Thank you all for the finger-crossing :) it's actually a company he was supposed to be interiewed by a couple of months back - he turned up and they'd given him the wrong time, and he had to get back to work so couldn't wait. I think the actual vacancy is different, but it's good that they've remembered him. It's a shame the interview isn't in the actual branch he'd be working in - some of the staff know him, as it's so local to us. Anyway, have a little while to prepare, will probably need a haircut by then and best to get some new trousers (his best pair got bleach on them at work, FFS!) but they don't cost too much.
Em you can join me on the snot monster bench. Yuk. :o
Still pondering the food budget. Annoyingly the last few slices of bread went mouldy (only opened on Monday!) so I'm thinking of freezing some sooner next time. We're virtually out of fresh fruit but I think that's because I didn't order apples last time as we had a few left (but not a week's worth). Roast last night was nice (although couldn't taste it much thanks to bunged up nose! 
:o), I'm very glad we have a working oven again.
I'm wondering whether to try and set a weekly or monthly budget for food, and then I'm not sure if we should have a separate thing for restaurants/takeaway, and then if we do something like getting a sausage roll from Greggs guilty pleasure which budget does that come under? See this is why I give up, I get all tangled up in the details! 
Anyway I think this week's spend will go up as I'm going to ask DH to pick up a few bits - I always get insanely hungry when I have a cold, and crave fizzy caffeine, throat-scratching crisps and hot squash with honey. Probably need more painkillers too as thanks to my pathetic excuse for an immune system underlying illnesses, a cold always leads to nasty flu-type aches as well. We're out of milk, cereal and bread which was bad planning I think.