Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. I started participating in October ...
Open House / Getting Christmassy
**Please note I have decided to edit today's open house blog post. I didn't think carefully enough about it - it's my error. Thank you for the 2 previous comments (it's appreciated you popped by! thank you! I read them and they contained great advice - if you'd like to comment again please do) but I've started from scratch. Thank you for ...
Did You Stir-Up Sunday? We Didn’t.
I do love traditions. Apparently (according to Wikipedia) Stir-up Sunday is one of the essential British traditions. Introduced to the Britain by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. We didn't participate this year. Do you recall I'm taking Christmas off? That means no home-made Christmas puddings. No gathering together to stir the pudding in ...
Black Friday? Food Waste Friday!
We touched on the fact Black Friday has become big business in the UK, in the comments of yesterdays post. ("Happy Thanksgiving" to all the Guys from the US) I'm pretty sure last year was the first time I had ever heard the term 'Black Friday' used over here. This year it's exploded. Even small local businesses are running adverts featuring Black Friday ...
Open House / Giving Thanks
It's Thursday. This means the blog is open. I'm here waiting for you to pop by for our virtual chat. I can't offer you an actual cup of coffee (or tea - after all I'm a Brit), but you can grab your own and take the weight off. But it's not just any old Thursday. It's Thanksgiving Thursday. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK. This is ...
Food Waste Friday / Call Me Irresponsible
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. I started participating in October ...
Open House / I’m Christmas Shopping
Open house is a little early this week because tomorrow (Thursday) is my one and only Christmas shopping day this year. I'll be out early. Literally hitting the town centre at 9am. It's my one (self-imposed) opportunity to purchase anything non-handmade. I've made my list, and checked it twice! It's not a huge list, as I'm sure you'd expect. And it ...
Kicking Off Christmas 2014
It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas. Okay so it's still November. But as I explained in last Thursdays post - our Christmas preparations typically start just after Remembrance Sunday. This year we are doing things a little differently. And also, in some cases, the same. Christmas always kicks off with charity at Chez Wright. ...
No Waste Tastes Great /I’m No Role Model
It's easy to mistake those who blog, as experts on a subject. I'm no expert, and I'm definitely no role model. When I was interviewed by The Guardian earlier this year, I hope I conveyed that. I'm a Mum, who is trying to improve her habits. particularly with regard reducing food waste by having a Friday routine. I'm also trying to reduce plastic waste ...
Taking Christmas Off
Usually the day after Remembrance Sunday I start our Christmas preparations. These preparations normally kick off with the making of the Christmas Chutney. Not this year. I love our family traditions. I'm a big believer in developing traditions and creating memories. But I'm also cautious of doing things 'for the sake of it' and am keen to prioritise ...