Is there a link between being depressed and being in debt? I guess this is a chicken and the egg kind of question. Lots, I mean LOTS of women use shopping as a chemical pick me up. (I have a friend that tripled her wardrobe while going through a particularly bad break-up.) The problem [...]
Is it our civic DUTY to go out and spend to save our shops and help the economy? Since the big crash of October ’08, we have all been trying our very best to watch our spending and to be frugal. This is a great thing in many ways. We are finding other hobbies, most [...]
Shopping on a Sunday afternoon, I know it is not the best time for fresh food but I still expect to see food. I ended up needing to go to two different large chain supermarkets to get the following: a chicken, baking potatoes, chestnut mushrooms and a green vegetable. There just was not a lot [...]
I must confess I am unable to pass up a bargain. This trait in me does not make me popular when at airports as I can’t resist the Duty Free section. Every time I go to visit my family in the States I stock up on anything that is cheaper over there. Now that the [...]
How the Credit Crunch going to affect our relationships? How are we going to be romantic if we don’t have the money to go out to dinner or to the cinema? Let’s get creative – some things are basic as in cooking at home instead of eating out. Any man would be happy to eat [...]
Many of my fellow PF bloggers pride themselves on how many no spend days can have a month. In the newspapers, the past few days there has been a warning that instead of the UK having a good old recession we might be sliding into deflation. What the heck is deflation you ask, well I [...]
Last weekend there was an article in The Times asking fashionistas what they will be giving up in the Credit Crunch. The item that came up on the list was the £800 It Bag. How many of us, Leaners, have bought an £800 It bag EVER? This has lead me to think about what items [...]
I am in New York for a brief visit with family and to enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday. Thanksgiving is in fact a very Lean holiday and also my favourite. There are a few reasons, mostly Lean ones, why I choose Thanksgiving as the time I visit my family every year. My reasons are: First of [...]
Food prices have gone up, that is a fact, so now is the time to rethink how we cook. Meat does not have to be the hero of a meal other cultures use it as a flavouring. Expand your thinking into other cuisines. I am not saying to be a vegetarian or to live on [...]
I know we are all supposed to be cutting back BIG time in this Credit Crunch addled world. What if you just can’t bear to give up your beloved high end products? Ebay to the rescue! Yes you heard correctly, you can buy all sorts of fancy, fabulous products on Ebay. I buy extra large [...]