Saving Money When Times are Tough
The news is awash daily about the cost of living crisis and everyone is starting to notice the increases in food, fuel, and utility costs.
Low Cost Living
Live Better for Less, Frugal Real Self-Sufficiency
Food
Baking and Home Education
Baking and cooking from scratch are important life skills that also offer an opportunity for children to learn by reading, weighing, and making themselves.
Home Educating & Bulk Cooking
This month we made the decision to embark on home educating Gabriel. It now means less time, more fun, and a lot of new ways we need to balance the budget.
Growing Pains and Disposable Fashion
Gabe has shot up again and new clothes and shoes made me think about how many buy into disposable fashion, and its environmental and financial impact.
Making Meat Stretch & Cheap Cuts of Meat
To keep on budget in the New Year it helps making your meat stretch with rumble down meals, or buying cheap cuts of meat and trying offal to reduce costs.
2016 Round-Up – What a Year!
2016 was a far harder year than we anticipated, and financially it kocked us about more than anticipated. 2017 is time to get back on track!
It’s One Thing After Another so Back to Meal Planning!
With so much having gone on recently we've really not stuck to budget. Time to get back to meal planning and on track with financial fasting and saving.
New Home and Frugal Fast Reboot
We've restarted our frugal fast and are back on track after a chaotic and stressful house move. Back to meal planning and frugality!
Sunny Days with Packing & Down Sizing Time
We are having to pack up and move in the next couple of months, this will mean down sizing too. We're still making the most of the sunny days though.
Family Meals and Baby-led Weaning
Keeping to a budget with family meals and a young family can be hard. Baby-led weaning and breastfeeding helped keep things cheap and healthy for us.
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