17p treats; a better day

This morning we used up the last of the porridge but at least both kids went to school with full bellies. Matt had a mock Spanish oral exam so it was important he was well fuelled.

I was working from home first thing. Which would usually mean loads of tea and buttered toast. Instead I had to make do with a single biscuit! It was really really good though!

I had iroog, again, for lunch. It is delicious but I'm definitely over it now. For some reason everyone wanted to talk about food when I got into the office. Kebab and chips, cheese and onion toasties, lasagne. I swear they're doing it on purpose! I think my patience is definitely less than usual. I told a customer off (they did deserve it a bit) when usually I would have bit my tongue. The customer is always right, right? It's probably good for my employment status that we're nearly done!

The kids have been awesome this week. Sophie has been a bit up and down about the challenge, Matt reckons he's barely noticed bless him. But I really wanted to treat them a little bit. The cheapest treat I could find was some Cola in Aldi for 17p. They were thrilled.

Dinner was egg fried rice, with chicken for the meat eaters. We didn't have a lot of time between Sophie getting home from hockey and leaving for Brownies so it was a bit rushed. 

I used a little garlic ginger paste and soy sauce (10p), the rest of the chicken (85p), 2 onions (20p), 3 carrots (12p), couple of handfuls of peas (20p), 4 eggs (28p) and a shed load of rice (15p). I was hoping for leftovers! At £1.90 it was a good sized meal for everyone. And there was just about a portion left when we'd finished.

I used up all the onions, carrots and chicken. There really isn't very much left for tomorrow. At all. Lentils, rice, eggs, bread, bananas. I'm not quite sure what we can 'ready steady cook' out of that! I have prepped some pancake batter for breakfast. When all else fails, there is always pancakes!

I headed out this evening to see a band called Seafret. They were amazing. I'd like to say I enjoyed my water but I'd rather have had the beer!

We're up to £400 on the donation front, which is brilliant. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated. And of course there is still time if you haven't ;) 

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