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Freedom from pasta!

After 29 pasta-filled and flavour-light days, February is finally over. I’m pleased to say I succeeded with my aim to spend no more than £37.27 this month. In the end, I managed to stick to £37.03 (suggestions for things to buy with that last 24p in the comments please!). I was very pleased to be […]

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A few tins of rice pudding and a can of coke

I’m now 8 days into my Frugal February challenge to live off just £37.27 for a whole month. It hasn’t been an easy week – I got sick at the end of January,  and still haven’t gotten rid of the cough. To add to the challenge, my boiler broke down so the flat was without […]

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Frugal February (or Cheapskate Month)

As I mentioned on my Madagascar fundraising page, I’ve been working on a few more unusual ideas for sponsored events. It’s partly because I’ve done most of the obvious sponsored events before, and partly because I want a bit more of a challenge. More than 90% of the population in Madagascar live on less than two […]

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