Keep calm, we can cope.

Rosa_Damascena

Christianne1957 said:

We both retired last year & now have the wonderful luxury of time to implement a whole range of money saving strategies.

We do as much as we can for ourselves and accept that, whilst it would be grand to live in a beautifully decorated & furnished house, we are content to be happy with what we have. 

I've found home baking using recipes from my Mum's trusty "Bero" cookery book to be a good saver  - I cut cakes into portions before freezing so I can just take a couple of slices at a time because leaving a entire cake out would guarantee it being scoffed in a day (!) 

Funny I was thinking as I read the first post that now is the time to enjoy what I have rather than focus on that which requires expenditure. I have that beautiful home and am determined to enjoy it. Summer is finally dawning and if I could ignore the news, life would be truly wonderful.

cuddlymarm

Good morning
Its a lovely sunny day here 
Another way to save is to just use less. So slightly less shower gel, shampoo, sugar in your tea etc Only little bits but it makes what you have stretch further. (This was a thought I had when I woke this morning. Quite sad really 🤣)
Our food budget is going further this year too because we decided it was a time for a change. I religiously ate breakfast every morning because that’s what I’ve always done. We were brought up on 3 meals a day and clear your plate. No leftovers. But we’re older now and less active so don’t need as much so now eat when hungry so if we don’t want a big meal for tea have a sandwich or something smaller. It’s definitely been better health wise too.
Anyway time for work 😀