Monthly Archives: May 2010

May in the vegetable garden

Posted on May 18, 2010 by piperterrett

The growing season is in full swing and our vegetable garden is starting to take shape after all those miserable months of winter. We’ve been enjoying our home grown asparagus, which DJ planted four years ago, for weeks now and … Continue reading →

Posted in Food from the garden | 2 Comments

Camping it up

Posted on May 13, 2010 by piperterrett

OK – don’t panic! We’re not taking frugal living to extremes in this photo and having a holiday in our back garden, although I’m sure that might be fun, not to mention thrifty. This was us checking yesterday to see … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal out and about | 5 Comments

How green is your shopping basket?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by piperterrett

We’ve often talked about our shopping tactics here on the frugal life blog – whether we stick slavishly to a pre-prepared list, shop online to save money and cut the temptation of buying things we don’t need, or fill up … Continue reading →

Posted in Budgeting | 7 Comments

Election day is here, so do your stuff!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by piperterrett

So this is it. Election day is finally upon us. Maybe I’m naïve, but I can’t help feeling a buzz of excitement about it all, despite the fact I’m also feeling election coverage overload. Our newspapers, TV and radio stations … Continue reading →

Posted in News and politics | 3 Comments

Money talks: Our favourite words for money

Posted on May 4, 2010 by piperterrett

Last week a very generous friend of mine gave me her tickets for a comedy night in London. She’d booked it but wasn’t able to attend as she had to go on a last minute trip to America, so my … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal out and about | 6 Comments