Monday 15 November 2010

recession (3)

Today I have been reducing my outgoings even further, realizing that I was paying for a breakdown service in with my ordinary car insurance! I topped it up to the get-you-home variety for an extra £19 a year.
So the insurance that saved me £8 a month, has now saved me another £10 a month as I have just cancelled my other breakdown service! Thankyou NFU!!

Now to think what to cut next. I buy the weekend papers (on subscription, so saving about 20%) but I could read them online....not the same though.

I threw ten eggcups this afternoon. Even with added sand, Potclays 1142 feels a bit gloopy. I throw with slip not water, but I still had them rippling and collapsing in no time. I cut one in half, and it wasn't any thinner than I usually throw.

I don't think the cold workshop helps!! We had a fairly hard frost last night, and after a clear sunny day the temperature is dropping fast again.
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Linda Starr said...

With winter drawing near, I'm going back to making some beans and rice in the slow cooker with tomatoes, this we can eat for almost a week very inexpensively.

15 November 2010 at 20:32
gz said...

I'd do the rice fresh every time- I wouldn't keep cooked rice or pasta more than a day.
I always do a big pot of curry or tomato and veggies sauce and freeze individual portions of what is left in shallow freezer boxes. Fits better into the freezer and takes less time/energy to defrost!

16 November 2010 at 17:09

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