I was going to go through the freezer drawers and make an inventory of what I had in there, but then I decided to count the cash that I've got available to me first.
These are the three places that I usually have some money. My bag, I don't have a purse I use the card and zipper section of my handbag instead, the little drawer in the middle is where I have been putting the cash that I have made from my recent Facebook Marketplace sales, and finally my little change box. This is where I dump any loose change when it gets too heavy to carry around in my bag and I have been using bits and bobs from it just recently to keep the contents at a manageable level.
I was pleasantly surprised at the contents. I have almost a hundred pounds ... £97.09 in fact. 😀
That's quite a useful amount to have. I am putting no time limit on how long this has to last me, just as long as possible. If I only spend cash, I won't be paying for my shopping with my credit card and then next months bill will be a lot lower, well that's the plan!!
In a bid to put off doing the freezer inventory for even longer, I decided to use up some of the Mediterranean Vegetables that I roasted a few days ago and make a large pot of pasta bake.
I used the last two thirds of that jar of pasta sauce, the same amount of water was used to rinse out the jar to get every last bit of tomatoey goodness out and then I kept adding handfuls of pasta until it looked about right.
You do need to have more liquid than you think you will need when you are cooking the pasta in the sauce, as it absorbs quite a lot, and this is what makes this sort of pasta bake even more delicious.
I got it just about perfect.
This pan made me one evening meal and two delicious lunches.
The leftover Med Veg was put into two little tubs and popped into the freezer.
Now I have to do the freezer inventory before I put anything else in there, not that there's much space left!!
Sue xx
I had money pots here and there, especially when I was teaching and the children would hand over the cash!
ReplyDeleteI only have a bag for coppers. Any bigger money gets spent, often on the bits and bobs you didn't add to the shopping list so have to get locally (this week it is AA batteries, for example) and for my twice-weekly newspaper, though I may give those up. I am still stretching the very last of what I took at the Builth Fair to make it go further - it will be for Malvern at the end of the month.
ReplyDeleteYet another weird coincidence as I was just about to do a post about my loose change tin.!
ReplyDeleteThat's a decent amount of money to keep you going isn't it :) I have jars for bits and bobs of cash; a jar of coppers for charity, pound coins and 50p's for various summer fairs in another, and a housekeeping jar where I keep the bits of cash Graham gives me. He often adds chocolate to the shopping and then pays me in cash afterwards. It should come in handy at some point!
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