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<\/p>\nI have to credit my daughters for the success of our stringent grocery budget.<\/p>\n
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There is no way I could have stuck to\u00a0 spending just $75 a week if there had\u00a0 been constant moaning, groaning and\u00a0 bickering at home.<\/p>\n
Happily, the girls seem to have adapted easily to the limited choice and staple ingredients that now largely feature in our pantry. I sat down and asked Danni, 17, for her honest thoughts about our changed spending habits. I must say, I was impressed when she recently went to Outward Bound and whipped up a pottle of home-made clove and orange flavoured toothpaste to take.<\/p>\n
Danni also had no qualms taking home-made moisturiser to use. So much for brand-conscious teenagers – she really likes the environmental advantages offered by products made at home. I am also proud to see the girls making healthy lunch choices, like scroggin, using cheaply sourced ingredients, rather than relying on expensive packaged products.<\/p>\n
So here’s how our conversation went:<\/p>\n
What do you think of the $75 budget? I like it.<\/p>\n
What do you really think? I do like it, honestly. I don’t even care about it. I don’t even notice it.<\/p>\n
What changes have you made? I don’t drink juice anymore, just water and milk. I make do with what is there and make something out of it, not go and buy something new.<\/p>\n
What’s the best thing about it? We don’t have mountain-loads of rubbish anymore.<\/p>\n
What’s the worst thing about it? I can’t make school lunch fast. You actually have to think about what is going in it.<\/p>\n
We used to grab a bar of this and a bar of that. Now we have to make something. That’s annoying – you should make our lunch for us!<\/p>\n
What did we do before? We were just like little pigs that ate all the cake and pies, going around in all the rubbish that we made.<\/p>\n
Do you want to change back? No. I like saving money and the planet. I’m going to save money when I grow up.<\/p>\n
Would you recommend this lifestyle\/budget to others? Yes. It will open their eyes.<\/p>\n
Next week: What 12-year-old Stevie said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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