by Anne Murphy | Apr 6, 2017 | Frugal Living, H.O.M.E., Making-Do, Shopping
I don’t go shopping much anymore. Some weeks I don’t go near the shops. It’s just a lifelong habit I’ve got into from years of living a frugal lifestyle. I only get what we ever need but it got me thinking about what is the true value of the...
by Anne Murphy | Aug 16, 2016 | Frugal Living, H.O.M.E., Making-Do
What does frugal mean? It probably means a lot of different things to a lot of people. It also probably means something totally different to say people from our grandparent’s generation. To them, it was just a way of life. Today, it might mean to a lot of...
by Anne Murphy | Apr 6, 2016 | Craft, Frugal Living, Homemaking, Making-Do, Organising
So how do you know if you’re becoming a hoarder or just hanging on to things to be frugal? I found this out after my husband and I decided to have a big clean up at home. I wanted to finally get my craft and sewing supplies together and I knew they were in...
by Anne Murphy | Jan 17, 2016 | Podcasts
Hello and welcome to my second podcast, “Treat your home budget like a business”. Glad to have you here. Today I talk about why it’s important to me to review my home budget every year and why the start of every year is as good a time as any. ...
by Anne Murphy | Jun 27, 2011 | Food, Mains, One Pot, Pasta, Recipe, Slow Cooker, Tips/Hints
We’re not big red meat eaters. Not for health, money or any other reason. It’s just that way. We probably do prefer pork above all meats but also eat chicken, fish, lamb and veal as well as other pork products like bacon, proscuitto, sausages and ham....