Country Living Fair

Any of you ladies going to the Country Living Fair in March i think it is???

My husband has today announced that he is going on a football 'TOUR' not he does not play for Liverpool.....which consists of Fri/Sat & Sun in Blackpool with a large number of men and a very large amount of beer sooooooooo I have thought right then I will plan some ME time and leave the children under his care for once......

Please let me know if you are going and if you have been before would I feel silly going on my own ???/

xxxxx

More Thrifty Meals

On the same lines as my last post I have found a great and tasty meal that does not cost the earth......

You will needs:

1 bag of Sainsburys Economy Cauliflower FROZEN .......78p
1 Bag of Sainsburys Economy Plain Flour ...... 48p
1 Block of Sainsburys Economy Cheese .....1.60
Butter .... 84p
1 pint of whole milk .....94p

Boil Cauliflower until soft and drain, not the whole bag, this will do a lot of meals!!!
Melt 1 oz of butter and seive in 1 oz of the plain flour, whisk as you add the flour,
slowly add the milk and some grated cheese.
Bring sauce to the boil and pour over the cooked cauliflower,
Top with some more grated cheese and bake in over for 15 mins or until brown on top.

GREAT VALUE and HEALTHY !!!!!

Thrifting Foods

Like everyone, we are feeling the pinch and so I am trying to return to some good old fashioned ways of cooking and providing everyday food for my family....I sat down and started to write a BASIC list such as cheese, eggs, bacon, milk, flour, butter etc etc etc the sorts of foods that you can buy and keep in the fridge/storecupboard and make an variety of things with......such as on saturday morning I make egg and bacon and then I might use the eggs to make some cakes for the boys and then I may use the eggs and bacon and cheese and make a quiche.......

sooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!

Do any of you have any thrifty food ideas that you would like to share, some tips for adding simple ingrediants to make a meal special without breaking the bank ????

xxx

An Award - HURAGH !!!

I have received an award...

HURAGH...

from the lovely' bekimarie' at the http://bekisbloggybits.blogspot.com/

I now need to say the rules;;;;;;; OHHHHHHHHH,

1 Please put logo on your blog

2 Place a link to the person from whom you received the award

3 Nominate 7 or more blogs

4 Put the links of those blogs in your blog

5 Leave a message on their blogs to tell them

sooooooooooooooo, i have passed this award onto....

You will have to excuse me but I do not know how to show a link without all of the www. stuff...

http://thevintagemagpie.typepad.com/thevintagemagpie/ (The Vintage Magpie)

http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/ (Attic24)

http://doyoumindifiknit.typepad.com/do_you_mind_if_i_knit/2008/09/i-can-finally-show-you-the-end-result.html#comments (doyoumindifiknit)

http://andreafays.blogspot.com/ (Andrea Fays)

http://facebook-melmel.blogspot.com/ (At home with Melmel)

http://athriftymrs.blogspot.com/ (A Thrifty Mrs)

http://wwwjellybelly-jellybrain.blogspot.com/ (jellybelly-jellybrain)

There Done !!!

xxx

Congratulations 2 u all

Heres to 2009

My promises for 2009:

Look after the people most important to me....
Do what I feel is right not what other tell me is right...
Eat healthier...
Laugh More...
Dont be afraid of making a fool of myself in the name of fun...
Dont judge others....
Keep working on making our house a HOME...
Dont take life or myself to seriously...
Dont take other peoples action too seriously or personally...
Enjoy the simple things life brings.......

I hope 2009 brings you all that makes you happy....

xxx

January Sale in the Montandon household....

Today I have looked around my kitchen only to realise that I have far too much STUFF...

Sooooooooooooooooooooooo

I am going to have a January Sale.

I plan to put things onto Ebay, things that I have bought recently and in the past...

Will keep you all posted when I have done this as there are going to be some bargains to be had......

Hope you have all had great weekends..

xxxx

So Sad... Broken Thrifty Finds...

Today my husbands football was cancelled and so into Newton Abbot Town we went, mainly to buy cat food.

Whilst waling up the main street I saw a lovely jug and bowl in one of the charity shops, I popped in and it was only £5 so I had to have it and whilst I was paying I spied another lovely double handles bowl which I could see holding our roast potatoes for sunday lunch....
















Bargains at only £5.00 and £1.99 each I think you will agree.............

Well..................

I carried them back to the car on the handle of the pushchair and as we unloaded the children into the car the pushchair tipped back and my lovely finds fell to the floor......

The bowl that goes with the jug brok in two places, two large bits and about 50 tiny fragments....

I have glued the bigger peices as well as I can and turned it around so that I can not be seen....

The handle broke off of the bowl but I have managed to glue this very well and you really can not see it or it will not effect its use to hold roasties !!!!!

How sad was I.......................... I tried so hard not to show it but felt that these two very old peices of chins were in lovely condition until I got my grubby mits on them.....
xxxx


Sorry I have not blogged for what seems like months but I have been following some of yours.....

Attic 24 - Love ya, keep it up as you brighten any grey day !!!!

xxxxxxx