With interest rates being painfully low it can be hard to motivate yourself into putting cash away. It’s not all about interest rates though, and living below your means is a great way to put cash away for a rainy day or as a cushion for unexpected life events such as redundancy. However, if interest [...]
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Buying bulk isn’t always best
July 25th, 2010
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Buying in bulk isn’t always best. Frugal first timers and long term frugalistas alike would be forgiven for having a “bulk is best” mindset, but it is very important to study the labels. All supermarkets have labels which state the price per weight. Unfortunately they don’t stick to a standard, so when comparing different size [...]
Cheap energy deals start to vanish
July 22nd, 2010
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If you take a look at a cross section of the six top energy providers in the UK, three have already withdrawn their best deals on the market and swapped them for tariffs that are 3.4 percent more expensive on average. That’s inflation busting, and I’d urge people to move quickly and lock in on [...]
Growing my own vegetables at home
April 24th, 2010
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I find growing my own vegetables at home highly rewarding. I like watching the plants grow over the days, weeks & months, knowing that I’ve helped them along. Personally I always buy seedlings to cut out the step of germinating seeds. They’re still a frugal option as they’re cheap enough, and the crop far outweighs [...]
Hypermiling – The art of increasing your mpg
March 23rd, 2010
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With a weekend away planned in Aberdeen over the easter weekend, we’re looking at close to an 800 mile round trip from our home in North Wales. Looking at whatmpg.co.uk I know my Peugeot 206 1.1 lx should get around 50mpg on the open road. Then using the tools over at fueleconomy.co.uk (because I’m rubbish [...]
We’re back on the road!
March 13th, 2010
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It may have taken 4 weeks, but our little Peugeot 206 is back on the road! So why the change of heart? Well, it turned out that the car was not in as bad shape as the first garage had made out. I replaced the radiator, and the front brake discs and brake pads for [...]
Car trouble – Peugeot 206 for spares or repair anyone?
February 22nd, 2010
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Back in May 2008 me and my partner purchased an X reg Peugeot 206 as a little run around. In that time we’ve had problems with a sheared off radiator fan, peeling paint on the rear bumper, a squeeling wheel on the front passenger side, steering pulling to the left, and before christmas our neighbour [...]
My Top 3 Frugal Father Parenting Tips
January 4th, 2010
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Real Nappies These aren’t messy and fiddly like they used to be. The latest reusable nappies are easy to wash, as quick to put on as a disposable, and they come in a variety of fashionable and even fully customizable designs. A study by the Women’s environmental network has shown that parents using reusable nappies [...]
Broken appliance? There is a cheap way get them working again…
December 6th, 2009
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The hinge on our Dyson washing machine broke last night. It’s the first problem we’ve had though, which is pretty good going for a machine we’ve owned for almost 7 years It looks like an easy fix so I’m going to attempt a bit of DIY. It’s only the exterior hinge on the washing machine, [...]
Don’t buy us any Christmas presents!
December 1st, 2009
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That’s the message we’re sending out to our friends and family. We don’t need anything, and we certainly don’t want to buy presents for other people as we’re trying to save money! With the exception of the £10 secret santa I got roped into in work, I’m not buying anyone anything this year. I guess [...]
