2021 Frugal Living Challenge

2Scratters

Delayed another day of nipping to the shops, done "home" shop, another frozen soup for dinner, DH had last  2 slices of bacon and 2 slices of bread for his dinner. Busy burning leftover bedroom wood remnants for free heat and the tumble dryer is on not very frugal:(
Tea is also from the freezer just need to make enough rice for tomorrows selected frozen dinner.  Need to get the milk roll bread from freezer in readiness. Need to checkout my current broadband provider and phone line seems a bit expensive for what it is. My small gas and electric  companies got swallowed up last year need to keep my eye on what is happening on prices with them. Made some fudge from the kitchen cupboards. Really need to use up my OOD items too.

Stay safe and warm x

Viking_mfw

I have been studiously avoiding buying books - there are at least 3 I would normally have just ordered but having cancelled my Ama*on Pr*me definitely makes it less attractive. Our local indie does free postage but the whole check out process is much harder (even if I wasn't having a no spend Jan!).

fionaandphil

If anyone is looking for lemon recipes The Guardian food has lots of recipes on for today, all sorts of yummy sounding things!

Blackcats

Like Fiwen I have just re-negotiated my mobile contract.  I neither need nor want a new handset so was able to halve the costs, saving £180 a year.  Very happy with that. 

wishus

@Viking_mfw have you tried Borrowbox? You can log in with your library login for free e-books. Also Gutenberg project has lots of out of Copyright books.
We also have an occasional book swap in the door of our club at the end of our street.

Well, I had the plaice for dinner, and it was actually lush! I watched a YouTube to learn how to fillet it, and then on BBC there was a Tom Kerridge's recipe for posh fish and chips. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/posh_fish_and_chips_96392 - I made the wedges and had  green beans frozen from the garden. Just breadcrumbs, dried parsley and lemon for the gremolata, as had some left over from Christmas, and the sauce was yoghurt, mayo, egg and chopped up gherkin. It was very nice indeed!

Viking_mfw

Thanks @wishus - I have just heard of borrowbox from the forums, but my library registration is lapsed and I need to spend some time organising the online form because it doesn't have our branch on it as a "home" for the membership... I have quite enough books to be getting on with anyway which is why it's silly that in normal times I'd have bought more. 

vulpix

PP anything left on a plate goes to my bird friends. The only things they don't seem to eat are onion and carrot ! oh and uncooked tomato.

ldee2111

It’s really hard to resist the lure of a new book @Viking_mfw so well done. Like you, I’ve plenty on my shelf to get through - I got a pile for Christmas. I’ve told myself that I am not buying a single book until I’ve read all the new ones!  

@wishus I also use ‘Libby’ to borrow books.  It’s also accessed by your library card. 

balabooberlies

I know this is going to sound like a silly question but am not good at technology.  Can you read these books on your laptop or do you need something like a kindle ?

bala

3secondmemory

balabooberlies said:

I know this is going to sound like a silly question but am not good at technology.  Can you read these books on your laptop or do you need something like a kindle ?

bala

You can read them on kindle, phone, pc, or tablet; any device that can support the app 😃

I miss our library so much, especially the lovely ladies who organised iPad courses early last year. I was so glad I went on one of them. I never thought I’d get the hang of using one.