Because she is her parent's daughter, she knows how to make her money go further than most of her friends and they ask her how she does it and here are some of her ideas.
First up.. don't flash your cash in overly expensive shops of any kind, just because the shops are full of new clothes, footwear, gadgets and toys, it does not mean that YOU have to buy them1
Next, use your library. Only buy books and DVDs if they are ones that you need and that you will keep.
Unless you plan to use it a lot and several times a week, do not join an expensive gym.
You do not need the newest smart phone or the fastest Broadband connection, she told a friend recently what she paid for her Wifi connection - £29.00 (including vat) a quarter - and it nearly made him sick.
Find a proper butcher, fishmonger and local market or if not, a proper greengrocer and grow as much as you can. Their produce is all going to be a great deal fresher than that to be found in the supermarkets.
DO NOT WASTE FOOD. The outer leaves of a cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, carrot peelings etc, may not be what you want eat in a bowl of steamed vegetables but chopped up and put into a pot stock - which you have made and frozen - and with onions and garlic, then pureed either with a hand held machine or put through a Mouli, they make a thick and delicious vegetable soup.
Learn to wash your clothes properly, she washes her sweaters by hand, then rolls them in a thick towel to extract as much water as possible and they allowed to dry away from heat.
Find a proper boot and shoe mender.
Now I know that we are incredibly spoilt with the range of food suppliers we have here in London, if she wants Arabic, Chinese, Indian or Malaysian, Polish ingredients, she doesn't go to a normal supermarket but to one of their own food shops.
Here in London, they wouldn't dream of selling anything that wasn't of the freshest or best quality, if they did, they would be out of business very quickly!
She makes a meal, usually enough for two or three portions so two portions are frozen. Then all it takes is the heat and time to reheat it.
She uses the Co-op, for which she carrys a membership card, where they give you 5p for every £ that you spend on their own brand items is a great deal more than what Sainsburys give you, which is 1/2 a pence!
And this month her budget is being squeezed even tighter.. for our trusted and much appreciated washer dryer died at the beginning of December.
It was second hand and we had it for eight years but she is not just going to splosh the dosh without knowing that she had saved up the money.
And she has.. so tomorrow she is off to see a friend, who sold her the old Hoover washer dryer, to see what she has in stock.
For whereas she doesn't mind washing 'smalls' and sweaters by hand, double duvets and bottoms sheets are a 'bit' of a struggle.
So that's what she is up to tomorrow. She's in search of a washer dryer.. but one not made by Whirlpool!
Tomorrow, at some point, you'll have a few recipes of our favourite 20 minute meals.. PipPip.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 9th, 2020.
PostScript laptop might get the boot as despite being repaired by our much beloved friend it is causing her grief..
First up.. don't flash your cash in overly expensive shops of any kind, just because the shops are full of new clothes, footwear, gadgets and toys, it does not mean that YOU have to buy them1
Next, use your library. Only buy books and DVDs if they are ones that you need and that you will keep.
Unless you plan to use it a lot and several times a week, do not join an expensive gym.
You do not need the newest smart phone or the fastest Broadband connection, she told a friend recently what she paid for her Wifi connection - £29.00 (including vat) a quarter - and it nearly made him sick.
Find a proper butcher, fishmonger and local market or if not, a proper greengrocer and grow as much as you can. Their produce is all going to be a great deal fresher than that to be found in the supermarkets.
DO NOT WASTE FOOD. The outer leaves of a cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, carrot peelings etc, may not be what you want eat in a bowl of steamed vegetables but chopped up and put into a pot stock - which you have made and frozen - and with onions and garlic, then pureed either with a hand held machine or put through a Mouli, they make a thick and delicious vegetable soup.
Learn to wash your clothes properly, she washes her sweaters by hand, then rolls them in a thick towel to extract as much water as possible and they allowed to dry away from heat.
Find a proper boot and shoe mender.
Now I know that we are incredibly spoilt with the range of food suppliers we have here in London, if she wants Arabic, Chinese, Indian or Malaysian, Polish ingredients, she doesn't go to a normal supermarket but to one of their own food shops.
Here in London, they wouldn't dream of selling anything that wasn't of the freshest or best quality, if they did, they would be out of business very quickly!
She makes a meal, usually enough for two or three portions so two portions are frozen. Then all it takes is the heat and time to reheat it.
She uses the Co-op, for which she carrys a membership card, where they give you 5p for every £ that you spend on their own brand items is a great deal more than what Sainsburys give you, which is 1/2 a pence!
And this month her budget is being squeezed even tighter.. for our trusted and much appreciated washer dryer died at the beginning of December.
It was second hand and we had it for eight years but she is not just going to splosh the dosh without knowing that she had saved up the money.
And she has.. so tomorrow she is off to see a friend, who sold her the old Hoover washer dryer, to see what she has in stock.
For whereas she doesn't mind washing 'smalls' and sweaters by hand, double duvets and bottoms sheets are a 'bit' of a struggle.
So that's what she is up to tomorrow. She's in search of a washer dryer.. but one not made by Whirlpool!
Tomorrow, at some point, you'll have a few recipes of our favourite 20 minute meals.. PipPip.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 9th, 2020.
PostScript laptop might get the boot as despite being repaired by our much beloved friend it is causing her grief..
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