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frugal living

Menu Plan Monday {24th May}

by Move to Portugal May 24, 2010 frugal living

I haven’t tracked my grocery spending on this blog for a little while, so this month I’ll be doing it to see how much progress I’m making, if any, in keeping the costs down.

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Frugal, but still a learner

by Move to Portugal May 21, 2010 frugal living

There are the little things that I do daily without even thinking that would make me look frugal in peoples eyes; yet I still feel like a frugal learner; there are still so many things that I feel I can, and want to do.

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Frugal habits: Packed lunches

by Move to Portugal May 20, 2010 frugal living

I was thinking about the frugal things we do everyday, that have now become a habit.

The first thing I thought of was my obsession with turning electrical items off at the plug, which I do all the time {like a mad woman}, the second thing was our devotion to packed lunches.

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Making meals to use stuff up

by Move to Portugal May 11, 2010 frugal living

Here’s something you never thought you’d see on this site; me talking about making things in the kitchen, Delia I am most definitely not :-)

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Keeping It Simple {Menu Planning}

by Move to Portugal April 13, 2010 frugal living

I’ve changed how I run my menu plan. Again. To keep is nice and simple I’m now rocking a seven day plan, which I then repeat. Here’s the meals-

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How I cut my insurance renewal quote

by Move to Portugal April 5, 2010 frugal living

How often do you receive an annual renewal quote for something and just go with it? I know I’ve done it. However if you do, it’s one of the worst financial mistakes you are making. This applies to all things financial; sticking with the same company for insurance, savings accounts, etc can be financial madness; companies and banks however rely on it; customers who just pay and renew are easy business for them; they don’t have to court you :-)

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To stockpile, or not to stockpile

by Move to Portugal April 1, 2010 frugal living

I’ve set myself many tasks to complete on this blog and failed to follow through on lots of them; no excuses, just normal human behaviour, hopefully!

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