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Category Archives: budgets
Price hikes, again!
I had a little bit of shopping to do today and took the time to have a look round the shelves to see what was available. Lots of Christmas stuff reduced by up to 50%, but I don’t want any … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, current events, food, miscellaneous, observations, Personal Thoughts, shopping
Tagged cost of living, shopping
12 Comments
The dehumidifier hack Part 2
A few days ago, I wrote this post about using a dehumidifier to help dry our laundry indoors. Readers may also be interested in this article (source) about them today. I can now follow up with some costing figures if … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, diary, Just a thought, money matters, observations, Opinions, Personal Thoughts
Tagged electricity, energy crisis, Just a thought, money matters
12 Comments
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Thrift
“I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause. – Laura Spencer. This week’s Wednesday challenge here on partner Susan and my site is THRIFT. Those of … Continue reading
Shopping Around
One of the things about retirement is having the time to shop around, and in so doing, you can get a feel as to what supermarkets are going to have their special offers and when. Today, we had a field … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, Frugality, observations, shopping
Tagged budgets, cost of living, shopping
4 Comments
Off the menu
I did some shopping today and over the last few trips have noticed a few things. Prices continue to rise, but another hike of 10% overnight is simply not acceptable. The following items are now OFF my shopping list: Muffins: … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, current events, food, Just a thought, observations, Opinions, shopping
Tagged cost of living, food prices, shopping
20 Comments
On the cheap………..
Hubby read an article this morning about a woman who said she could feed a family of 6 for 50p a head. We were intrigued as I have often said I cannot make an individual cottage pie for £1.50 as … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, current events, shopping
Tagged budgets, food, saving money, shopping
13 Comments
Energy savings: just a thought
I had our monthly energy bill yesterday and we are in receipt of the first £66 installment of the £400 government energy grant so doing very well towards our winter bills. We have however been trying to think of ways … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, Just a thought, miscellaneous, money matters, My life, Uncategorized
Tagged bills and budgets, budgets, energy savings, Just a thought
9 Comments
Melanie’s Truthful Tuesday 14th June
Melanie, aka Sparky from sparksfromacombustiblemind is our current host for the Double T, and her questions this week are thus: Have you personally felt the food ‘pinch’, whether due to cost or unavailability? Do you think there is a danger … Continue reading
It’s official: prices are going up
Following on from my post a couple of days ago about rising prices I was reading this article this morning (source) which added fuel to my argument (not that anything will change, but hey). This is my amended calculations with the … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, budgets, food, Just a thought, observations, shopping
Tagged budgets, food comparison, shopping
22 Comments
It’s not just prices that are rising
So is our anger. Yet there is nothing we can do except what everyone else is, and manage the best we can. Being on a limited and fixed income has been our way of life for years. Neither of us … Continue reading
Posted in budgets, current events, food, Just a thought, money matters, observations, Personal Thoughts
Tagged budgets, cost of living, food, price comparison
34 Comments
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