expensive food items.
On the other hand, I have worked solidly for the last 8 days,  I finished late and was back in early. I worked bank holiday and just couldn't do a major cook so treated us to a couple of steaks and prepared veg from the supermarket. I still stood and cooked the steaks and was still cheaper than ordering a take away.

On a good note, our gas direct debit has gone down and we are well in credit for the electricity. Will just wait for the next bill and will ask for a refund from them. Better in my account than theirs.

We have been scrimping now since 2011. Don't get me wrong, we don't live on gruel and we still eat well, have the odd bottle of wine, bar of chocolate and I do buy a few items of clothes when I need to. More for work than going out because we don't really go,out much.
We started a big saving plan to get a deposit for this house and we did that in a year. Then, when we moved in we had to do it up. I couldn't feel clean in the old bathroom with the yellowing carpet!
Now, we have to pay for it all!

We work all week and sometimes weekends and when we are off the Saturday and Sunday are so precious that we like to just go for walks, maybe visit a bootsale and cook a nice dinner.
The clubbing, pubbing days are over.

I must get back to the homemade, from scratch cooking. I bought three chickens yesterday for the price of 2. I roasted one and used the dark meat in a homemade curry, the rest I took off the bone and will use for salad lunch for me, salad and chicken sandwich for Big man. I am hoping there will be some left for tonight as well.

With love from Bucks

FIB. X