Reunited

I received some sad sad news yesterday, a lovely lady I used to work with and was very close to for a number of years lost her battle with the dreaded big C. I was hoping to be able to get a chance to say my goodbyes but it wasn't to be.....I like to think she's now reunited with her lost love. RIP my friend xxxxx

I have been madly working this week, my counterpart at work is on a well deserved holiday so it's just been me....arghhh. No major drama's so far...another week to go so fingers crossed it stays that way!

Various money saving has been:

Charging phone at work
Free papers to read on the train and kept for the fire
Lunches from stores
Got given a cupcake, choc muffin, pasta salad and prawn sarnie from the office meeting leftovers....nom
Aluminium cans (from parents and work)
Got given a lovely green nail varnish by a work colleague – his wife was throwing it out (she works for Avon) several people have commented on the lovely colour :)

Made a delish Mushroom Risotto for dinner, this was a “use what I have” meal so I don't have an actual recipe but this is what I did:

Ingredients

Spring onions
Butter
Mushrooms (I had oyster and button mushrooms)
Garlic
Risotto Rice
Chicken Stock (home made)
Parmesan
Creme Fraiche

Fried the bunch of spring onions in butter, added the risotto rice and stirred it through until glossy. Added the sliced mushroom, garlic and half the chicken stock, cook for 20-25 minutes stirring occasionally. Towards the end add more stock and stir as needed until rice is cooked. Add grated parmesan and a tablespoon of crème fraiche. Serve :)

I froze the left overs for lunches at work.

Today is supposed to be a housework day but I'm not really in the mood, still lets try!

1st load of Washing on and hanging on airers - DONE
Book haircut - DONE
Washing up – DONE x 2
Clean microwave – DONE
Clear kitchen worktops – DONE
Haircut – DONE (only had to have ½” cut off, not bad after nearly 2 years without a haircut!!)
Clean kitchen worktops – DONE
Wipe hob – DONE
Declutter living room – DONE
Sort T-shirts – DONE
Remove marks from walls/door handles/light switches – DONE
Clean lampshades – DONE
De-web – DONE
Dust – DONE
Wipe dining table – DONE

Right off to OH's for take-away goodness :)