Belt tightening

Although we don't spend much on holiday the petrol and extra living expenses have resulted in going back to basics food wise again

Do you think the summer months are more expensive?
 We don't always want the more frugal warming meals that I like to cook in the winter and as Salads to my husband mean, more pork pie and Scotch eggs than anything you grow in a garden that can be expensive too.

 Also, our little kitchen gets so hot I must admit to buying a few convenience meals too which is very unlike me, I really must try to get back on track, So its back to meal planning and use what we have

 Hubby's Arthritis is really bad at the moment so that also has an effect on what I cook, Today was jacket potatoes but he likes them done in the oven so they have a crispy skin and his thumbs are so swollen and painful it hurt him to cut them up and pride will not allow him to let me do it for him , 
He has severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in every joint and in his back he has both ostio and rheumatoid, so extreme kinds of weather affect him drastically. 

I still find a few pennies for a Jumble Sale though, The Mirror frame was 20p and the cushion 50p, The pine free standing shelf was 50p, Anything else I buy will come out of stock money for the business to sell.

I finally got round to  sorting the buttons out I bought in two lots from an auction to sell, There are some really interesting ones here. 

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