2022 Frugal Living Challenge

London_1

Well I braved the bad weather ,although it was dry when I set off, and worked out the two buses to get to Gravesend and back and 'Sucess' I snaffled some bars in the Farmfoods shop in the Thamesgate shopping centre. As it was bucketing down by the time I got there I bought them and exited swiftly and got a bus back to Chatham within five minutes so roughly around three and a bit hours and 4 buses altogether and the Dairy Crunch is sorted  

One more little gift to go with a bottle of wine for my friend sorted. Just have to wrap them now. it was actually very nice on the buses as I've not been on one for about 3 years I think.
Daft really as I have a bus pass, but forget to use it. Saved me a good gallon of petrol today though so very 'eco' as well as money saving. The bus stop is within sight of my house as well.

Golly it was cold and wet though coming back down the road. But one more thing off my to-do list at least Indoors with a big bowl of leek and potato soup and a soft brown roll for lunch,and the heating is definitely on in my house at the moment .

JackieO xx

joedenise

Glad you got the Dairy crunch sorted.  DH and I often use the buses to get around since we got our bus passes.  It definitely saves fuel and money so a win win!

annieb64

We use our bus passes all the time. Saves petrol and parking. Having seen the traffic and road works in Canterbury on Saturday we certainly won't  be driving into town anytime soon!

YoungBlueEyes

The cynic in me wonders how much of that is by design. My nearest market town now is a pig to get to, and almost impossible to park in (if you discount the laughably expensive cost of the council car parks!) Said car parks are invariably majoratively empty, so I think their plan to force us onto public transport is working. The only free parking is the big Tescos, which is invariably full.

joedenise

annieb64 said:

We use our bus passes all the time. Saves petrol and parking. Having seen the traffic and road works in Canterbury on Saturday we certainly won't  be driving into town anytime soon!

Us neither!  It's also ridiculously expensive parking in the city; the P&R is extremely reasonable at £4 for 24 hours.

London_1

The next time I go to see my sis-in-law in Faversham i shall have a look at the Salt and Spice shop there as having looked at it online it looks fabulous
JackieO xx

Bluegreen143

YoungBlueEyes said:

The cynic in me wonders how much of that is by design. My nearest market town now is a pig to get to, and almost impossible to park in (if you discount the laughably expensive cost of the council car parks!) Said car parks are invariably majoratively empty, so I think their plan to force us onto public transport is working. The only free parking is the big Tescos, which is invariably full.

When I go to the theatre in the evening I always park in a certain multi storey car park nearby. It’s £4 to park all evening after 6pm which is really reasonable and much cheaper than getting two taxis - and actually cheaper than a return bus fare too. But on Friday I went to a matinée performance for the first time and parked there, not thinking about how much more expensive it would be in the daytime. £12 for less than 3 hours! Would have almost been as cheap to get taxis, though then I’d have probably gotten a drink or two so it’s probably just as well I drove 😆

2Scratters

Well, that was tea shopped from the fridge and sorting not healthy veg 
Really need to give my head a wobble at the moment. 
I have obtained some more bits of tupperware from my parents' house with the intention of making good use of and making food last longer. 
Need to revisit the budget plan sheet too, to pull us back into line.

2 Scratters xx

YoungBlueEyes

£12 @Bluegreen143 😳 I take my comment back, it’s no dear here at all! 

newlywed

We have a car park near a theatre that was £1 for 15 minutes.  Used to work opposite and see all the cars reversing out once they saw the prices