Frugal
Extreme frugality worries me. I’m not talking about when people have to do it from absolute necessity – when they have no other choice because either their kids will starve or they’ll immediately lose their home etc. I mean when already frugal people declare they’re going to tighten their belts to a supermodel-thin level by [...]
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We got our first Swillington Farm meat box delivery at the end of June and are determined to do it justice. I’m keeping a lengthy record of what we did with every bit of it – but as we’ve not got through much of it so far, I thought I’d mention this separately – what [...]
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After the one I made for my June spending at lunchtime, I’m in a graph making mood so I’ve made one to show (myself) where my money has gone in the first half of 2011. Here’s said graph: And here’s the details in a table: Category Spent Percentage Transport £350.20 24% Food** £339.14 23% Household [...]
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Well, do you? Do you use supermarket loyalty cards? I’m asking because I don’t really – I have one card (a Co-op card) but that’s it – and I’m wondering if that’s really errant frugal behaviour. The supermarket we use the most (Morrisons) doesn’t have a loyalty card scheme but our current number two supermarket [...]
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You may remember a few months ago I spent a bajillion hours waiting for some 100% olive oil soap to reach trace then, as a glutton for punishment, I decided to make a second batch of another 100% vegetable oil soap the same day. We started using the 100% olive oil soap and have got [...]
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