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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

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

My eldest son (aka Big A), is participating in the ACT Carbon Challenge along with others at his school. And he

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

Simple things can become extraordinary in the hands of a good cook. So I was excited when my friend Kristen

Do you have a breadmaker sitting in the back of your cupboard gathering dust? If so, my challenge for you

Mr Red Sports Car came over last Sunday night for a casual meal. The Chinese dishes I planned to cook were

When people tell me about their secret, frugal recipe I take note. And so it was that a university student

Sometimes the best laid financial and life plans don’t, well, go to plan. I found myself nearly two years ago

Last year on the winter solstice my boys and I headed out to the country, to a town at the edge