Wednesday 31 December 2014

Happy New Year - Happy New Hat

I finished my hat and decided it needed a little embellishment so I made a flower and finished it off with a pearly button I got ages ago as part of a free gift from a magazine. I'm quite pleased with it as I adapted the hat from a pattern and made up the flower design myself. I'm happy to say it's very comfortable too since I'm not really a hat wearer. I'll try it out tomorrow as it's likely to be just as bitter cold here as it has been for the past few days. Here are a few pics including some of me modelling it...ignore the face and concentrate on the hat; it makes for a much better picture. 








And to put another dubious image into your head...the last picture was taken by DH while he was just in his underpants. He's currently scrubbing down the bathroom walls of all the black mould we're plagued with and he prefers to do that wearing as little as possible so as not to ruin his clothes. Thankfully we're not expecting visitors.

I have used my smoothie maker for the first time this morning and I love it. I used half a can of sliced peaches, a banana, one of the vanilla yogurts I bought yesterday, a little semi-skimmed milk and a couple of tablespoons of porridge oats. It was delicious and made a lovely breakfast.


The photo shows about half the quantity made as I nearly forgot to snap a pic until I'd already drunk some. I can't wait to try out more combinations, although this time of year isn't so good for buying cheap fruits. Never mind, I can make lots with canned and frozen fruits.

We wandered into town again this morning and went to the library where DH reads the nationals and I have a look at the local papers. It's really frustrating for me not being able to take longer walks, but at least I'm getting out every day. On the way home we nipped into Asda and they were just further reducing the yellow-stickered items. I bought this lot for just £2.41.



There's 2 packs of cocktail sausages that I'll use in casseroles for 51p each, 2 greek yogurts (for smoothies) for 16p each, 2 smoked bacon and cheese quiches for 36p each (for a quick dinner one night with chips and salad) and a pot of carammelised onion hummus for 35p for DH's lunch. Not a bad little haul. I also bought 4 packs of 6 Brains faggots in gravy for 87p a pack from Morrisons.

We're not sure whether we're going out tonight or not. Neither of us really fancy going out in the cold again, and we don't want to leave DS1 alone on New Year's eve and he can't come with us because it's by ticket only and we only have 2. I think we might stay in, eat pizza (that I bought in Aldi for 89p each reduced from £1) and play the Big Bang Theory Cluedo game DH received for Xmas...and I'll see the New Year in with that whisky and coke.

However you are spending tonight I hope you have a wonderful time and wake up tomorrow ready to face another frugal, crafty New Year. I wish you all a Happy, Hopeful, Healthy and Peaceful 2015.


6 comments:

  1. Love the hat it looks lovely on you. We have the black mould issues too, thankfully my husband doesn't clean the mould in his boxers! I won't show him this post in case he gets any ideas! Some great yellow sticker bargains there. We have the Asda vegetarian quiche and it's a really nice one. Your New Year celebrations sound as wild as mine. Have a wonderful 2015 x

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    1. I wouldn't normally buy shop bought quiche, but at that price it was too good a bargain to miss.

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  2. We don't get the yellow sticker bargains here...you get some really good prices. They must just bin it all he...sad. Do you think they might do yellow sticker yarn?..! I have some fleeces in the barn that have been there a bit..wondering how long they will last?

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    1. I was lucky this time and got there just as they were doing the second reduction...Asda don't usually reduce things quite that much. I don't know about yellow-sticker yarn but I do look out for reduced price yarn in Aldi, and through the odds and ends bins at the wool shop...and of course at the charity shops.

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  3. love the hat, I can not buy any bargains for a while, freezer and fridges all stuffed to the gills.

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    1. My freezer is getting close to bursting again, but that's good because I'm hoping to get through January without having to spend much on food.

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