Thursday, 1 September 2011

Did I Break Even?


It is the last day of summer and the sun is actually shining.
A stroll with my sister and my daughter down by the river turned into a slow cooking in Skinny Jeans and shoulder carrying, so as we sweated our way past a co-op my canny daughter pointed out that an ice lolly would be good. Initially I resisted but as the air con blasted out from the shop and the icy chill from the freezers whirred out at us I thought, "hmm what harm would a Feast do to the budget?" so as I already owe my sister a Tapas dinner from my card being declined last month I brought her one too and Martha chose a Fab. Now that £2.70ish brought us a great deal of pleasure as we wandered back to my sisters flat, slurping and crunching and generally feeling much more chilled.
However wracked with guilt on the way home and hoping Martha wouldn't 'fab' blab to Max, I decided to avoid the supermarket and rustle up dinner from the 'on the turn' selection of ingredients in our cupboards and with one of the giant (and I mean giant) marrows my sister gave me from her allotment. I did the business, stuffed Marrow with lentils, tomatoes and slightly suspicious Feta cheese. Even Max who would normally be highly alarmed by a dinner involving both lentils and Marrow had seconds.
So on the whole even though I did have another moment of weakness I made up for it with my chef savvy, hopefully creating a financial equilibrium that won't damage the super saving month too much. £6 down 30 days to go!
The Marrow in all its glory, tomorrow I have to decide what to do with the other half, hmm any suggestions?

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