Focus focus focus!
Thats my mantra for the day!! Had a dreadful sleep last night due to the alcohol, a swollen/bloated stomach and being too hot. Thats another part of totm I hate, I get so damn hot! Anyhoo, got forced to get up by my youngest as Id promised her porridge for breakfast, you know, the sort where you soak the oatmeal the night before? Didnt think she'd like it but she wolfed it down so that was good. Tidied up, got dressed, watched a bit of crap tv and then decided to make soup for supper.
Its a long long month this month til payday, another 2 weeks to go so I am counting literally every penny as Im sure most of us are. Ive been trying to get a point accross to the girls that because its so tight, I have budgeted for every meal, every snack etc. If they go and help themselves to food that was for a meal specifically then we wont have supper that day. Im really pointing this out to my eldest who thinks nothing of cooking up something if she's hungry. Ordinarily I wouldnt mind but we are brassic just now! Even our cat is eating cheap budget food this month and he's not too chuffed!!:8855:.
The good thing about soups etc is that they are/can be so cheap, especially lentil soup, big bag of lentils can last so long!
Wish I had my mums old cookery book by Jocasta Innes, Im sure it was called the Paupers Handbook or something, there were loads of good recipes but bizarrely enough, some of the cheap cuts of meat she recommended are damn well expensive now?!!
**On a different note, the guy I had an 'inflagrante delicto' with a couple of weeks ago has been texting regularly but its just felt too weird, almost like he wanted it to be a regular thing. I confronted him last night and asked firstly if he made a habit of cheating on his partner cos he'd never gave me that impression at all. Secondly, I told him that I was not going to be a bit on the side and lastly I didnt see the point in all this texting if thats what he was after cos it felt too weird. He answered back straightaway saying no he didnt make a habit of it at all, he didnt want me to be a bit on the side and that he'd love to see me again, to meet up for coffee etc. This Id like cos we have always got on well and hopefully I can put what happened behind me as it was well out of character, believe me, regardless of all these random men comments you lot make!!!
Anyway, eldest sprog has just come in asking for the laptop so Id best go, Ill be back on later anyhoo. Thanks for all your help earlier, it would have helped more if I hadnt been knocked out by the alcohol! (it only took 4 drinks, what a lightweight).:8855:
