Just an ordinary week.

I can hardly believe its nearly a week since we got back from our caravanning trip. Since being back home there has been a definite change in the weather, probably due to hurricane Bertha winging its way to us. I spent the weekend catching up with the laundry and cleaning and repacking the caravan. When I say repacking I mean putting the towels and clean bedding back in its cupboards and replenishing dry goods and toiletries, it all helps when we decide to go away at a days notice. Ahh, the joys of being retired :-)

Monday was shopping day, I still had a £12 off a £60 shop for Sainsburys, stocks were getting a bit low due to cutting back before we went away so after checking the cupboards and freezers I made my list online and tried to print it off, I dont know why but that didnt work and I ended up writing it all out by hand! I had made a note of the costs so as not to go over the £60 limit, However I did have to substitute a couple of items and it took the total to a little over £61 ...minus the £12 voucher. I nipped into Home Bargains and Lidl as they are all close to each other so my total cash spends came to £68.60. We are well stocked with everything again and it will last well into next month, just need to buy fresh milk and veggies weekly.

Tuesday, big catch-up with the housework! Hubby was at his voluntary job so I cracked on and got things done early so I could have a bit of sewing time. Salad from the garden for tea with a tuna jacket potato then a lazy evening in blogland :-)

Today, hubby had a bit of home maintenance to do, some of the window locks have started getting a bit stiff and one had broken, they have all been cleaned and lubricated and are as good as new, he found a replacement part on ebay for £6 so thats been ordered. I went out into the garden to catch up with some weeding....again! The apple tree had taken a bit of a battering and we had quite a few windfalls plus loads of rotten ones which must have dropped off while we were away.

I brought the good ones inside and stewed them down, instead of making crumble for the tops I made a deep traybake sponge, this will be portioned up and frozen with some small tubs of the apple...a sort of DIY Eve's Pudding.