Archive for August, 2009

What The Kids Ate

When something new is suggested our natural reaction is to put up barriers resisting the change.  Most people seem programmed to question the new suggestion and I guess that is a survival instinct… you are going along OK as you are – why change? On the other hand, there is a small percentage of adaptable [...]

Our Changed Diet

  Slashing our grocery bill to $100 a week has to be the best thing I have ever done. All I wanted to do was save some money, for a change. Now, six months later, I am a successful columnist with my own website – www.pigtitsandparsleysauce.co.nz – and I’ve saved over $25,000. I’ve been on [...]

$75 Budget Begins

SPOILT for CHOICE   I might as well make it official, as of last week we are cutting the grocery budget again – this time to $75 a week. ROBERT CHARLES Lyn Webster, left, with her new coastal representative Lynn Putt, in Lyn’s new sign-written car. But before I tell you why, I have an [...]

Three Different Supermarkets… Same List

  Surprising result: It’s not where you shop, it’s the choices you make. Three different supermarkets, same list: which was cheapest? For this experiment, I used a list of things we needed at the time. I was pretty sure I knew which supermarket would be the cheapest and I expected it to be so much [...]

Attitude Is Everything

Twenty-two thousand people have hit on me. I’m kidding – they have hit on my website, www.pigtitsandparsleysauce.co.nz. In six months, Pig Tits has snow-balled from an idea in my head to a media event. Sometimes I wish I had thought of a different name – too late now. The website is attracting people worldwide: China, [...]