I've been so horrendously awful in updating this blog. Many apologies to all those people who hang on my every word.
So, what have I been doing since I last posted last year? Well, meal planning is key to my frugal lifestyle. If I don't know what I'm going to cook, then how on earth can I shop properly? I admit to never having meal planned until I started reading and contributing to MoneySavingExpert.com Old Style. It's thanks to MSE, meal planning etc that Mr Frugal and I are able to overpay our mortgage by £100 per month! Ok, so £100 per month is a mere drop in the ocean of our mortgage but there is no way that we'd have had £100 spare to chip away at our debts. Then again, our only debts are my car and the house.
Our dreams of a vegetable garden have been put on hold for now. We're gradually getting it up to speed, but no where near good enough to have a full blown veg plot! :( Having said that, we do have a number of strawberry plants so we're hoping to at least make our own strawberry jam. There's recently been a jam recipe in the Rosemary Conley magazine which looks easy. Having said that, my mum has introduced me to this recipe for microwave strawberry jam. Really easy, but doesn't necessarily keep for as long.
Until next time... I promise I won't leave it as long!
