Easy Peelers ... and Right Back to Basics

As you can see I make good use of jars in my store-cupboard, all sorts and all sizes.  

Lots have been collected over the years especially the Mason jars, Kilner jars and any that are usually purchased new.  Some were bought when they were on special offer, some bought from car boot sales and a few gifted.  

But even having lots of jars already ...

... I can never resist an 'easy peeler'.

The ones where a little soak in the sink means that the label peels off smoothly with no sticky residue to get off.  Now that I have so many jars in my arsenal I rarely have that sticky label fight and I'm more than happy to send a jar off for recycling ... unless of course the jar is really special, then I still can't resist.

They are just so useful, and jam jars especially are strong enough for reuse time and time again whether in the freezer for soups and sauces or to actually be used once again for jam.  With the courgettes still coming through I might be tempted to make some chutney and make good use of some of my empty jars.

But as you can see from the top photograph I definitely do not need any Green Tomato Chutney making this year.  😀

While I am supposed to be being really good this year, especially since April when the pay packets stopped rolling in each month, replaced instead by my miniscule private pension of £77.45.  I have in fact let things slip slightly each and every month.  

The money that my son owed me has now all been paid back, so no more £100 a month extra to supplement the pension, gosh even the interest from my savings account has gone down and I was drawing that each month into my current account as well, but the tax man had to be paid.  Greedy man!!

I've just checked what I owe on my credit card which is usually paid on or around the 10th of each month and oops ... I owe just over £300.  This will of course be paid in full just as it always is, but doing this will send my current account into an all-time low of just £78.80 after my direct debit for my life insurance has gone out.

It really is time for me to stop messing around and get right back to basics.

The first step is to count all the cash I have in my bag, my little Facebook Marketplace sales pot and my spare change box and see what money I'm playing with ... because cash is going to be king from now on.

I had just finished typing all of the above and Alan came over.  Did I want to go for a *coffee with him as he was going to Booths for a bacon butty, of course I said yes.  When he asked if I wanted any shopping on our way out I said just bread really.  I picked up the buns as they were on offer £1.25 if you had a Booths card instead of the usual £1.40.  He was going to pay for them for me but I stopped him, I had enough bits of change to pay for them myself and I wanted to start immediately.  

Product Code Product Name Qty Total 522045 4 BOOTHS SOFT BROWN BAPS UNIT  Cardholder Discount 1 £1.40  -£0.15

Then I obviously came back home to finish this post ... and now the Challenge is on.

 Sue  xx

I did of course accept the kindly offered cup of coffee.  😁