I was sorting through my stationery drawers the other day, and NO in great big letters I do not need any more notebooks of any description until I reach at least 100 years of age. Nor do I need any pens or pencils if all the ones in the drawer are in good working order.
Anyway one notebook really caught my attention, it was full of loose bits of paper alongside many, many filled pages. It turned out to be the one I kept while I was doing a number of my Challenges on my other blog.
Eat for £25 a week, eat for one pound a day, two pounds a day etc etc. But the most interesting challenge was the Eat for £3.50 a Week Challenge, that I actually only did back in April of 2023. I ended up dropping everything else that I was doing and reading through all of my notes.
Sorry that the photos are so blurry, but I'm sure that you get the gist of it.
It really got me wondering if that would be possible right now. I honestly think not, but I think I will go onto the Sainsbury's website and see how the prices compare with this months prices.
Now while the paper exercise of the challenge looked very promising, with lots of food being able to be bought for the budget, the actual Challenge itself panned out more like this.
The Eat for £3.50 a Week Challenge
Sue xx
I'll be interested to read about your findings on that one.
ReplyDeleteI do love a notebook and a pen/pencil, if Father Christmas got me some socks, stationary and chocolate I'd be very content 😌
Alison in Devon x
I made my way to your blog from My Quiet Life in Suffolk. I too have an orange and white male cat named Ginger; he's four years old and a big, 16 pounds, sweet natured boy. Jenny in Tennessee
ReplyDeleteI remember the struggle my sister had on a fixed income and the things she did to stretch the pennies. She was a very good manager.
ReplyDeleteI doubt you could too, given how much basics have gone up since then. Is this a new challenge? If anyone could, it is you. :-) xx
ReplyDeleteI love stationery and have a hoard in a box on a high shelf in my crafting stash. I also have a stash of freebie notebooks that I have accumulated over the last few years which I use for lists and notes to self. Catriona
ReplyDeleteEverything has rocketed in price recently - again - so I can't imagine how little could be spent now.
ReplyDeleteIsn’t it shocking how much the supermarket economy range food prices have gone up in two and a half years. For those with the least money for food, there are no cheaper options, and many of the budget items have been reduced in quality and size or have withdrawn.
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