Food Inc.

My DD and i have watched Food Inc.This is an American Docu film about food standards and processing in the U.S.A.Its quite upsetting to watch in places .Its horrible to see the battery farms especially when my girls are having a mud bath and basking in a little bit of warmth in the garden.
I have said many times i really do wish my budget could match my morals but it doesn't .I wish i could buy Organic,free range but I'm trying to cut my grocery budget down.
In days gone by obesity used to be a disease of the rich but now the tables have turned.It is harder to eat healthy on a budget.
So this year i must try harder to grow more.
Eat more vegetarian
and try and buy a few bits of free range meat and poultry.

That last statement is going to be hard as I'm on a budget and trying to get my grocery spend down,
I feel proud that in January my grocery spend equates to £6 a day.(Sue i take my hat off to you that you can live on £2 a day)

Well that's food covered now entertainment.

I have had a Wii for quite a few years now and have never been able to attach it to my TV,This morning my son came around and voila its on.I have a free 3 month trial of Netflix and i have managed to get the Internet set up on the wii and now can watch netflix through my tv rather than on my laptop.

Back to food but only briefly.I mentioned in a previous post that i picked up a mushroom growing kit from Poundland,well it works, apparently you get 3 or 4 harvests from each kit,I know its small at the moment but give it time.

Welcome Home

Wouldn't you just love to see something like this.

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This is going round Facebook, so i thought i would share it with you all,I dont know if it was actually sent to Mr Cameron.

Letter to Mr. Cameron - Genius!!

Dear Mr. Cameron,

Please find below our suggestion for fixing the UK 's economy.

Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.
You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:
There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force.
Pay them £1 million each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire.
Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed

2) They MUST buy a new British car.
Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -
Housing Crisis fixed

4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -
Crime rate fixed

5) They MUST buy £100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week .....
And there's your money back in duty/tax etc

It can't get any easier than that!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances

If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.
Also.....

Let's put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home.

This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks.

They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out.

They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance.

Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them.

A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell.

They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose.

They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education.

Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request.

Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens.

Each senior could have a PC a TV radio and daily phone calls.

There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.

The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay £600.00 per week and have no hope of ever getting out.

Think about this (more points of contention):

COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Appleby almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the county of Cumbria?

And, they even tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 125,000 illegal immigrants wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
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Today I'm feeling under the weather.It feels like a hangover( not had one of those in  very long time)
but without the alcohol consumption.

Hopefully it will all be back to normal tomorrow.
I have tried to do a few little bits,I have checked my car insurance and even though i cant do anything until March it looks like i will be able to get it down to under half what I'm paying now so really please with that.I hope i will be in the position to pay it off in one go so that will be one less thing coming out a month..

Click & Collect at Asda

I have been hearing on local radio recently about a new service Asda is offering in my area.Click & Collect.I know this isn't unique in my area or in most over areas but this purely click & collect facility is one of only 2  in the country .

Well as it isn't far from home and i needed a few bits i thought i would give it ago.

I don't know about you but even if I'm really disciplined i always come out with a couple of extra items so i was able to order the exact items i needed and just collect  it from this purpose made unit which just consisted of a freezer a chiller a desk and a computer and a very helpful man to push the trolley to my car.

The wonders of Poundland

I have for a very long time sung the praises of Poundland.I don't go on a regular basis normally once a month.
Today's  trip i was able to get Highlights hot chocolate,Weight watchers snacks (3 for £2) Pizza Express Tomato base and La Tasca sauce(3 for £2)
Andrex toilet tissue 2 rolls for £1 ( i know you can get cheaper but it is very nice toilet roll)

Tonight's tea was homemade pizza and homemade coleslaw.OH is having sausage and mash as he seems to be moaning about everything i cook lately,so until hes a bit more grateful for what i serve up I'm just cooking him basics like sausage and mash,shepherds pie .He has moaned at risotto,chicken pie( done with mash as he doesn't like pastry) curry.All homemade.

For my UK followers

Have you all seen this

Sainsbury's FREE fish*In-store only at branches with fish counters

Friday only

On Fri 25 Jan, go to your nearest Sainsbury's store that has a fish counter and when you ask for any popular fish (cod, haddock, tuna, salmon or prawns), you'll be offered a more sustainable alternative (lemon sole, mussels, Cornish sardines, coley fillets or loch trout fillets) to your choice free of charge.

There's no obligation to purchase the original fish you ordered, so you can try the alternative either as well as or instead of your initial choice. Offer on while stocks last.

Check the store locator and filter results to include "fish counter" to find your nearest participating store.

Im going to try this tomorrow,will you?