If you like following along with the bits from my life that I share – they’re all here!
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Free groceries from Marks and Spencer
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The final update
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It's nearly Christmas!
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This Weeks Catch Up
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Where We Are This Week
![Tracey Hibbett - full face](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0281c265-7cb2-4688-945a-d0a161adafda.jpg)
A Hard Post To Write
![FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS bulbs in flower](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/F062D7F1-0096-4FBA-97A6-095289C32E0E_1_201_a.jpeg)
Books, Herons, Celandine and Tomatoes
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Cooking Up A Storm, Birthdays and Snow
![An outside shot of the Cambridge Theatre, London showing the promotion picture on Matilda](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image1.jpg)
Matilda and singing
![my 'to be read' pile of books](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_2914.jpg)
Best Book Club Books
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Hope.jpg)
Books I've read recently
![an empty bed because of insomnia](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pillows-820149_1280.jpg)
A sleepless night
![Cabbage, sultana and nut pasta bake](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cabbage-sultana-and-nut-pasta-bake-4.jpg)
my meal plan for week 10th August 2020
![bean burgers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bean-burgers.jpg)
my meal plan for week 3rd August 2020
![olive oil in a jug](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/olive-oil-3326703_1280.jpg)
my meal plan for week 20Jul20
![brazil nuts](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/brazil-nut-638972_1920.jpg)
my meal plan for week 20Jul20
![Mushroom-lasagna-3-960x675](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mushroom-lasagna-3-960x675.jpg)
my meal plan for week 13Jul20
![a loft extension](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/upstairs.jpg)
Stuck in limbo in a loft extension
![art deco tea set](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/art-deco-tea-set.jpg)
A Charity Shop Haul
![diary of a bookseller](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/diary-of-a-bookseller-2.jpg)
The Diary Of A Bookseller
![I won best frugal food blog at the SHOMOs](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SHOMOs_2019_quidco_winner.png)
SHOMOS 2019 and a holiday
![the garden in July](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/the-garden-in-July-2.jpg)
The garden in July
![the loft](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/the-loft-2152780_1280.jpg)
Progress on the loft and on the blog
![books I've read recently](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Books-Ive-Read.jpg)
Some book suggestions from books that I've read recently
![good books I've read](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/rose-2101475_1920.jpg)
Good books that I've been reading
![Reverse advent](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3026.jpg)
Reverse Advent, Slimming World and Books
![Hailsham foodbank](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_2994.png)
A reverse advent for 2017
![building](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/building-1080592_1920.jpg)
Progress at last!
![Keep calm](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_2934.png)
Time for a catch up
![Andy](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_2902.jpg)
A day at the SHOMOS
![Railcard](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_2895.png)
Lots of phone calls and a few tickets
![Old tree](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170917_125310.jpg)
A Sunday walk that left me feeling refreshed and uplifted
![Silk flowers from Bloom](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_2878.jpg)
Changing silk flowers to suit the season
![Alnwick castle](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_2852.jpg)
And finally, our ultimate destination while away, Rothbury
![York minster](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2849.jpg)
What we did in York while we were away
![Newark castle](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2833.jpg)
We've been away. This is what we got up to in Newark
![alphabet](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/letters-422755_1920.jpg)
What I've been reading lately
![Fortieth](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2826.jpg)
The answer to the universe and everything
![my perfect wall](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/my-perfect-wall-2.png)
We decided to have some rainy day fun today
![happy birthday](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/birthday-2492283_1920.jpg)
Birthday celebrations. I'm feeling thoroughly birthdayed!
![Scrap book](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_2764.jpg)
A charity shop haul
![Soy honey and sesame chicken](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_2753-e1687292116761.jpg)
This months cookery group recipes, including some invented ones
![Adele](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Design-5.png)
A day out to see Adele at Wembley, what an experience!
![Silk flowers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Design-4.png)
A seasonal change over of my silk flower display
![Out the back door](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_2690.jpg)
Now it's merely very hot rather than scorching, here are some piccies of the garden
![TEDx](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_2674.png)
Fascinating speakers at TEDx, and some less so, then wonderful singing
![Granary bar](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image-7.jpeg)
It was the U3A cooking group today, we made LOADS today!
