
I haven’t done my shopping yet this week, I’ll take a look to see what they have in Aldi later. I’m thinking about cooking a stir fry, so some diced pork would be good for that. You can do stir fry with mince, its a bit harder to eat with chopsticks though…. (more…)
29, May 2014 | Categories: culture, Finance, food, Frugal Food, Money, save money, Thrifty, Thrifty Thursday | Tags: avant garde, fashion, food | 1 Comment

I have been doing this blog for nearly two years and have written about lots of money saving ideas. I also have a new site a zillion ideas with more ideas on saving money and being frugal. Today on a zillion ideas I looked at planning journey’s to save on petrol. That blog is worth reading. If you’re careful, you can also save and then become debt free and instead of paying interest to the bank; they pay you interest. You can save on many things from food shopping to motoring costs. The key to saving money though is to cut waste and to get value for money.
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9, August 2012 | Categories: Thrifty Thursday | Tags: being a trend setter, cutting waste, England, expensive prom nights, fashion, freedom from consumer slavery, Olympic Games, prom, resisting social pressure, saving, street fashion, value for money | 2 Comments

Saving for tomorrow, living for tomorrow
People have told me to spend my money and live for today. I tend to save money and be careful. In October 2011, I phoned my energy supplier and asked about a cheaper tariff and that’s been saving me money. I‘m now £100 in credit on yesterday’s meter readings. I also bought shares in Premier Foods for 4p each, they went to 12p yesterday and are still going up. Was it worth it? Damn right it was! (more…)
3, February 2012 | Categories: Finance Friday | Tags: energy bills, fashion, gardening, Matalan, Premier Foods, saving for tomorrow | 6 Comments
These were the top ten clichés used by members of LinkedIn on their profiles:
- Extensive experience
- Innovative
- Motivated
- Results-oriented
- Dynamic
- Proven track record
- Team player
- Fast-paced
- Problem solver
- Entrepreneurial
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1, June 2011 | Categories: Humour | Tags: cliches, fashion, humor, Humour, phrase | 6 Comments