It's becoming a rarity for me to stick to the blog posts I have scheduled for the week. Once again, today I was taken completely off track by something I saw over at Facebook. But can I find it? Alas no! When I do I will share it on my page. There was a story about a mother who claimed she was too poor to eat properly. Overweight, she commented she cannot ...
Money Tips
One Trip To Ikea – Two Ideas
It's the first day back to school for the Kids today. We struggled last academic year getting into a good and consistent routine before and after school. I vouched over the holidays that it wouldn't be repeated this year. So when I read (and saw) this post, by The Frugal Girl, I was inspired. There's nothing quite like getting it down on paper to make it ...
Every Little Helps
Every time I... Squeeze the last little drop out of the shower gel bottle: Glue and polish my boots: ...
You Manage What You Measure
You manage what you measure. As boring and clichéd as it sounds, the above statement is true. I was resoundingly reminded of this just last week. My 7-year-old daughter kept a food-diary for a few days as homework. Interestingly when it was completed she changed her mind about having a school prepared lunch going forward. You may recall I'd ...
An Experiment In Convenience
As we were away last weekend I decided to delay my grocery shop until we returned. I stretched what we had in the cupboards to feed us all yesterday (just!), and a grocery trip was planned for this morning. We took a guest along last weekend, did I mention him? Cuddles The Cat. I'd a few photos to get printed of him having a fabulous time at the beach ...
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 ...
When Paying In Advance Works
I'm not one for committing to payment in advance, particularly for services. For example; we don't subscribe to cable, and I don't have a gym membership. I like to pay as I go (apart from my phone contract). However, the more frugal I become, the more I am appreciating the additional benefits of paying in advance on occasion. Not in a committed regular ...
Simply Being Mum’s Spring Sale 2012 Starts
I read a while back that the average UK household contains £600 worth of stuff that is no longer required and could easily be sold. Now it's very annoying when someone quotes a statistic like that and cannot find the source to back it up. Sorry but, I'm going to be one of those annoying people today. I have a good idea it was an article in one of the ...
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 ...