It sounds easy - obvious even. But really knowing what you’ve got is a quick way to help you spend less. Through several hard-core bouts of decluttering I’ve discovered a lot of things that I had simply forgotten about. By putting them all together and storing them properly I can see exactly what I’ve got. Through the year things [...]
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‘Spend Less, Save More’ Part 3: Know what you have
Posted in Decluttering, Getting organised, Saving?Spending, Uncategorized on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Stock-taking
Posted in Getting organised, Shoestring Meals on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other week I mentioned doing a big stock up at the supermarket after letting supplies run a far lower than usual. When I got in from work I decided to stock up my empty rows of storage jars.
I had to replace lots of things including, pasta, cous cous, tea and stock cubes. As you can [...]
Off to a good start
Posted in Getting organised on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I’ve tackled the big, scary pile of post. I know everyone says it, but I am beginning to get really, really annoyed by the amount of junk mail we are getting – particularly all of these catalogues trying to flog Christmas stuff. At some point I’m going to phone all of these companies and ask [...]
Running through treacle
Posted in Getting organised on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Running through treacle pretty much sums up how things have been lately! As soon as I found out I was pregnant (and started feeling nauseous and tired) I gave myself a hefty break from most of my usual routines. It was necessary at the time. However, the past couple of weeks have reminded me how [...]
Returning home
Posted in Getting organised, Shoestring Fun on October 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So we’re back from our weeks holiday in Cornwall. We’ve had a very lazy time – lots of walks, reading and eating…and that’s about it!
I haven’t tallied up the books yet but I think we came in under budget which is great. I have that slightly dazed thing going on when you get home after [...]
Revving up for August
Posted in Getting organised, Goals, Saving?Spending, tagged Budgeting, saving on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s amazing how quickly things can unravel, isn’t it? The severe toothache and lack of sleep have rendered me fairly useless for the past few weeks; the house has slowly become a bomb site needing more than a surface clean/tidy-up, I haven’t been cooking so things have gone to waste, Husband has been in charge of the shopping [...]
Day 95: Shoestring makeover
Posted in Getting organised, Goals, Shoestring Meals, tagged diet, eating plan on June 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since it is the last day of the month I’ve been thinking about my goals for July. Obviously I’ll be carrying on with my saving mission and trying to find ways to make the most of what I earn and what I’ve already got. However, I also want to pay a bit more attention to my [...]
Day 94: Music, money and more painting
Posted in Getting organised, Saving?Spending on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Managed to do a little bit more painting this evening – just going around the room finishing the very tops of the walls where they meet the ceiling. I’ve washed the brush out so I can do the last little bits of the ceiling maybe tomorrow. I figure if I keep doing a little bit [...]
Day 74: Knowing when to spend
Posted in Getting organised, Saving?Spending, Shoestring Fun on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I bought the above leather folder in a charity shop a couple of years ago – it is one of my favourite ever chairty shop buys. It is specifically for holding travel documents though, judging by the funny road maps and calenders inside, it is from a time when people in the UK would holiday [...]
Days 72 & 73: More holiday planning
Posted in Getting organised, Saving?Spending, Shoestring Fun, tagged budget holidays on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went and got our holiday spending money changed into Euros today. I got them from the Post Office as, unlike most banks, they don’t charge any commission so the service is free. I was amazed to find that it is practically one euro for one pound – last time we went away it was [...]
