All week the kids have been asking for pancakes for breakfast. So I finally relented. Last year we had some flour and water pancakes, this year I thought I'd splash out a bit and add an egg AND some milk! Almost real pancakes :)Matt enjoyed 3 before heading off to school. Sophie took a bit of waking up before she had hers and she certainly wasn't ready for photographs!
At lunchtime today we had a company presentation followed by a buffet. With free prosecco! Aw man, that was painful! I had a glass of water and some of my pearl barley/lentil/veg soup with a single slice of dry bread.
It was suggested that because the buffet was free I should take advantage of it. And of course if we genuinely were struggling I would not turn my nose up at this lot.
However, it felt a bit disingenuous to munch on cakes and eclairs washed down with Prosecco while you lovely lot were sponsoring us to suffer! It might be quite easy for me to blag free meals all week. (that could be next year's challenge!) And if I found myself out of a job with no money, I'm certain my friends would help me out. But how long can you keep that up? After I while I would become a bit of a burden, there's a chance people would find it a bit awkward, maybe try to avoid bumping into me in case I asked for something. I would avoid seeing them if I thought they might suggest going out for lunch, or to bring a bottle; I imagine someone's support system could become pretty strained in that situation. Which is all a long winded way of saying, turning down the free stuff felt like the right thing to do. But it wasn't easy!
Tonight I've been ferrying kids about all night. So Les made our tea, egg, beans and sausage on toast. Although he couldn't face toast without butter so he opted for leftover chilli and rice instead.
So tomorrow's tea will be instant noodles. And Saturday will be blissful!
I probably won't get to blog tomorrow as we're going straight from school, so here's the run down of what we've spent this week.
Our starting position was that we had £1.31 left after the initial shopping. Spices for the various meals I'd say 20p, cheeky midweek custard creams 26p, sophie's "Dr's orders" chocolate 29p, and a reduced warburtons loaf - 10p. I've had 2 cups of tea most days, around 1p a cup that's another 10p.
So all in, we have 36p left! I think that might be a well deserved packet of bourbons for when we get to our yurt tomorrow.
I can't thank you all enough for coming with us. Your support has been invaluable. And the donations have once again been amazing! We're at £634 right now!
I will do a final blog about tomorrow but it will probably be on Monday. By which time we'll be well and truly back to normal, enjoying the freedom to eat salad and cheese whenever we want! We'll eventually forget the stress of counting every penny and meticulously planning every mouthful. But the people we help at the drop-in will still be living hand to mouth, not always able to make a meal, not even knowing where they may spend the night. And so thank you from them. Because the money you give will directly impact and benefit their lives.
Catch you on the flip side!
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