Wednesday, 01-02-23: low spend February

Morning, everyone!  New month, same old . . .

Yesterday's meals:

Breakfast was just fruit, some before Groove and the rest after.  I didn't take photos.

Leftover meatballs and a salad for lunch.  Very tasty and filling.

Later on, I had a couple of hi fi bars so that was my healthy extra B

Dinner was the corned beef hash filled jacket potato - half a potato anyway.
It doesn't look that exciting but it was so, so good and I am very glad I have the other half for lunch today.

Today's plans

B:  fruit and yogurt

I have fruit that I must use up!

SW:  half a syn for 2% Greek yogurt

L: other half of the corned beef hash filled jacket potato, side salad; fruit

SW:  one healthy extra A for cheese, one syn for brown sauce and two and a half syns for corned beef

D:  beef tagine with mash and veg; yogurt

I can't remember if the beef tagine is home grown or a Simply Cook meal but it's from the freezer.  I will add some cheese to the mash for extra deliciousness.

SW:  two syns for the beef tagine (it says so on the container lid), one healthy extra for cheese and half a syn for the yogurt

Ex:  Snippet and personal training

Summary:

two extra As

no healthy extra Bs

six and a half syns

What do I mean by low spend?

February is a low spend month.

Through January, I spent very little on non essential food and other items.  The idea was to spend nothing on non food things and I didn't quite achieve that but I was happy with how it went, all the same.
I was so pleased to be able to make some charitable donations as a result; it's so nice to see positive outcomes.

'Essential' means  food such as fresh fruit, veg and dairy/eggs and other essentials including things like cleaning products and toiletries although I think I am fine for the latter, plus anything necessary that comes up through the month

As for all other spending, there are a few items I need but not an awful lot so I'm really hoping it will also be low spend.

(Of course, all regular bills, direct debits, etc, will still be paid as usual)