My Year of Less
Workoptionalin5 I decided I will put my learnings from reading “The year of less” into practice even though I will not be able to do everything that was done in the…
Professional pantry shopper
I pulled an easy dinner together tonight using what we had at home. I have not shopped in two weeks as I’ve been pantry shopping and trying to eat up…
Snowflake Investment
Even though I don’t do goals I do like gamifying and I am seeing the tangible benefit of trying challenges. A new thing I started last Sunday is Snowflake Investment.…
Week 2 Spending Recap
I spent the grand total of €0 this week. This was not intentional as I planned to shop groceries every week. The week was short as we had a 3…
Life with no Credit Card
I shared earlier about not having a credit card. Well, I still don’t have a replacement and I’m settling in well into accepting that. I also don’t think I will…
My no spend Christmas
Christmas is that time of year where spend control is out the window and it’s easy to spend too much with the perfect justification of “It’s Christmas”. I decided to…
I’m officially a Lidl Shopper
I switched to Lidl for groceries three months ago and since then it’s hard to shop anywhere else. Prior Lidl, my main shopping was done with Amazon fresh and I…
Vacation planning on a budget
I want to reduce my vacation cost by 50% in 2024 and have the same or close to this year’s vacation experience. Yes, I know this is stretch which is…
I saved us a new Couch
We bought a new Couch 5 years ago and made the smart decision to pick a cream couch. It was just the two of us and we weren’t sure if…
I slept on eBay
Yes, I slept on eBay and I am scrambling to catch up. I started selling things I’ve held on to for too long some weeks ago via Vinted and Vestiaire…