Pictures of my gang hut

As promised weeks ago here are some pictures of my caravan/office/gang hut - a work in progress as my back problems stopped play but getting there! I have a desk, (complete with garden chair!), a garden relaxer chair, table for necessary tea stuff and a wee table just for decoration......nothing bought new - all from either jumbleys, car boots or already had.

I love my wee gang hut - I can concentrate on my Open Uni stuff and feel completely relaxed in it (havent taken photos of the back area as its used for storage and it a complete mess!) I also have a convecter heater in there to keep it warm. Have a wool rug I got at a car boot for £2 but really need a carpet - have gone after a few on freecycle but not been lucky - hey ho - will get one eventually!!!! Ihave a duvet cover (£1) ready to cut up for curtains and my friends mother gave me the net curtains.

Gradually getting better, made biscuits!

Back to work this week - just 2 days but they felt really long....back still a bit dodgy but doing lot more excercises and walking about so that helps. Have stopped my night time meds and halved the day time ones so getting there.....

Did an on-line shop this weeks - really big one which was £81.

Made biscuits this morning - known as Twinks hobnobs (got the recipe from Twins at moneysavingexpert.co.uk) - they are lovely! actually got 56 biscuits from the mix but I might have made them too big so will make them smaller next time. Next time I might add ginger or even omit some marg and put peanut butter in.....

8oz SR flour
8oz sugar
8oz oats
8oz margarine
1 tblesp golden syrup
1 tblesp hot water
1/2 tsp bicarb

Melt all ingredients in pan and stir well - I had to add more flour as the mix was a bit too sticky to roll into small balls in your hand. Put balls on baking trays and flatten with fork - could for 10-12 mins on gas mark 4

Getting the bettter of the back....

Slowly getting more movement - trying to reduce the painkillers as they really knock me for six - gradually building up excercises although the most walking outside I have managed was just round the scheme (about 5 minutes!)

So not much frugally happening here (apart from I cant go out and spend any money so thats good!) It also means dh has been having to do the shopping so thought I would total it up...

Up to me being ill - £108
Dh spends - £44.96
£64.23

Total - round to £217 - which means I put £83 in holiday fund! Hopefully when I am back to normal I can save even more next month...

Bad back

Wont be posting for a while - doing this one between druuuuuuugs as I have a horrible bad back........

Update on housekeeping money

Before I forget! This month so far....£51 on-line shop, £14 Aldi and today another £43 on-line shop (including £3.66 price promise back from last shop)

October total so far: £108

Probably last car boot and jumble sale of the year

I'm sad! last jumbley and probably last car boot up here......

Jumbley - some of it quite expensive - I know they are raising funds for a good cause but £4 for a wee tiny brooch is going to put people off. My eldest dd spotted a tiny wee game in a box of skittles in the shape of penguins (table top skittles)Lady wanted £2 for it so she offered £1 - got a mouthful about how it was to raise money for a well somewhere in Africa so my naughty dd told her to send them the penquin game! She got it for £1! Its such a shame but they were left with loads of unsold stuff that if they had asked cheaper prices for it would have gone and they would have more funds - seems daft to me!

Anyhoo - I bought....

Single duvet cover - £1 (this is going to make curtains in my new caravan/office
4 cd set classical music - 50p
DVD about Scott of Antartica - 50p - for my dad
4 items clothing for youngest dd - £2
Hardback book - Prettiest villages in Scotland - £1
3 boots for £1

Todays car boot......

Lovely china tray decorated with cats to keep reading glasses on - £1
Pretty wooden box decorated with tea items - £1.50 -to keep teabags in caravan/office
Chrome wall clock - £1.50 - again for van/office
Large bag of tent pegs (rock ones for awnings) - £2
Small pink chinese style wool rug - £2 - again for van/office

My wee gang hut is coming along nicely = all mismatched stuff and its a great place to study in - will get camera out to show work in progress tomorrow.....

Got a new office!

Well - its a a caravan in the garden actually! Its a small caravan that was used for the Caravan club towing courses so theres nothing in it at all. The lady we got it off used it for a potting shed as it was nice and dry! So for the princely sum of £50 (half of what I saved on my housekeeping last month) I have my very own gang hut!

It was filthy - dh has now washed down the outside and I am about to attack the inside - wish I had taken before pictures! Anyway, it all needs washed down inside with bleach just to make sure theres no beasties left....so busy, busy, busy for the next wee while - will put pictures up later...