![IMG_3128](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_3128.jpg)
Some beautiful quilts by some very talented people
![The west house](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_2660.jpg)
The West House and what to cook
![Iris and bee](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_2650.jpg)
What a gorgeous time of year! Here's a few pics of the garden
![WALKING](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WALKING.jpg)
I haven't been on holiday, the days have just slipped away and I've neglected you
![Alfriston village sign](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0812-1.jpg)
A bit of a walk and a day out in Alfriston
![Apple blossom](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Design-5.png)
Changes in the garden and a walk by the sea
![Scarecrows](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0781.jpg)
Bargain picture frames, book clubs and the Heffle Fair
![Scarecrows](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_2997.jpg)
Books, bonding, scarecrows and demos
![Happy Easter](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Design-3.png)
Easter Fun, Easter Eggs and half price posh chocolate
![Me and my mum](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Design-2.png)
Lots of vegetables, houses, birthdays and plants
![Roasted roots](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Design-1.png)
I've found a new favourite thing!
![A poinsettia](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Design.png)
Getting lost 3 miles from home, lots of digging and a few flowers
![The Berwick Inn](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_2549.jpg)
Bumps, crashes, walks and lunches. Are people out to get me?
![Spring flowers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_2547.png)
Fresh flowers, and silk ones - a comparison
![Hovering kestrel](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_2541.jpg)
My first shower, shabby chic and old budgets
![Rose covered cake](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_2537.png)
Lumps and bumps, this weeks foodie treats and off to the hospital
![Seaford beach](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_2530.jpg)
A new start, a shortened walk, a pub lunch and stubby onions
![Poinsettia](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_2491.jpg)
Blooming fat demo's
![The bees, a novel](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_2467.jpg)
Bugs, diets (again!) bargain mangoes and books
![A good walk and a lovely lunch at the Yew Tree Inn](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_2459.jpg)
I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more
![Happy New Year](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_2443.jpg)
First day of the new year
![Christmas Leftovers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_2408-1.jpg)
Happy Christmas to one and all
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_2421.jpg)
Bugs and books
![December](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Design-3.png)
A walk in the sun, a lunch in the pub and big ears
![Stuff and Clutter](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Design-1.png)
Stuff and Clutter. I don't want any more of it.
![Rye harbour](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_2382.png)
A walk in the sun, the wind and the cold at Rye - and a nice warm pub
![Alstromeria](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Design-3.png)
A good speaker, some beautiful flowers and a call to action
![Bad company](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_2251.jpg)
Good Company, Bad Company and kitchen experiments
![design](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Design-1.png)
Long walks and deep discounts
Can 1 sausage can make 2 sandwiches? Plus a sublime fruit and nut case paste
![show_me_the_money_bloggers_2016](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Show_Me_the_Money_Bloggers_2016.png)
Saturday at the SHOMOS
![Plum pudding](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image-3.jpeg)
Something old and something new. A lovely pie and a leftovers pudding
![Le Marche](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-67.jpeg)
Bank Holiday Monday at Le Marche
![Kandersteg](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-37.jpeg)
Kandersteg and the Swiss Alps
![Wedding day](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7285-2.jpg)
The first, or is it the thirty ninth anniversary?
![Eastbourne](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-23.jpeg)
A free day out - the Eastbourne Airbourne
![Fancy tomatoes](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-18.jpeg)
Treat time
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-17.jpeg)
Repeats, next steps and down in the woods
![Blowing a gale](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-2-e1562763971578.jpeg)
The last few days
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image-7.jpeg)
On our Hols
![Overnight oats](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image-4.jpeg)
This week, a charity shop haul and overnight oats
![UK money bloggers. Posts for June 2016](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image.png)
A long walk and UK Money Bloggers posts of the month for June 2016
![Halloumi](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image-18.jpeg)
Insomnia, a good read and Halloumi for dinner
![Low fat, high fat](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image.png)
High fat or low fat, where do you stand?
