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Happy Dance Muffins
When you’ve finally handed in your last assignment and the world is your oyster, do you: a) Go out and get drunk. b) Keep writing on regardless. c) See how much batch cooking you can...
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Frugal Fridays #1
This is my new feature that will be up on the blog every Friday – clue is in the title really! It will be a round-up of bargains I’ve bought, thrifty craft, cheap recipes and my favourite blog of the...
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5 Activities That Make Me Smile
1) Breakfast in bed. Just the act of placing a meal on a tray is a delightful flourish in itself. But then silently carrying it up the stairs, balancing it carefully as you ease back into bed and enjoy...
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Frugal Fridays #5
This week has been good and bad for frugality. On one hand, I’ve already used up my entire sweets ration for the month! Deary me, I have a terrible sweet tooth. But, onto the good. I’ve succeeded in...
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Frugal Fridays #6
Out of all the items I bought during my big shop at the start of the month, I have been most impressed with the versatility of a bag of Basics frozen mixed vegetables. I paid 75p for a 1kg bag of diced...
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Learning
Life can make a hash out of the most carefully thought through plans. I have already failed the rationing plan, a mere two weeks into the experiment. I have gone so far over the allocated sweets...
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Frugal Fridays #7
It’s not often I venture into Poundland. Not because of any snobbish reason, purely because it’s located at the bottom of town and a little bit of a trek to get there. But as my sister wanted to pick...
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A healthy lifestyle
Everyone recently seems to be on a constant journey towards “a healthy lifestyle”. As if when they reach the golden gates of this revered place, everything in life will suddenly seem wonderful. But the...
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Frugal Fridays #8
Free food! Thanks to the chap, I got a free haul of groceries at the start of the week. I’ve been basing my meals around what I was gifted with and thought I’d share a few of them. I splashed out on...
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If at first you don’t succeed . . .
. . . rework it until you do! The early 1940′s will forever interest me. Faced with a tight budget, I returned to Marguerite Patten’s books for inspiration. Then a colleague commented that my new work...
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Frugal Fridays #9
Inspired by the activity over at Down to Earth, I have been on a decluttering mission of my own. I have trimmed down my books, DVDs and trinkets this past week and have carried/dragged two generous...
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Frugal Fridays #10
It’s been another week on rations at the home of this Storyteller! And what a lovely week it’s been too, much nicer than the last one. I started off the week, naturally, with grocery shopping....
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Give and take
The Clash summed up my recent predicament. Should I stay working at Cath Kidston, earning a decent wage but becoming increasingly worn out? Or should I go and focus on my creative writing degree but...
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Frugal Fridays #11
It has been a good week for frugality. Firstly, I came home with a generous food parcel from Glastonbury. I have to thank my mum for packing me off with cans of tuna, sachets of soup, as well as a...
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A balancing act
I didn’t feel like posting yesterday, but today I do. Curious, the flippant tendancies of a blogger. So it goes. As I finish working through my four weeks notice at Cath Kidston, I have to engage with...
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A penny for the pot and a pound for the piggy
With my income grinding to a shuddering halt by the end of October, I have to think wisely about where to place each coin. I am paying a price for my freedom, but as a girl of simple means, I plan to...
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Frugal Fridays #12 – Budget Birthday
Thanks to all who have hit the follow button, I’m up to 50 readers now! Wowee! Thank you kindly for your support, it means so much. * I have made it to my last week at Cath Kidston, only...
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The Stoptober Challenge
I have never been a smoker. But I do have an unfortunate habit of buying things I don’t particularly need. Like groceries for example. It has never been more important for me to make every penny count....
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Frugal Fridays #14
For my very first “Frugal Friday”, I featured a round of thrifty items I had purchased from my local charity shops. But with my interest in food growing and my budget shrinking, subsequent posts took a...
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A change of scenery
I remember a time, before I came of age to do grocery shopping for myself, there was a distinct air around Aldi (and its partner in crime, Lidl). It was once the butt of all jokes and the cause of much...
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