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The Good, The Bad & The Could Do Better

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It's been a while since I've shared a photo of my grocery shop. Exciting stuff eh? ;-) The reason? To illustrate what I believe is the good, the bad and the could do better. As much for me, as for you. Accountability. Put it all out there for the world to see, and you see it differently yourself also. Blogging enables objectivity. It also generates ...

Not Buying It – School Meals

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I would like to buy school meals. Really I would. And for almost the duration of an academic year I did, for my Daughter. The idea that I am supporting the local school and my child is receiving a hot, nutritious balanced meal sounds perfect to me. However there's always been a niggling doubt that if I sat down and costed it all out, that the maths ...

And The Winner Is…(Aldi UK Easter Giveaway)

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Happy Sunday Guys! This is an impromptu post as I thought I'd share how we did the draw over here at Chez Wright for the Aldi UK Easter giveaway. The original plan had been to video it and post it on Facebook. However I'm suffering a little after this morning's half-marathon and didn't fancy my chances at getting it done first time and uploaded (whilst ...

SuperScrimping – Reducing Your Grocery Budget Plus Simple Spaghetti Bolognese

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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 ...

No Waste Tastes Great / My 2012 Routine

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Hi Guys it's Friday...time for No Waste Tastes Great :-) It's been a while since I've posted about my actual No Waste Tastes Great routine. In fact it was over 12 months ago in this post , so I thought I'd do a refresher, particularly as it's changed a little over the last year. ...