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image-9.jpeg)
Groombridge Place
![Heathfield agricultural show](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-7.jpeg)
Heathfield Agricultural Show
![Gym](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-6.jpeg)
Veg, fish, steps, shopping and a demo
![Leftovers lunch](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-1.jpeg)
Leftovers for lunch
![Wren](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image-21.jpeg)
In the garden
![Campdimele](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Campodimele.jpg)
A number of books
![Lights](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image-17.jpeg)
Back to reality
![Rushton hall](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image-14.jpeg)
Away for a few days
![Eastbourne pier](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-17.jpeg)
A lovely day in the sun
![Home made bread](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-13.jpeg)
Chapatti, muffins and a warm salad
![Wedding hat](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-8.jpeg)
Wedding hats, knits, shrinkage and wild garlic
![Bunting](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-6.jpeg)
Joy and jubilation and hang the bunting out
![supermarket offers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/supermarket-offers.jpg)
Did you work it out?
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-7.jpeg)
Fridge soup that's Paleo, I think, an avocado smoothie and a breadcrumb topped crumble
![Dinner this evening](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-6.jpeg)
Another weigh in report - hope I'm not boring you!
![Waterstones books](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-1.jpeg)
Buying books
![Cloud bread](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image.jpeg)
How my feelings were affected by a machine today
![scales](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scales.png)
weigh in day
A Too Busy Week
![if it's important to you](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/if-its-important-to-you.jpg)
Three week review and too much temptation
Filming, working out and power cuts
![A wedding quilt](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_2428.png)
Well, I've FINALLY finished it!
![Sea bass](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image-7.jpg)
This week, free food and cold days
![At the gym](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image-6.jpg)
Two hours up the gym today, and still hungry after dinner
![Gym](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-6.jpeg)
An early start, millions of calories, old favourites and new discoveries
![I'm on a diet](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/diet-emotican.jpg)
The New Year Diet
![New purple handbag](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image-8.jpg)
Sunny days, charity shops, handbags, puddings and good reads
![Berwick church](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image-1.jpg)
A long walk, lost keys and no mince pies
Those questions
![bruges](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bruges.jpg)
A weekend in Bruges
Music and MAS
A trip to Uckfield
![londonhealthyeating_850x533](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/londonhealthyeating_850x533.jpg)
A trip to London
Fish, waste and poverty
![love your leftovers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/love-your-leftovers.jpg)
Loving Leftovers
![Wedding day](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7285-2.jpg)
A few wedding pictures
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image10.jpg)
Shrieks, Draculas and Scary Monsters
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image6.jpg)
What a busy week!
Miss-made recipes, insomnia and exercise
![Fiesta apples](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image3-e1686340283866.jpg)
An apple harvest
![Prawns on toast](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image4.jpg)
Lovely Marks and Spencer food free with vouchers
Internet, no internet, internet......
![w ho 2](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/w-ho-2.bmp)
Westward Ho! and our last day on honeymoon
![ship](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image14.jpg)
Went to Bideford today
![South molton](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/south-molton.jpg)
South Molton
![Nothcote manor](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image5.jpg)
The last four days
![wedding](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wedding.jpg)
Weddings, wasps and white hands
Two Tables & A Carroty Tip
A dirty Sunday
![2011-08-18 05.44.07](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2011-08-18-05.44.07.jpg)
Balls, Bums and Wedding Pics
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image5.jpg)
No power, bargains and giant bargains
![Trees](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image34.jpg)
Walks, books and muesli
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image23.jpg)
Lampshades, nails and meal plans
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image22.jpg)
Freebies, gardens, shades and stones
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image14.jpg)
Happy Solstice / longest day - what did you do?
