3rd November 2012
Don’t sweat the small stuff… and it’s all small stuff. Richard Carlson.
Had a lovely stress free day yesterday, did paperwork, took
Alfie out, then cooked a roast beef dinner for 6 of us with the help of Aunt
Bessie, although I have to say the bits I did were better than the bits she
did, what I did like about her is she’s very quite gets on with it and doesn’t
share my wine ;-) Oh and beef dinners
can be low in ProPoints and they can be high, I’m going to be honest here and
confess I spent almost all my weeklies on my Roast Beef Dinner and it was worth
every ProPoint, plus I didn’t eat again after that.
So visitors arrived lunchtime, Lynne’s hubby Ian did some
gardening for mom and now all the front is so she can actually see the street
again so she’s happy. The kids were in
much better moods this week and we had a lovely afternoon and when they’d gone
me and mom had a very early night, think we went up at 8, ooo I do love an
early night, means I’ve got lots of energy for my Saturday now.
Watched this yesterday which is very good;
It’s about how we shop, and I’ve talked about this a lot in
meetings over the years, and this programme covers it really well. A prime example of spending more than we
should at the moment would be the £40 Asda offer, if you spend £40 and go
online you get a £5 coupon to spend of your next £40. Now of course you may have not planned on
spending £40 to start with, but were talked up from £36 to £40 at the till like
so many of my members have told me they were, then you will go back and spend
£40 again to get the £5 off, which could mean you throw a couple of things in
your trolley you wouldn’t normally. I’m
guilty of doing this offer at the moment but only because I have the time and
energy to make it work for me, I spent my £40 only on stuff I was actually in need
of and the next one I did the same, also with the price comparison I have had
over an extra £5 in vouchers to spend because my shop would have been cheaper
in Sainsbury’s and that is why I enjoy shopping in Sainsbury’s because it’s a
good shop and it isn’t as expensive as you might think on the stuff I buy. So when you have a spare 1/2hr watch this
episode of Rip Off Food and learn something about yourself and your habits.
Today I’m making beef rissoles with the leftover beef
because apparently Ian’s mom used to make them for him and he loves them, so I
shall have a dabble, need to decide which recipe to follow though, work in
progress.
Looks a bit dreary outside, but I’ll still take Alfie, get
the winter coat on and brave it, always feel better when I get back from a good
walk. A busy morning followed by a
chilled out afternoon, I have lots of reading I want to do at the moment and I
can do that whilst spending time with mom, I actually think she enjoyed having
visitors yesterday, although I’m sure she was glad they’re not here all the
time too lol, I know I was, being a parent – not for me!
So parent or not, enjoy your weekend folks. xx
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