Having done no food shopping last week, apart from milk and cat food, I am going to continue to save money with a super cheap food plan for the coming week. For my latest meal plan, I will continue to use food from the stores as much as possible, go for healthy but cheap ingredients and keep it simple and unfussy. I didn't publish my meal plan last week, as I was using up a lot of fresh stuff and improvising day by day. This week I will need to hit Lidl or Aldi, so need to be organised. … [Read More...]
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A frugal meal plan using stuff up
I only need to do a small shop this week as we have a lot of food in the house. It should be easy enough to do a frugal meal plan, anyway. We certainly have plenty of tins and frozen stuff, so I just need to buy a few fresh bits such as veg, milk and … [Read More...]
A meal plan to start my frugal year
This week I started my year of buying only second hand, as you may have discovered in this post. But I also want to have a generally very frugal year. The grocery spend is always a good starting point when you are trying to save money. Meal … [Read More...]
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Staying busy & healthy during lock down #fivefrugalthings
I hope you are managing to stay sane and healthy during lockdown, if you are in the UK anyway. We don't seem to be doing as well as other countries, with the number of deaths at an all time high this week. It's scary if you let yourself dwell on … [Read More...]
A few disasters and buying second hand #fivefrugalthings
I hope you are all safe and well as we acclimatise to the new lockdown. We are just grateful we haven’t been personally badly affected by the virus thus far, although my daughter’s boyfriend has it and she is awaiting her test results. I would … [Read More...]
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Super cheap food week!
Having done no food shopping last week, apart from milk and cat food, I am going to continue to save money with a super cheap food plan for the coming week. For my latest meal plan, I will continue … [Read More...]
Five frugal things for Friday
I hope you have had a good week. We have been busy as ever, doing some DIY, decluttering and bargain hunting. Here are my five frugal things for Friday. Painting furniture So, I said last … [Read More...]
How to buy less stuff and save more money
Time was I would go 'window shopping' with my friends after pay day and end up spending a large chunk of my salary. It felt good at the time, but not so great a couple of weeks later, when I realised … [Read More...]
Staying busy & healthy during lock down #fivefrugalthings
I hope you are managing to stay sane and healthy during lockdown, if you are in the UK anyway. We don't seem to be doing as well as other countries, with the number of deaths at an all time high this … [Read More...]
A frugal meal plan using stuff up
I only need to do a small shop this week as we have a lot of food in the house. It should be easy enough to do a frugal meal plan, anyway. We certainly have plenty of tins and frozen stuff, so I just … [Read More...]