![11351292_1588257381456342_2660727660646958402_n](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11351292_1588257381456342_2660727660646958402_n.jpg)
Getting back to Earth
![Basil cuttings](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image6.jpg)
Cuttings and pots
![rings](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-04-17.33.13.jpg)
A busy day, lots of driving and some good ideas to try
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image41.jpg)
Using up Salsa di Noci
![Walking in woods](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image33.jpg)
Woods, Meadows, Lakes & the garden
![Shed bed](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image25.jpg)
Bran flakes and shed beds
![Michelham priory](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image20.jpg)
Michelham Priory, khaki gunk and lost keys
![Risotto](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image13.jpg)
Big lunches and delicious leftovers
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image10.jpg)
More wedding preparations, Greek Cuisine and 4 large pitta for 6p
![Mother of Bride dress](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Mother-of-Bride-dress.jpg)
Another dress, getting plastered and spicy lentil soup, just 15p
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image4.jpg)
Dresses, lasagna and resolutions
![Smoked salmon](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image3.jpg)
Smoked salmon, classes and leftovers
![Spices](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image2.jpg)
Another long walk followed by excited squeaks
![Coffee and walnut cake](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image.jpg)
No sleep, a long walk and a big cake
A Relaxing Day
![a small pile of pink fir apple potatoes](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image52-1.jpg)
The gym, average curries, out of season garlic and lots of potatoes
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image50.jpg)
Poop, larders and less than £1 a day, how about 53p?
![Raspberry cheesecake](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image45.jpg)
Small loaves and 3 freebie tins
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image43.jpg)
Bargain hats, freebies and dead dough
![sunshine](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sunshine.jpg)
Sunshine, Snaps, Seeds and Sowing
![Provocalips](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image24.jpg)
Two books and a lipstick
![Yogurt and mango](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image14.jpg)
Curries, U3A and wild garlic
![Primrose 2015](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image2.jpg)
Round the block, round the garden and a hot non-cross loaf
Antibiotics, websites and another LBLUK list
An update
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image37.jpg)
Sequins, off-cuts and an alternative LBLUK list
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image27.jpg)
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
![Favourite necklaces](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image11.jpg)
Sorting through the bling
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image10.jpg)
Spring is Springing
Cooking around the world
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image7.jpg)
A not very nice lunch, summer sewing and too many earrings
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image.jpg)
Inventing wings, folding a la Kondo and a good clean
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image14.jpg)
Snowdrops, friends and being perfect
![lamb kofta kebab on a home made flatbread with sliced tomato, cucumber and a relish](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image12.jpg)
Going on a course
![woods covered in snow](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/woods.jpg)
A general Saturday
![a close up of a white lily](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image6.jpg)
Happy Valentines!
An update on all the goings on since Monday
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image50.jpg)
Crocus and nearly meal plan 8 soup
Lunch, Snow & Leaks
Book Clubs and wide ranging discussions
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image34.jpg)
Using what I've made, leftovers soup and make do and mend repairs
![torvill](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/torvill.jpg)
Weights, weight and mattresses
![wedding rings](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wedding-rings.jpg)
Sheeps pluck, two weddings and .......
![Daphne](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image16.jpg)
Springing in the garden
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image6.jpg)
Valuable programmes, little round batteries and exhortations
Aching muscles and brain, and a shopping list
![happ new year](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/happ-new-year.jpg)
New Years Day
![happy new year](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/happy-new-year.jpg)
New Years Eve
![merry christmas](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/merry-christmas.jpg)
Live the life you wish you had & Merry Christmas!
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image26.jpg)
It's Christmas Eve - yay!
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image20.jpg)
Kitchen update
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image5.jpg)
Kitchens, Christmas Menu and avoiding debt
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image35.jpg)
Trees, bags, walls and floors
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image24.jpg)
New ceilings and old favourites
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image18.jpg)
Pea soup, Approved Food order and Christmas food bank contributions
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image15.jpg)
20p lunch, 19p vanilla pods and extremely cheap vanilla & cinnamon extract
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image11.jpg)
Bread cooked in the slow cooker - who knew you could!
![slow cooker](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/slow-cooker.jpg)
Things I am going to try this week
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image6.jpg)
I have been quiet I know for a week, but I have an excuse Miss!
