A HUGE welcome to my new followers - thank you for giving my blog your precious time.
Here's the cost of yesterday's shopping.
1 tray eggs £4 (free range from local greengrocer)
Yogurt - natural 55p and fruit 89p (Lidl)
Apples - 2 bags red £1 (Lidl - 6 apples - large)
Bananas - just under a kilo - 59p (Lidl)
Granola - £2.50 for a kilo bag (Tesco)
4 pints milk £1 (Lidl)
Sausages - Lincolnshire £1.49 for 8 (Lidl - will last Number 4 for 2 meals)
Potatoes - 7.5kg £2.49 (Lidl)
Value tortillas 46p (Tesco)
Total spending £15.97
Extras: cat food £2.99
Blueberries 99p
We will need to replenish the milk, but otherwise, this should last the week. I bought a huge bag of potatoes because it was considerably cheaper this way. The eggs will last us 2 weeks; we probably eat more than most because we don't eat meat and I only buy free-range. Number 4 doesn't like porridge and I think Granola is healthy, so I don't mind the cost.
I told you a few days ago that the cushion cover had landed..... and here it is in full, techni-colour. I am in love with this cushion.
And here are the other things I have been busy with: my cafetiere warmer and a jug warmer. It started life as a mug warmer, but wouldn't fit any of our mugs - so it reinvented itself!
And for some up-cycling ...... from this
to this.........
I adapted Lucy's (Attic24) idea for the little tin cover and decided to make a tub for my needles. I used half treble crochet all the way up and I am in love with it. The colours are so bright and cheerful and with thick snow lying outside, they make me feel so cheerful. I can't believe I didn't discover crocheting earlier! What next! Mmmmm.........
Well, we are still cold and I am crocheting with fingerless gloves on. We are set to have temperatures of -4 degrees tonight. The boiler man came on Saturday and said the circuit board had gone - £250 to replace + labour. He suggested going to the manufacturer - Glow Worm - and getting them to do the repair because he would have to order the piece which would take even longer. The Glow Worm man will be here tomorrow at a cost of £299 - so much for frugal living. OUCH! Anyway, at least we can pay quarterly by direct debit and it includes a year's cover. Ah well... life is all swings and roundabouts I guess. I am still crochet happy.
Hoping you are nice and warm in your little corner of our wonderful earth xxx
Your crochet looks fab - well done xx
ReplyDeleteYour crotchet projects look lovely. I have repeated tried to crochet in recent weeks and have got in a complete muddle. I have become your latest follower. Best Wishes, Jan
ReplyDeleteYour crochet looks so lovely and cheerful, you should feel proud.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about your boiler, but so relieved you have an open fire for some warmth.
I do hope it gets sorted out ASAP and your frugal living helps with paying for it.
You are doing SOOOOO well with your grocery spends, you should feel proud!
Sft x
Thanks Ali. Jan, if I can do it anyone can. I am a kinaesthetic learner so I watched videos on you tube and did a stitch at a time - now I am hooked (no pun intended). Thank you Sft - I loved your post today and your encouragement is really appreciated - boiler man due tomorrow - fingers crossed xx
ReplyDeleteHi, I really love the hare (or is it a rabbit?) next to your needles tin. What is he made of? He looks so inquisitive!
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Your crochet work is so nice, love the cozies!! Good luck with your boiler, at least you won't have to worry about that repair again for a long time!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbie - just waiting for the call - oh to be warm again. Hi Keshling, he is a moon-gazing hare. He is gorgeous isn't he! I really love him. He is made in bronze and was bought in Glastonbury. Hares were sacred to the goddess Oestre and were a symbol of the coming of Spring and fertility as well as with the moon. x
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