Tag: "frugal"

Frugal choices - Goodbye gas, hello coal!

Frugal choices - Goodbye gas, hello coal!
"Efficient" is using a coal fire instead of British Gas
One thing I have learned in recent years, is that a person can only be frugal in any way, when they introduce CHOICE. Choice has become the enemy of business in recent years, once the individual has a choice, then they can see right through what the… more »

Stay frugal this Christmas eve

The clock has struck 12 here, tis now Christmas eve! We are all in the "marketing" zone, whereby fears and worries about forgetting a gift, food shopping, etc, are at a height never seen at any other timeƂ in the entire calendar year. No matter how… more »

Save the tradition of bonfire night!

Save the tradition of bonfire night!
Traditional English bonfire night in 1957
Traditions are passed on to children around the world by their families, but here in the UK traditions are being watered down and allowed to disappear. It is not very thrifty, to pay out for the ever increasing costs of fireworks, but the costs of… more »

Avoid unpaid direct debit bank charges

Bank's love to charge for each unpaid direct debit (and knock on overdraft charges, etc), it makes huge profits from them, it knows this, their customers know this, the powers that be know it. So avoiding running up unpaid direct debit charges (and… more »

Be thrifty by being organised

One of my biggest failings, is being unorganised. As anyone who knows me will tell you I am forever running out of time. Being frugal/thrifty, can be helped by organising your time more effectively. It could be shopping a month earlier for christmas… more »