The weather is yet again wet and extremely windy here in North Wales. Yesterday Caernarfon airport registered gusts of 103mph. We were lucky though last week that we had a good few days of sunshine and a chance to get…
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Financial Fast Update
Christmas derailed the Financial Fast a little. A few extras snuck into the shopping trolley, mainly for little one, and food that we normally wouldn’t buy slipped in too. It was around £50 of spending we hadn’t budgeted for, so…
Baking Bread & Healing Broth
Posted in Financial Fast, Food
Another winter lurgy has hit, this time a sickness bug. Gabe was first to go down with it, then Gary, and then me. Of course by the time me and Gary were ill, Gabe was back in health and has…
Happy New Year! Welcome Frugal Living in 2016
As you may have noticed the blog has been light on posts this month as we have worked hard on the new upgrade for the whole Low Cost Living site. The new version is fully mobile optimised so our many…
A Month In – Financial Fast
We are a month into our financial fast and things are going well! There have been a couple of unplanned expenses – all medical related though! A poorly toddler meant we needed some meds and a poorly knee for Gary…
So Far, So Good Budget Wise & Free Food
Posted in Financial Fast, Food
So far, so good on the food budget front. We’ve found it fairly easy to stick to, and we have a little left over each week to put aside. Anything we’ve saved on the food budget this month will be…
Life gets in the way of Budget!
Veggie risotto for our poorly little man. Plus going off budget for some unplanned necessary meds.
Wet, windy, and bored
Off to the farmers’ market then an afternoon of fireside crafts.
Beans, beans, and more beans!
Almost all of my most frugal meals include beans or lentils. They are filling, nutritious, and more importantly the toddler will happily eat them. After three days of veggie, bean laden, meals both boys demanded something with meat last night.…
Shopping on Budget – Whilst Hungry!
Quick and easy vegan chili for dinner tonight. Warming comfort food at its best.
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