For me conscious spending is knowing where every penny goes, or at least every pound. It’s about value for money, spending on what matters to my family and me and not frittering away cash. It’s not about being frugal, it’s about eliminating waste – I don’t mind spending money but I hate wasting money. Due to living our family life this way it has meant ...
Conscious Spending
Looking For Inspiration?
My writing mojo has taken a hit this week. I have to be in the right frame of mind to write. My thoughts have been elsewhere. This is not something I'm proud of. I feel I should be able to write-through whatever life's throws at me, but I can't. So, looking for inspiration I put out a call to action on Facebook. To which Shelley kindly responded. It was ...
SuperScrimping – Reducing Your Grocery Budget Plus Simple Spaghetti Bolognese
Channel 4 are showing a great series at the moment called SuperScrimpers. I'm loving that being frugal is now considered 'on trend'! Yay! Finally! As one of those that has been part of this growing community for 3 years plus, it's refreshing. What it does mean, however, that as an experienced SuperScrimper the show can't teach me much I don't already ...
SuperScrimping – Patching It Up And Polishing It Out
This post was originally planned for yesterday but I'm glad I delayed it, as last night I watched SuperScrimpers on Channel 4. It would appear that the subject of this post is becoming popular once more. Patching it up, polishing it out, making do and mending. And of course reducing what we waste, be that food, cloth or just items that we would once have ...
So…How Did I End Up Shopping At Aldi?
Let me take you on a journey... Sit back and relax... Firstly I posted about reducing grocery spend and a dear reader, Sharron, whose opinion I respect suggested I may want to check Aldi out. I wasn't convinced it was for me, but I like to think I have an open mind and believed Sharron may know her stuff. It went on the back-burner. Then this post went up ...
My First Ever Grocery Trip To Aldi – The Verdict!
It's been an interesting few months since reducing my grocery budget to £50 a week. There's been highs and lows. I'm managing to stick to the budget, but it's requiring some effort - for example having to shop at 4 to 5 separate locations. So last Friday I decided to try and do the whole of my grocery shop at Aldi. Being totally honest, I wasn't feeling ...
It’s All About The Money…Or Is It?
I'd like to tell you a little story. It's about my grocery shopping trip last Saturday. ...
We’re Having A ‘Use It Up Week’!
I mentioned Friday that I had a 'Use It Up Week' planned. This was mainly due to the guilt of my overspend on the previous weeks groceries. I'd spent £75 by online grocery shopping, which is 25% lower than what I used to spend but it's still £25 more than what I have been spending the last few weeks. If anyone's in any doubt how much blogging can keep you on ...
How To Reduce Your Weekly Grocery Spend By 50%
At the end of June this year I conducted a Cooking From Scratch Experiment. I learnt a lot from doing it. Most of what I learnt came from you dear readers and your feedback. It made me think about how I was grocery shopping and preparing my meals, including the ingredients I was using and what I was purchasing. The experiment concluded that by 'Cooking From ...
True and Unrequited Love
Don't worry Guys I'm not about to get all soppy on you. It is of course St Valentines Day. We don't celebrate it at Chez Wright (that's what you get for marrying an Accountant with minimalistic tendencies) but being as the rest of the world is getting lurved up I thought I'd share something with you that is dear to my heart. Spending, or in my case - ...