On money saving  sites here in the UK you will often hear people talking about yellow sticker items.  These are things that have been reduced because they are going out of date, the packaging is [...]

We made some ricotta cheese today with two litres of blue top,  yellow sticker, reduced milk that was going out of date. Recipe 2 litres of full fat milk 100ml of white vinegar 1 tsp [...]

Apple trees are everywhere.  Birds drop seeds and they spring up unnoticed. Some times Councils plant them. Over the years I have become more mindful of what is around me when I walk and suddenly [...]

I said a few days ago that I would write a bit about setting goals.  When thinking about setting a goal I think about which area of my life I want to change and how [...]

In 2009 I was unhappy in a job that had made me very ill.  My dream was to give up work and retire early but unfortunately I was in over 70K debt, including my mortgage.  [...]

  If you have been entertaining this Christmas, or entertaining a large family and you are anything like me, your fridge will be packed with Christmas left overs. It is important that you freeze things [...]

Once upon a time, for me, shopping was a hobby, a crutch, a thing I did when I was sad, lonely or bored. I wasted so much money buying things I didn't really need or [...]

There are so many ways to make your meals feel festive even if you do not have the money to buy special food at Christmas time.    Here are some ways that I add Christmas [...]

I don't shop at Morrisons much as I do not have one near me but my favourite reduction is the whole half priced salmon which they do at Christmas and Easter each year.  It is  [...]

How do I add variety to my meals when I am on a low budget? Some people find meal planning a chore, but I actually enjoy it as it is a challenge to make meals [...]

What is frugal fatigue? A lot of people, like myself, started being frugal because of illness or burnout, and they find themselves in debt, or their income or circumstances suddenly change, or, like now, things [...]

With all this talk about power cuts this year and ways of saving energy, I thought that I would share a way that we used to light up our van or tent when camping.   [...]

There have been so many conkers around this year. Making laundry soap from conkers is easy as they contain saponin, a natural soap like substance. It is especially good for those that have sensitive skin [...]

I am not a prepper, but last December I started to build a stock of extra food. I was aware of the impact that the Ukrainian war was having on food and was hearing that [...]

14 Ways I am sticking to my food budget I am on a fixed income and only have a small work pension.  Now and again, I will earn a bit from writing articles for other [...]

I keep reading and hearing that a recession is coming. This feels frightening but in fact they happen every 4 to 5 years and so don't panic. I guess due to the war in Ukraine, [...]

I was chatting to a lady in the park yesterday whilst baby-sitting my grandson. As is usual recently, the conversation turned to the cost of living. I was talking about some of the frugal foods [...]

A couple of people have messaged me saying that they can't live on their income and don't know what to do. I asked them if they tracked their spending but neither of them knew what [...]

The last 5 times I have been to the community pantry I have got a bag of rice. We don't eat a lot of rice but like many others I am trying to adapt what [...]

Cadbury's need to leave my chocolate bars alone 🤬. I brought a 4 pack of chocolate bars away with me and they have shrunk again....and they have gone up 25p. It was really hard not [...]

Just a quick post this morning as I am going for my last early morning swim in the sea as we go home from our break away tomorrow. I was looking at the Aldi deals [...]

This is being extremely frugal, not for vegetarians, and something I have not needed to do recently, but as a single parent in the early 80s, when times were hard, I did it all of [...]

We have a food budget of £700 a year for two of us. We have managed to stick to this budget for nearly 6 years now. It is coming to mid year and I am [...]

People ask me what I mean when I say that I live a simple life. I am not, as people often imagine, living on a plot of land in the countryside, away from people. I [...]