Hello Friends, One of the challenges I’ve faced since trying to live a simpler life is how to monitor my spending. I started off a long time ago using a little notebook to record my spending and then added it … Continue reading
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Hello Friends, I thought I had put this post up yesterday, but clearly I got distracted. Edie flies to Canada on Friday, and we’ve been busy trying to sort things out – we’ve only had 12 days between Russia and … Continue reading
Hello Friends, We’re going to have to do something about our fuel bills which, like everyone else’s are going up and up. We’ve got to look at our usage, because our consumption has been creeping up. We have thermostatic raidator … Continue reading
Hello Friends, A few years ago one of my work colleagues took early retirement and then found a job working part time. I remember him saying that although he had less money coming in, because he had more time to … Continue reading
Hello Friends, Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law took me to the local Costco. I’d heard about it, but not been there before and was initially a bit sceptical. My prejudices were blown away however – the prices are unbelievably low. … Continue reading
Hello Friends, It’s the end of the month, so I’ve been totting up our spending. Our food spending was down by £25, but we spent a few days away, so I haven’t really saved anything on food. I am aware … Continue reading
Hello Friends, First of all, a big hello to everyone who has visited the FHW in the last couple of days, especially the Frugal Hill Wayers (you know who you are!) and to Piglet, Jenny2, Anne and Ben for leaving … Continue reading
Hello Friends, And welcome to everyone who has dropped by in the last few days – do post a comment, it would be great to hear from you. ‘January is the cruellest month’ to paraphrase Geoffrey Chaucer (I think I remember from … Continue reading
Hello Friends, It’s the end of the year so today I’m looking back on the successes and challenges I faced this year on the frugal front. Things that went well I kept a whole year’s spending records on a spreadsheet … Continue reading
Hello Friends, I’ve just totted up our spending for the last month and in the first time in ages we’ve got through the month and kept our spending within our income – and that includes putting some money towards our … Continue reading