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I had to throw out most of the contents of my freezer - again.
Rowan's developing something of an independent streak, which I am mostly indulging. One of these is that he often gets his own breakfast on the weekends. At the moment, he's preferring toast over cornflakes, and I was storing our latest loaf in the freezer.
Yeah, you know where this is going, right?
I didn't realise the freezer door was slightly ajar until about four hours later, when I noticed him push it all-the-way closed while looking for a non-existent snack in the fridge. On inspection, everything except the ice-cream and ice lollies looked well on their way to defrosting. *sighs*
I cooked up the mince and peas immediately, making a weird 'minced beef and peas in bolognase sauce' concoction (since I certainly can't call it bolognase) and put that back in the freezer. Same with the sausages. The mini-pizzas and hash browns got eaten for lunch, and the fish fingers and left over peas went in the fridge - Rowan has since eaten them for his tea. Unhealthy, I know, but they needed to be eaten asap.
We then hitched a ride to collect Dad from work at ASDA, so we could get a little shopping. I was panicking a little as, to the best of my knowledge, I had practically no money - but thankfully this proved not to be the case and all is, for the moment, alright. As long as I'm careful.
It did have an upside, though; I usually buy my freezer stuff from Iceland, who specialise in frozen food and are actually pretty reasonable. The last couple of times we had this happen, I've managed to fully restock the freezer for about thirty quid; I spent about twenty today - two thirds of that on freezer food - and haven't got very much to show for it. So, the next time I fully stock the freezer - which I'd planned to do in September, having defrosted the thing first - I shall be doing it there. ASDA's great for everything else but, sadly, not frozen food. At least, not the way I buy it.
I wasn't too hard on Rowan though - I had a freak out on him when I discovered what had happened, and his Nan had words with him in the car, but I figured that was enough. He did understand what he'd done wrong, and it certainly wasn't on purpose.
*sigh* I'm just so relieved that I actually did have some money available, or we would really be up shit-creek right about now. I rely very heavily on the stuff in my freezer.
Rowan's developing something of an independent streak, which I am mostly indulging. One of these is that he often gets his own breakfast on the weekends. At the moment, he's preferring toast over cornflakes, and I was storing our latest loaf in the freezer.
Yeah, you know where this is going, right?
I didn't realise the freezer door was slightly ajar until about four hours later, when I noticed him push it all-the-way closed while looking for a non-existent snack in the fridge. On inspection, everything except the ice-cream and ice lollies looked well on their way to defrosting. *sighs*
I cooked up the mince and peas immediately, making a weird 'minced beef and peas in bolognase sauce' concoction (since I certainly can't call it bolognase) and put that back in the freezer. Same with the sausages. The mini-pizzas and hash browns got eaten for lunch, and the fish fingers and left over peas went in the fridge - Rowan has since eaten them for his tea. Unhealthy, I know, but they needed to be eaten asap.
We then hitched a ride to collect Dad from work at ASDA, so we could get a little shopping. I was panicking a little as, to the best of my knowledge, I had practically no money - but thankfully this proved not to be the case and all is, for the moment, alright. As long as I'm careful.
It did have an upside, though; I usually buy my freezer stuff from Iceland, who specialise in frozen food and are actually pretty reasonable. The last couple of times we had this happen, I've managed to fully restock the freezer for about thirty quid; I spent about twenty today - two thirds of that on freezer food - and haven't got very much to show for it. So, the next time I fully stock the freezer - which I'd planned to do in September, having defrosted the thing first - I shall be doing it there. ASDA's great for everything else but, sadly, not frozen food. At least, not the way I buy it.
I wasn't too hard on Rowan though - I had a freak out on him when I discovered what had happened, and his Nan had words with him in the car, but I figured that was enough. He did understand what he'd done wrong, and it certainly wasn't on purpose.
*sigh* I'm just so relieved that I actually did have some money available, or we would really be up shit-creek right about now. I rely very heavily on the stuff in my freezer.
