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 [...]
Tips, tips tips – those little easy short cuts that are not really meaty enough to justify their own post so I am putting together a select group for you. Money Tips 1. Pay yourself first. This is especially important if you run your own business. 2. Make a budget – know where your money [...]
Friday is tip day, here at The Lean Times. Today’s topic is how to make money with eBay. Last week, the tip topic was Clever Shopping on eBay, so with eBay you can save and earn money. There are lots of people that use their brilliant taste to hunt down vintage items at charity shops, [...]
It is getting chilly here in old London town so it is time to take out the heavier clothes, tights, socks and sweaters. What is the easiest way to get in a bad mood first thing in the morning? No, it is not being out of milk but not being able to find a pair [...]
Apparently it takes 21 days of repetition to make a habit so I am trying to make a habit of bringing my lunch to work. I know the only way to make this work is to find fabulous recipes that don’t take ages in the morning and are as lovely as getting food on the [...]
Stupid Tax is one of my most despised things. I hate making silly mistakes that cost me, my hard earned money. What constitutes stupid tax? Any bill, cost, fee, or fine that could have been avoided by being a bit more on the ball. Any time I get hit up to pay stupid tax, I feel [...]
I know so many women with bulging closets and still nothing to wear. We have all heard of the 20/80 rule; where you wear 20% of your clothes 80% of the time. I think, we ladies are too spoilt for choice, with all the inexpensive high street retailers around and we are getting into debt because of [...]
Life in not looking so financially rosy for 2011 in the UK – you have undoubtedly heard that there are tough times ahead from the rise in VAT to 20% on the 4th of January 2011 to escalating food costs due to the bad wheat crop. House prices are all over the place and we [...]
Months ago I wrote a post entitled Sexy Packed Lunches, now that Spring is here I thought we should revisit the brown bag brigade. Isn’t it depressing when you go to all the trouble to bring your lunch to work, and when lunchtime rolls around you don’t fancy what you have made? We have all [...]
Last week, I talked about what to do when the work dries up. Sadly this seems to be happening more and more. I personally know at least three people that have been made redundant in the past week. Now it is SERIOUS belt tightening time. What can we cut out without appearing to be [...]
This past Saturday was one of if not the best weather day of the summer. So what did I do? Go shopping of course! I went all over Portobello in search of produce that I can freeze to give me a taste of summer in the darkest days of winter. My first two cooking adventures [...]
It is that time of year again – the day to tell and show our beloveds how much we adore them. Unfortunately we are also in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression so how do we show our love without breaking the bank? Expressing love without spending a tremendous amount [...]