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Want to know how to save £1,300 a year on groceries? These simple ideas will help you do that
Something a bit different today. A post in collaboration with The Money Advice Service who have come up with a nice infographic to remind us all of simple ways to avoid overspending when in a supermarket. Supermarkets are extremely skilled at getting us to spend more...
Stuff for free at Latest Free Stuff
The site is stuffed full of all the latest free stuff you can get from all kinds of different places. There are literally hundreds of offers. They now list over 600 free samples from the biggest companies in the UK. You can get everything from makeup to perfume completely free! Basically, you name it, it could well be there. Deepak said that he launched LatestFreeStuff.co.uk in 2012 because he wanted to create the UK’s largest resource for finding freebies on the internet.
Valentines Day vegetarian menu
If you need to stay on budget, try not to let the advertising convince you that you need to spend to show your affection. We’ve all experienced those heart melting moments where a small child presents us with a card lovingly made at school, or a first girl/boyfriend gives a small treasure with great ceremony, or our partner does something really thoughtful. It really isn’t the money spent that melts our heart, it’s the loving thoughtfulness.
Loving leftovers, sock bouquets and using plastic bottles to make boxes
More kitchen stuff today. While we were busy, I took out a couple of meals from the freezer for dinner. So we had mango, coconut and chickpea curry. At lunchtime, I 'loved our leftovers' as they say. There was a tea cup of Thai curry in the fridge, along with a...
An Approved Food order
Oh dear, I've been tempted! Approved Food tempt me every day with mega cheap offers and this week I did an order. I spent £66.97, including delivery, which is quite a bit. We had some of the spelt spaghetti this evening with tomato sauce and Parmesan and a big bowl of...
Hair conditioner used as makeup remover
I used to wear makeup every day when I went to work in an office, plus heels and huge Pat Butcher earrings. I don't wear any of those much now. The most I wear in the makeup line is a slick of tinted moisturiser, a teeny bit of eye shadow and a little mascara and...
20 handy hints using everyday items, do you know these ones?
I wanted to pass on a recipe today that I used to make a lot, but do you think I can find it...No! Gah, HOW annoying. Whilst I was looking in vain for the book I KNOW it's in, I came across one called Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, so I thought I would pass...
Dieting on a budget using the Meal Plans and other Thrifty Lesley Recipes
Dieting on a budget using Thrifty Lesley meal plans and recipes
Home made greetings cards, save a bundle if you want to give Christmas cards
Save a bundle if you want to give Christmas greetings cards. I make lots of greetings cards, in many different ways.
Cheap lentils, slightly cheaper chorizo, and practically free silky hands
A couple of small things today. First of all, we were working in Northfleet again today. There is a big Morrisons there and I popped in as I know they have big bags of lentils. So I got a huge 5kg bag of red lentils at 10p per 100g, which is half the cost I usually...