Hello Friends, We’ve had a fair bit of snow today. During a gap in snow showers late this afternoon I decided to leave work and make a dash for home, calling into the supermarket on the way for some supplies. … Continue reading
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Hello Friends, A couple of weeks ago I posted about how I’d carried out an audit of my storecupboard and had worked out all the meals I could make without buying anything other than a few fresh items. I wanted … Continue reading
Hello Friends, The cold weather this week has had me reaching for the hand cream and thinking about frugal hand care. I recently fiished a tube of hand cream that I’d been given as a present. It was quite pricey … Continue reading
Hello Friends, When I get paid, I usually go food shopping for the month. This has saved me money because it’s kept me out of the supermarkets. However, recently I’ve had a feeling that my grocery bill is creeping up … Continue reading
Hello Friends, Just over a year ago, I posted about how I was thinking about making some new covers for our futons, but when I looked at the cost of material (around £180) it stopped me in my tracks. This … Continue reading
Hello Friends, I went to our nearest city today. I don’t really do retail therapy, but occasionally I have a number of errands I’ve saved up and I try and get everything done in one go. First I spent some … Continue reading
Hello Friends, OH is good at mending things – he fixed the oven a few months back when the motor failed and today he is sorting out mending another small appliance. He’s had his electric shaver for 20 years having … Continue reading
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, I was just filling out my spreadsheet for this week’s spending with a week to go to when we are paid, and I noticed something very interesting. I have spent almost £100 less on groceries than usual, cutting … 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