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April 7, 2017 $5 Friday

Japanese style pickled watermelon rind

Sometimes it is the little frugal things you do that add up without you realising it. So it was that

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March 19, 2017 $50 grocery challenge / Uncategorized

$50/week – going lower (19 March 2017)

This week I almost got by spending just $3.  But then I splurged and spent $6 on organic shoyu soy

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January 28, 2017 Food

Butter Chinese Dumplings

Happy New Year!  Happy Chinese New Year that is – 新年快乐,or the more common 恭喜发财 (congratulations and prosperity).

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At only 65c a serve, suitcase potatoes with purslane is great value
January 14, 2017 $5 Friday / Uncategorized

$5 Friday: Suitcase potatoes

I arrived back home in Canberra just after a whirlwind tour of Taiwan.  What fun!  I ate and ate and

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December 25, 2016 Food

Christmas morning panettone

Ah, Christmas. How did it sneak up on me this year? One day we were still in November (heaps of

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Stir-fried chicken with green papaya and Vietnamese mint
October 12, 2016 Frugal / Uncategorized

$50 grocery challenge – diary

What is it like to live on only $50 a week for grocery items?  I thought I would keep a

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Pinterest style graphic with final bake and a cauliflower
September 2, 2016 $5 Friday

$5 Friday: Cauliflower gratin

My housemate begged me to teach her how to make cauliflower gratin.  My mum had made it as a side

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August 29, 2016 Money Monday

Frugality and the environment

I am frugal.  My purpose in blogging is to share my own financial journey and to encourage others. I don’t

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August 26, 2016 $5 Friday

Homemade muesli bars

It is hard sometimes to find healthy lunchbox snacks that your kids will eat and that which don’t contain nuts.

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August 5, 2016 $5 Friday / Uncategorized

$5 Friday: Sticky chicken wings

At the height of summer it seems like everyone is trying to give away plums.  Well, not me because my

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Wishing you all abundance in the Year of the Rabbi Wishing you all abundance in the Year of the Rabbit.

恭喜发财 新年快乐 gongxi facai Happy Chinese New Year
What is abundance? Some great insights from intern What is abundance? Some great insights from international psychic @Suzy Cherub - Holistic Spiritual Teacher, Author, Speaker on the podcast. What does abundance mean to you?

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This is Peaches the Pug. She is nine weeks old and This is Peaches the Pug. She is nine weeks old and very cute. She's not mine, but I get to play with her when I visit.

Pets can be great for mental health but not so great for your wallet.

Do you own a pet? If so, do you have any frugal pet tips?

#pug #puglife #frugal #frugalliving #frugallife
What are you goals for 2023?Mine is to find a bit What are you goals for 2023?Mine is to find a bit more zen in my life. So far this has involved decluttering (decluttering or putting away five items a day), more time for meditation and tai chi and reducing what I buy. In particular, I want to pause buying so much bling (jewellery) for a while and instead concentrate on enjoying what I already have. I even walked into an op shop - twice - and left empty handed in January! (After our holidays that is.)

What are you aiming for in 2023?

P. S. Photo is not mine. I gave away the calligraphy (which was mine) in my Buy Nothing Group and someone with more artistic flair than me has made us a thing of beauty.
So this happened: I set a goal to reach 100,000 do So this happened: I set a goal to reach 100,000 downloads for The Joyful Frugalista podcast. And with your help, I did it! (Waiting now for the official Podbean badge to share.) 

Do you have a favourite episode?
Do you ever feel guilty about manifesting abundanc Do you ever feel guilty about manifesting abundance?  Do you feel it's not quite right to be rich?  Sometimes, we hold ourselves back due to our limiting beliefs. I had a great chat on the podcast with international psychic @Suzy Cherub - Holistic Spiritual Teacher, Author, Speaker about manifesting and receiving, and choosing to follow your dreams.

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