Both kids wanted supper last night; Sophie's was a bowl of porridge and Matt had a plate of leftovers. So maybe it's not going to go as far as I thought!
The kids took a packed lunch of sausage sandwich, crisps, 2 biscuits and a satsuma to school. Which I don't think is bad going really and 32p each.
I muddled through at work ok, and had leftovers from last night for lunch.
I really miss choice. And it seemed like everything was food focused; I turned the radio on and it was a cooking programme. So I put on a podcast and they were talking about favourite crisp flavours. Then facebook had a video of how to make chocolate brownies. I really crave some tasty, unhealthy food!
My mood is very definitely not helped by hormones and tummy ache.
I got home from work to discover that the boiler is bust so we have no hot water. (The boiler that British Gas has been recommending the landlord replace for several years) This is really NOT what I need. My heart was set on a hot bath to ease my aches and chill me out. Instead, in preparation for the boiler man coming tomorrow I had to find Sophie's bedroom floor and forge a path to the boiler.
I am not usually a negative person, I like to see the best in things, but today I most definitely feel like the universe is out to get me. And I know that the stress of worrying about food, and general reduction in calories etc is playing a huge part in that. Luckily Saturday is only 4 sleeps away...
Les cooked a delicious bolognaise using the rest of the mince - 90p, 2 tins tomatoes - 58p, peas - 20p, onion - 10p, herbs - 10p. He didn't get the memo about spaghetti so used penne pasta instead; which adds 9p to our total as it's more expensive. Total for this meal ~ £2.17. I have us up to £19.57, this is the tightest it's ever been! We often end up buying a pint of milk on the last day but won't have the chance to do that this time.
Les did me a huge portion without meat. I thought I would save half to take to work tomorrow. Sophie had other ideas and finished the lot!
It's starting to get hard now. And I can't believe it's only Tuesday!
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