We have stumbled through life these past few years and made no economies... Unless we act soon, once again we will face those awful words "insufficient funds for transaction". There are many areas we can target to make economies.
Groceries:
Make a list, buy only what is on the list, cook from scratch, bulk cook, become friends with my freezer.
Gardening:
Grow our own fruit and veg. We are very lucky to live with a large garden with mature veg plots and large greenhouses. We just haven't made the best use of them. This has to change so we can grow more of our own food.
Freezer friendly:
Batch cook foods and freeze extra portions. Blanche and freeze cooking essentials, especially gluts from the garden.
Gifts:
Make far more gifts for people. If they don't appreciate them, they don't get them in future!
Lodger:
take in a lodger to increase monthly income
Make do and mend. If it breaks, fix it. Don't buy it, wait a week or two and do without. Ask "do we need it, can i buy it cheaper anywhere else"?
Keep a spending diary.
This will be my record of what we are going to do, what worked, what didn't and to look at more improvements.
Looking foward to reading your new blog x
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