If there’s one thing I’ve learnt recently about living within a frugal household, it’s to use what you have more wisely, whether that’s food stores, money, or just plain Savvy(knowledge). Up until the last few years, truth be told, i never would have said I was particularly intelligent, or even clever come to that..but one thing I was blessed with from early age in abundance was common sense, after all its that very basic of know how that’s got me here in the first place,(that and a rather impressive fuel bill 🙄) I explained about that some weeks back, thats how instead of doing my usual head spinning, eyes rolling, panic mode of previous years, I decided to take matters into my own hands and get something practical done about the situation.
So here we are, about a month into my whole new way of life, Im hesitant to say this experience has been easy or at all fun, but for all the extra hardship, it brings about the gift of invention, creation, plus learning, ..where as in the past I would have used retail therapy to see me through a low patch, I set my mind to finding something to do now instead, and believe me when I say living this way, 24/7 there’s always something that needs your attention,
I rarely cook a meal these days that I cannot stretch for at least another days dinner, I also never eat out of boredom, emotion, or because it’s there, giving up emotional eating for me was difficult as I’ve always self medicated exactly this way, this would have only depleted my store cupboard sooner though…I now eat once or twice daily, I could eat breakfast if I chose to, but coffee first thing, is the only basic food group I need turn to😁,
Simple things have bought about the biggest change, like turning off lights after you leave a room, unplugging things not in use, beating rugs outside, then carpet sweeping instead of the vacuum cleaner, hand washing daily, it’s a bind but I keep my eyes firmly on the prize, being debt free by next year hopefully,
Keeping this in mind, this week alone I came up with two new money saving tips, first is simple and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before now🙄, when I finish with my rabbits 5 litre feed buckets, I keep them to re-use, they have nice firm fitting lid and are super strong, (I use these for everything, from soaking my washing, to store cleaning product or simply washing things down…it was to this end, while I sat out in my front garden yesterday getting warm in the afternoon sun, a lightbulb moment dawned on me right out of the blue, 😁,.why not fill one of these buckets with water and leave it out in the sun?, I don’t know why it never occurred to me before then,. It was too late to try out that day, but it certainly wasn’t today, …the sun gets very hot under my front room window, So that’s where I left my 5 litre tub of cold water.
it sat there approximately three or four hours in full sunlight, Low and behold, some time later I retrieved my bucket, bought it in and for the first time in over a month now, I washed in lovely warm water instead of icy cold, this of course will be precarious to say the least, as the UK is not renowned for its sunny weather, but all this aside though, the luxury of washing in warm water even a few days a week will do me fine 😁. Up until recently I had just taken hot water for granted like we all do, now it’s become a guilty pleasure😁, .
So this led me onto idea number two..Solar power, I cannot stretch to having solar panels here, and even if that was at all possible, I’m not quite so sure my upstairs neighbour would in fact be thrilled with this, (even if I could afford it, which I cant) . So I checked out portable panels, singular and multiple..I confess I’m not quite sure I’m ready for all this kind of technical knowledge just of yet, this is one leap too far, there’s much talk of wires input and out, connectors, batteries, meters..nope uh uh this still freaks me as of yet, more research is needed here. But not to give up totally on the idea, I scrolled pages and pages of Solar power banks. This is not a job for the light hearted or easily bored even, but after an hour, a really cheap packet of silver bells slipping into my basket for my demented buzzard(Sage the budgie) I came across something at long last, a power bank that was indeed within my price range, not only was it on a sale, but the small lightweight but tough Ryoko power bank has some amazing reviews, apparent it even still works after one ladies two rather massive hounds set about it…😁 if it has the dog seal of approval, then it’s fine for the needs of myself, one budgie and a darkness phobic rabbit…
So quick smart we purchased two before the sale ended,. they arrived, well packed and promptly the very next day, I have to say I am this far somewhat impressed, I have them now fully charged up on my living room window ledge, just taking a few hours and I’m really looking forward to putting these through their paces…between these and my other power banks, solar fairy lights I’m no longer kept in the dark 😁, .
There is only the over usage of my trusty kettle I have to come up with fiendish plan for next and apart from the fridge freezer I will be virtually electricity free during the day, it is just a Matter of time before I come up with something though, that much I’m sure of, that or go without coffee, (which just isn’t a language I quite understand 😁) Any ideas of your own your willing to share please let me know, im most grateful for any help given, until next time folks take care of yourselves❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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