2023 Frugal Living Challenge

Madbat60

Morning all

I don't have a smart meter, I'd rather read the meter myself. Quite frankly I don't trust them. I might look into a yoghurt maker, I eat a lot of it.  

Glittering_M

Went to A5da today as it was near where we were going.

I was amazed, quite a few 10p yellow sticker (YS) items. I thought the days of that low were over. We got some cubes of carrot & swede (in freezer to make soup at the weekend) and bread. Oh and some doughnuts which we had for lunch (oops!).

Not a YS, but I also got some live yoghurt as a result of our conversations here so I'll try that at the weekend.

Also, I saw camel milk for sale. I didn't buy it but I've never seen it before. I don't want to try it but has anyone tried it before? 

Treasurequeen

My hoover filter needed replacing, through cash back site, shopping around I got two filters for just £8.00 + £1.00 cash back. I had a gift card so they actually came to £3.98. From the company direct they wanted £15 for one filter plus £4.99 p&p.  So saved some money on this purchase. Home contents is due for renewal I paid £74 last year this year renewal price is £130. I wasn’t paying that so I went through cashback site got £18.50 cashback + 2 for 1 food and cinema rewards and my quote was cheaper at £87.00. So again saved myself some money, a very productive day. 

snowbird20

Glittering_M said:

Also, I saw camel milk for sale. I didn't buy it but I've never seen it before. I don't want to try it but has anyone tried it before? 

i'd love to hear about it, too.  

Madbat60

No spend weekend for me.  I'm happy 😊 

cw18

Hadn't heard of camel milk before, so went onto the supermarket website to take a look - especially interested as I use non-dairy milk (mild lactose intolerance)

Serious OUCH! at the price.  But the carton size would suit me really well if I wasn't having cereal / making a white sauce.  Even with milks that keep well belong the 3 days, I often end up tipping more than half a 1 litre container away

If I found it in clearance at 75% off I'd be game for trying it, but not at full price.    And, as several of the reviews say, it has a dreadful carbon footprint compared to other milks.

snowbird20

cw18 said:

Hadn't heard of camel milk before, so went onto the supermarket website to take a look - especially interested as I use non-dairy milk (mild lactose intolerance)

but wouldn't camel milk be dairy?  is it something other than milk that comes from a camel's teats??  I'm not very wise about these kinda things.

cw18

snowbird20 said:

cw18 said:

Hadn't heard of camel milk before, so went onto the supermarket website to take a look - especially interested as I use non-dairy milk (mild lactose intolerance)

but wouldn't camel milk be dairy?  is it something other than milk that comes from a camel's teats??  I'm not very wise about these kinda things.

Lactose is a sugar found in cows milk.  Many people who are lactose intolerant can drink goats milk or sheeps milk.   I would assume camels milk is 'safe' as well.

OH has just googled, and apparently camels milk contains some lactose - but less than cows milk.   As my intolerance is fairly mild I should be fairly safe with it.

Soontobeoap

I drink lactose free cows milk. Slightly more expensive than the norm but tasted just the same. 

Beshki

Super frugal weekend here. Just need to keep up the momentum for another week or so until payday. Quite often the days before payday are where we fall.