2025 Frugal Living Challenge

Prudent

Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you for the new link @Frugaldom. @mumtoomany I hope you are all enjoying the new tree. I love things that are about creativity rather than buying power.

mama67

Merry Christmas everyone. 

Quiet one for us this year; just the 2 of us today. 

We have treated ourselves to an Oriental takeaway rather than a roast dinner. 

Yesterday we met DS1 & family for brunch. 

Tomorrow we head to DS2’s and daughter & family will also be there. 

Dave is not back at work until Tuesday 6 Jan having finished on Thursday 20 Dec; so getting a good few days off. 

We have some holiday trips planned for next year; so will be cutting back in other areas to help pay for these. 

We have closed the log business as at end if November as it’s no longer viable. (Too many competitors, increased costs and supplier moving further away).

Frugaldom

Good evening to all, I hope everyone is full of Christmas dinner and packed all the leftovers for using up this weekend, or further, if you are freezing the leftovers. We had dinner courtesy of DD and she brought DGD1 to visit while she's home from uni. I'm currently resting up before tackling trifle and can't see us getting to the cheese and biscuits. I've spent time muling over how best to proceed with next year's budget, mainly because I have an unusual, situational lifestyle with minimal income. I'll need to check what the national minimum wage is to compare that with mine, as I don't usually clear minimum wage.

Gem-gem

Prudent said:

Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you for the new link @Frugaldom. @mumtoomany I hope you are all enjoying the new tree. I love things that are about creativity rather than buying power.

I agree with you @Prudent. 

Happy Christmas everyone. Hope you have all had a good day. It was a fairly quiet one - with just three of us. That is how I like it. Tomorrow, I am going out for a walk with a friend, then we are off to my husband's friends for a small get together. I have my brother and his adult children over on Sunday. 

We have frozen out half the stuffings, we will enjoy them in the new year. We didn't get many bargains yesterday in the supermarket. DH was thinking of dashing down to the supermarket to see if they have reduced the turkey crowns to a. more reasonable price.