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Frugal Living

Essential Living Costs

by Move to Portugal March 10, 2010

In November I wrote a post about essential living costs in our present home here in the UK. I commented on how, when we live in Portugal, I would want our basic living expenses to be less than £1k, so that we can live the life we want to, and wondered if this is possible right now in our current home; at the time we were paying £1,114.19 a month.

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Grocery Budget Challenge: £50 a week

by Move to Portugal February 22, 2010

Last months challenge is over and I spent £267.34 from 18th January – 17th February, over my budget, but not too bad as my son has moved back home for a while and so I had an extra mouth to feed.

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Porridge – The Ultimate in Healthy and Frugal

by Move to Portugal February 10, 2010

I make mine with milk and water. I then serve with a sprinkle of sugar on top. Simple.
What about you, how do you like yours?
{photo credit: toby barnes}

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Grocery Budget 4 Week Challenge – Progress

by Move to Portugal February 3, 2010

In a previous post I set myself a challenge to spend only £200 on groceries over the four weeks, 18th January – 17th February.
So how am I doing?
Spending: Not great in terms of spending as I’ve spent £188.60 so far, however in terms of the food we’re eating there’s been  a massive improvement; I’ve been cooking from scratch [...]

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Grocery Budget 4 Week Challenge

by Move to Portugal January 18, 2010

If I was to pick the one thing that I constantly overspend on it’s the grocery budget, I can never seem to get it right; I used to be fine sticking with the amount I set myself, but lately it’s all been going wrong.
Reasons I keep going off track:

Buying organic, more expensive options
Ignoring the menu plan
Shopping daily
Ignoring [...]

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Can you make cuts in your budget?

by Move to Portugal January 13, 2010

Number five in our financial goals for 2010 is:

5. Earn Extra Income and Reduce Spending:

In 2010 we will earn/save an extra £1,000 by

maximising our cash back earnings

learning to cook everything from scratch and reducing waste

maximising our savings interest and re investing any interest earned

cutting  non essential spending

So I’m wasting no time in attacking this £1,000 target.
Cash back [...]

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