![IMG_1298](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_1298.jpg)
The cutest teeny tiny christmas stockings
![2014_fw](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014_fw.jpg)
Fireworks, Fictitious Whiplash and Feta
![Pumpkin chosen](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image21.jpg)
Pumpkins, crowbars and autumn leaves
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image4.jpg)
An unexpected little visitor
![pinterest-footer-logo](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pinterest-footer-logo.bmp)
Tables and Boards
![whats in season in October](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/whats-in-season-in-October.jpg)
What's in season in October, can I grow anything in the garden now? and update on Action Aid
![radish pods](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/radish-pods.jpg)
A new vegetable? It was to me!
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image57.jpg)
Smoothies, thickies and wedding invites
![getinvolved](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/getinvolved.bmp)
Old Socks - again, and Fabric Yarn, especially from T-Shirts
![IMG_1235](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_1235.jpg)
WI garden group, giant tomatoes and unreliable broadband
![sock flowers](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sock-flowers.jpg)
Loving leftovers, sock bouquets and using plastic bottles to make boxes
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image39.jpg)
Kitchen happenings and a possible Christmas Thrifty Lesley in the media
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image36.jpg)
Posh puds, what to cook with no hob and getting to grips with Pinterest
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image33.jpg)
Nans, Drawers and Wedding Cakes
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image27.jpg)
A waste of a day
![basics tomatoes](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/basics-tomatoes.jpg)
Inaccurate mySupermarket totals, a shock in Sainsbugs and a kitchen update
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image19.jpg)
Progress today
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image4.jpg)
2 ton units, meal plans still £1 and trying not to sing out loud
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image3.jpg)
Emptying cupboards, draughts and printers on strike
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image40.jpg)
Boot Fairs, New Fabric and Big Sums
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image33.jpg)
Fruit, Floors and Gifts
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image27.jpg)
Teething, rain and quilts
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image17.jpg)
Dobbing, Dabbing, Snowdrops and Quilts
![red arrows](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/red-arrows.jpg)
Airbourne, Divi & progress
![womans own](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/womans-own.jpg)
Woman's Own, early apples and meal plans
A chilled out day
![Halley Road](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image16.jpg)
A late walk, some early blackberries and a mish mash
![Beachy Head](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image15.jpg)
10,000 steps and gooseberry crumble
![IMG_1139](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_1139.jpg)
Giant chairs, tiny flatbreads and zero cost dollies
![image](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image14.jpg)
Run off my feet by a 6 year old
Rust, dust, concrete and bears
An Approved Food order
Flowers blooming in the garden and wraps made with dough that's been in the fridge for several days
Kitchen Plans
Tissue or handkerchief, which do you prefer?
Off to Wickes for a quote
Sports day and risotto
Hair conditioner used as makeup remover
Free groceries arriving in the garden
A garden visit, youth re-visited and salady musings on the bus
The garden party this afternoon
![Plums in drier](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image26.jpg)
Progress today in the kitchen
Some freebie fruit, lucky me
Using up stale focaccia at breakfast, cherries, lovely ripe cherries, and a pot wot I painted
Don't know about Thrifty, I'm more like Filthy Lesley today
20 handy hints using everyday items, do you know these ones?
A lovely Sunday stroll
Prolonged periods of bottom sitting
Wedding invitations, jaunts out, and what to plant next
No doors or windows, and not much food either today
A Salmon pasta lunch and other things
Motivating myself and getting fitter
Confession time, What I've actually been doing this week
Bread, bread and more bread
Glorious roses
Late nights, coming crops and what to put in next
Huge lintels and sunny days
More fracking and the garden
Fracking in East Sussex
Old phones, pretty flowers and glorious sunsets
Elderflowers and cardigans
Taking Stock a la Jen Gale
Cherry tree shrouds and un-crusty bread
A skip of rubble
M&S free foodie goodies and Quidco
Robin Bobbin moves out, DAC and tortilla
A mountainous larder, raspberries, pasta and crispy fish burger
![jacket and cheese spread](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jacket-and-cheese-spread.jpg)
Robin chicks, Resolutions lunch and Basics cheese spread (1)
![Gu pots filled with muscovado cheesecake](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image8-1024x764-1.jpg)
A WI lunch and some Basics finds, what to do with them?
