We went shopping for groceries in a hurry the other night, hungry and pushed for time. I spent $250 which is the most I have spent in one go for 18-months. We got plenty though, enough to last for at least 3 or more weeks. Unfortunately when we went to pay my cheque was not [...]
The true cost of things is not reflected in the price alone. Since cutting the groceries down to less than $75 a week I have become acutely aware of our dangerous consumer habits. It is just thoughtlessness in everyday spending and I have been guilty of it myself for the majority of my life. Have [...]
Our strict grocery budget is certainly teaching us value for money. When you have limited funds, the last thing you want to do is blow it all on a big-ticket item that isn’t worth it. I shouted the girls out for tea to say thanks for being such good sorts about our changed lifestyle. A [...]
Here are some examples of the postal correspondence I receive every day since appearing on TV and in the Taranaki Daily News: Hi Lyn, Good on you for letting everyone know your secret to success. It is always great to see when people share the secrets around. I have enclosed $10 for the recipes to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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