2021 Frugal Living Challenge

QueenJess

@Frugalistamama that's brilliant! I am a bit addicted to reading all the debt busting success stories on here 😄

Todays activities included getting a small amount of the huge pile of organic orange peel out of the freezer (saved each time I have an orange from my weekly veg/fruit box) and it is now cooling after being candied and then will be dried in the oven.  Don't want to waste the syrup either, so I will attempt to reuse that in an orange drizzle cake tomorrow.

Whilst I was waiting for the candied peel (haven't done it for ages and forgotten how long it takes!), I made some chocolate Tiffin which is now in the fridge cooling. Not really frugal, but it is tasty!  Also planted some more basil onto my kitchen window sill from last year's seed packets (you can never have enough basil).  Planted some free cress seeds as well using a damp piece of kitchen paper in a blueberry box I finished yesterday.

I think I'm still a bit giddy after getting a big freezer for the garage in March... The possibilities are endless 🤣

zafiro1984

QueenJess said:

Todays activities included getting a small amount of the huge pile of organic orange peel out of the freezer (saved each time I have an orange from my weekly veg/fruit box) and it is now cooling after being candied and then will be dried in the oven.  Don't want to waste the syrup either, so I will attempt to reuse that in an orange drizzle cake tomorrow.

candied peel - now there's a thought, I'd forgotten how easy it is to make but as you say time consuming. I must make a note to myself about saving citrus peel as i do a lot of baking (and saving pennies) thanks

I'd forgotten - but I used to cover ii in dark chocolate for a treat.

Thrifty_Taylor

Well done @Frugalista!

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@Frugalista that is absolutely brilliant, well done you. I know many people suggest keeping a card to maintain a good credit score, I personally know if I had a credit card I wouldn't use it wisely so I don't have any at all. Who cares about a credit score anyway (unless you're saving to buy a house that is), as a frugaller I spend very very little! 

Small frugal win for the week - a £10 'admin fee' to re-contract with my BB provider (still the best deal on the market) has been eradicated by way of a £10 credit applied to my account. It took me all of three minutes to type the letter complaining about the fee, which is clearly money for nothing, and I printed it and posted it at work 😎. So three minutes work has saved me £10, and I certainly don't earn £3.33 per minute so that was time well spent in my eyes! 

Egg sales are treating us to a fish and chip supper tonight to mark me breaking up for half term. I have no plans at all to use any money this coming week, our time is mapped out with free events and the children are with grandparents for a couple of days.  Catching up on my sleep and reading books borrowed from a friend costs nothing 😉 
take care all x

QueenJess

Achievements for the last few days:
- Made an orange drizzle cake to use up the syrup from the candied orange peel. Will melt some chocolate on top today, cut up and put half in the freezer.

- Made a basic white bread this morning and added cinnamon, the candied orange peel and raisins (my version of a tea cake in loaf form). It's currently cooking in the oven and then I will slice for the freezer. Saves me buying expensive tea cakes for a bit.

- Listed a couple of things online to sell (old baby clothes).

- Realised I needed a sun hat and sunglasses for DD. Instead of buying at the usual place online, I found the same things second hand for half the price.

- Finally got round to sorting out the email problem I had with Storewards and have sent on my most recent online purchases for tokens.

- Convinced DS that he doesn't need his favourite (expensive) flavour snack bar now and will wait to order until he has used the other flavours up.

Sallyp2

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Egg sales are treating us to a fish and chip supper tonight to mark me breaking up for half term. I have no plans at all to use any money this coming week, our time is mapped out with free events and the children are with grandparents for a couple of days.  Catching up on my sleep and reading books borrowed from a friend costs nothing 😉 
take care all x

Love that your egg sales = f&c supper. How many hens have you got and how many eggs a day do you get?
I do like a book borrowed from local library ... free read and no clutter when you've read and returned it. Win Win

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Sallyp2 said:

Deleted_User said:

Egg sales are treating us to a fish and chip supper tonight to mark me breaking up for half term. I have no plans at all to use any money this coming week, our time is mapped out with free events and the children are with grandparents for a couple of days.  Catching up on my sleep and reading books borrowed from a friend costs nothing 😉 
take care all x

Love that your egg sales = f&c supper. How many hens have you got and how many eggs a day do you get?
I do like a book borrowed from local library ... free read and no clutter when you've read and returned it. Win Win

Hi love, we have 15 in total, including one cockerel and 4 ex battery girls. We get around 8-10 eggs per day at present xx

Sallyp2

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Sallyp2 said:

Deleted_User said:

Egg sales are treating us to a fish and chip supper tonight to mark me breaking up for half term. I have no plans at all to use any money this coming week, our time is mapped out with free events and the children are with grandparents for a couple of days.  Catching up on my sleep and reading books borrowed from a friend costs nothing 😉 
take care all x

Love that your egg sales = f&c supper. How many hens have you got and how many eggs a day do you get?
I do like a book borrowed from local library ... free read and no clutter when you've read and returned it. Win Win

Hi love, we have 15 in total, including one cockerel and 4 ex battery girls. We get around 8-10 eggs per day at present xx

Crikey that's quite a number! Of both hens and eggs. We have a hen house, its quite small and in pieces. No hens as yet. Garden is too small, plus I got my DH to lift the lawn and gravel it. He was thrilled with lockdown jobs
Its good you sell them and get something else with the cash, quite a little earner. I couldn't believe how expensive F&C were now 

Frugalista

Thrifty_Taylor said:

Well done @Frugalista!

Deleted_User said:

@Frugalista that is absolutely brilliant, well done you.

I'm chuffed for the poster who is getting all this praise - but I am afraid it is not me!!  I have been on here under this username for donkeys years !!!!

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Frugalista said:

Thrifty_Taylor said:

Well done @Frugalista!

Deleted_User said:

@Frugalista that is absolutely brilliant, well done you.

I'm chuffed for the poster who is getting all this praise - but I am afraid it is not me!!  I have been on here under this username for donkeys years !!!!

@Frugalistamama I meant you XX