Mealy worms, double crumbles and cooked radish
Bank Holiday weather, Finance Packages and Mr & Mrs Robin Bobbin
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig
Back in Kendall for the day
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image73-e1398543061266-300x225-1.jpg)
Walking in the forest, outstanding views and meeting new/old people
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image71-300x224-3.jpg)
Going to Jail in Inveraray
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image70-300x224-3.jpg)
Portsonachan
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image51-300x225-1.jpg)
A Day in Kendal
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image48-e1398195631578-225x300-2.jpg)
Halfway to Scotland
![a pink peony bloom.](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image54-300x224-1.jpg)
A walk round the garden
![a robin](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Robin2-300x268-2.jpg)
Quilts, Extension and Scotland
![mixed fabric to make a quilt, folded.](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image43-300x224-3.jpg)
Quilts, Speakers, Pancakes and Noodles
![Live Below The Line UK](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image8-2.jpg)
LBLUK 2014 - Day 5. Challenge completed! Can you donate a few £'s?
![Live Below The Line UK](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image8-2.jpg)
LBLUK - Day 4, nearly there now, but I am still craving a cup of tea
![Live Below The Line UK](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image8-2.jpg)
LBLUK 2014 - Day 3
![Live Below The Line UK](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image8-2.jpg)
LBLUK 2014, another alternative basket, from Aldi again
LBLUK, an alternative £5 basket, from Aldi
![live below the line](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image8.jpg)
LBLUK 2014 - day 2, I really want a cup of tea!
![live below the line](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image8.jpg)
LBLUK 2014 - day one, successes and failures
![live below the line](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image8.jpg)
Living Below The Line - 2014
![Mums white quilt](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mums-white-quilt.jpg)
Quilts. Old, new and unmade
![Live Below The Line UK](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image8-2.jpg)
Robins in the garden, 19 freebie books, mahoosive, bright red bags & shall I do LBLUK?
Mixed deli meat, tiny tomato seedling and Approved Food order
Fruit Trees, Date & Apple Muffins and Sugar Paste Flowers
Fritters, Soup, Gloves and Karen Millen
![gu pots](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gu-pots-e1690328535124.jpg)
Glass ramekins and what to do with them
![anchovy pizza](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/anchovy-pizza.jpg)
Demo's and anchovy pizza, 39p
![a whole uncooked chicken](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dressed-chicken-6935871_1920.jpg)
Exasperations, interesting impulses and what's happening
![Stained glass heart](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2827.jpg)
Happy News
![christmas greeting cards](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/christmas-gift-3019973_1920.jpg)
Post Christmas Diet
More Christmas Gallivants
Christmas en famille
Christmas Pie at the WI, not a 50p one!
Apples, apples and ............. apples!
![Fiesta apples](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image3-e1686340283866.jpg)
Even more plums, a few apples and yukky fingers
![](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/soft-hands-e1686339485321.jpg)
Cheap lentils, slightly cheaper chorizo, and practically free silky hands
![Jamie Oliver](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Jamie-Oliver-2016.jpg.webp)
Jamie Oliver's new programme and effing great tellys
![Plums in drier](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image26.jpg)
Pottering in the kitchen and finding uses for plums
![Plums](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image4.jpg)
Plums, plums and more plums
![Plums](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image17.jpg)
The first of the plum harvest
![Approved foods](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image16.jpg)
500g packs of Aduki Beans from Approved Foods for 20p!
![The courgette harvest today. A dish and a basket of courgettes.](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image1.jpg)
An abundance of Courgettes
![red and black currants in plastic boxes.](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/currants-from-Michelle.jpg)
Free Berries From A Good Friend
![Monsoon bargain](https://thriftylesley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image.jpg)
Monsoon Bargain
Massive Tomatoes @ Tiny Price
Great British Budget Menu - is £1 a meal really such a big challenge
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