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Wants vs Needs

May 28, 2008

Image via Wikipedia For a lot of people “need” and “want” have come to mean the same thing. All to often we are being programmed from an early age to believe that wants are needs. Rather than being guided by our heads when it comes to purchases, we are guided by our hearts. We need […]

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Reducing the grocery bill – week 3

May 6, 2008

I’m almost there. This week I’ve managed buy all of our groceries for just over $156. That is a reduction in our weekly grocery bill of approximately $90 – not to mention the money we used to spend at the bakery on the weekends. If I continue to do this for a year, I will […]

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Starting the vegie garden

April 30, 2008

Yesterday I bit the bullet and bought some vegetable seedlings – the birth of our vegetable garden. This is despite the fact that we don’t have a proper vegetable garden plot (a la Peter Cundall) and I haven’t researched everything to the nth degree. Instead I decided on only two types of vegetables (peas and […]

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Reducing the grocery bill – week 2

April 29, 2008

I have been feeling disheartened with my grocery bill reduction progress. Last week we spent $215. It’s a bit odd, because I thought with being away for the weekend we would spend less. Perhaps I’m being a bit harsh, as we did cater for an improptu family picnic on Saturday. The fact it wasn’t planned […]