Frugal fun

SailorSam

RAS wrote: »

Or learn to sing? Costs very little and can give great joy to yourself and others.

I may enjoy it but i don't think my neighbours would.

Leaporlepor

mishmogs wrote: »

Am presently doing some extreme crocheting using torn up old sheets to make some cushions for my outside wooden dining chairs! .

I did something similar a few years ago, (knitting though) I made some outside 'stuff' with some old raffia.

LOVE knitting, Mother taught me when I was about 4 or 5 - not as good as her though, she was born legaly blind and had to have operations when she was 6 and one of the nurses taught her how to knit by feel as she couldn't use her eyes for 8 weeks. She is super fast and doesn't even have to look at what she's doing. But I suppose that she had 50 years to my 20ish.

cheeswright

I got an allotment
some chickens
took up cooking..everything from scratch
preserving
sewing
knitting
painting
sculpture
embroidery
diy
volunteering

now what exactly is free time again.........?:(

Hardup_Hester

Knitting reading & crochet, I'm very lucky, a lot of people have gifted me their unwanted wool, I read a lot, I can't see to read books so I read on my kindle.
And then there is the, by now famous Hestering, it's free, lol.

madmary_2

Being fairly new here dare I ask was Hestering is?

Mary

Goldiegirl

madmary wrote: »

Being fairly new here dare I ask was Hestering is?

Mary

You know the first thing that came into your mind ....... You were right first time! :rotfl:

I like reading. I have a kindle, and usually pay 99p per book, so that is quite reasonable.

I like jigsaws and buy them on eBay. When I've done them I resell them, so the outlay isn't big and often I resell for a higher figure, so I end up making a little money.

We are members of the National Trust and English Heritage, so can get into their properties for free. However, I must admit we don't fully utilise our membership, but in a few years when we retire I intend to get our money's worth.

I like walking too, so that's free and healthy

Other things I like aren't that frugal. I like family history, so keep my Ancestry subscription up to date. I also like cruising which isn't frugal, but I try and get the best deal that I can

madmary_2

So Hestering is what I feared it might be!

I too get 99p books from Kindle when the book interests me. I also follow some authors on twitter and occasionally they indicate when their books are free.

I love jigsaws and have a lovely jigsaw programme for my computer which allows me to do the pre programmed ones and make others from pictures on my PC.

Mary

Pooky

Check your local library website if you have a kindle or similar, their e-books are free to hire.

thriftwizard

I'm lucky enough to live near the coast & glorious countryside, so walking & foraging are high on my list, as are all kinds of paper, fibre & fabric crafts. So if you are near the South Coast & spot a small round lady of a Certain Age spinning or crocheting on the beach whilst guarding a large pile of towels, flipflops, mobile phones, cameras etc., that's me & some or all of The Offspring & hangers-on. Spindles or similar are very cheap, fibre is mostly inexpensive or even free, fabric for P&Q can be picked up extremely cheaply if you look for 99p shirts & sheets in charity shops, you can glean attractive paper for cards etc. from cake, chocolate & tea packets, fruit wrappers and so on & so forth - handcrafting & making stuff doesn't have to be expensive!

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reading,swimming walking,cooking,knitting (I go to a club where the wool is donated) and use it to make items to go abroad to children for blankets to keep them warmMy one expence per week is my History club which costs me a fiver but I love it and we do have such a lot of fun.Plus my seven gorgeous grandchildren.I rarely have much spare time at all really and I'm retired :):)