Monthly Archives: January 2008

It’s foggy and miserable here in Essex as my least favourite month of the year – February – approaches, but a little story my mother told me gladdened my heart. Remember the TalkTalk saga? I’d thought it ended with the … Continue reading →

I tried out a little heating experiment yesterday. The heating came on about 7.30ish but I switched it off at 10 o’clock, making sure the whole house got a good warming, and then put a fleece on while I worked … Continue reading →

It’s Wednesday at last…which means I now have money again. Hooray! And this week I’m going to be good – honest – and not waste my cash on fripperies. By the way – thanks to everyone who sent recipes for … Continue reading →

I can’t believe it. The first week of my challenge is barely over and already I am in the frugal doghouse. I was feeling chastened by some of the less complimentary comments to the first pension related blog  last week. … Continue reading →

  Now, I might only be impersonating an OAP in my month’s task of living on a pension, but sitting in our local health centre this morning waiting for a blood test – feeling lightheaded as I had to fast … Continue reading →

Today is the first day of the most difficult task I’ve probably had to cope with since leaving the comfort of my parents’ home to live on a diet of fried eggs and cold baked beans at university. It’s true … Continue reading →

  Well, after the ethical and intellectual dilemmas of poultry farming we explored here last week, it’s back to earth with a bump. A strange looking letter popped through my letterbox yesterday lunchtime (early for our post which normally shows … Continue reading →

How much are you prepared to pay for chicken? This was the question going through my mind earlier while I was in the supermarket. I stood browsing by the poultry aisle watching the shoppers, some buying battery farm chicken, others … Continue reading →

The New Year has well and truly dawned (so far I’ve spent most of it either snowed in in Ireland or knocking back Imodium, so I need to improve on my 2008!) and so traditionally it’s time to make resolutions. … Continue reading →