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fru·gal [froo-guhl]

adjective

1.

economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: Synonyms: thrifty,provident, penny-wise, scrimping.
2.

entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal. Synonyms: scant,slim, sparing, skimpy.
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Having been a student for three years, I know quite a lot about trying to save money. Now, I’m a teaching assistant on minimum-wage, trying to save up so I can go back to university and finish what I started three years ago. Needless to say, money is pretty tight right now, so I went about seeing how little I can live on, and it turns out it’s very little!

I decided to write this to chart my progress in the world of cooking and living frugally. There is a little bit of wisdom in here that I want to share with the world… maybe it’s just what you’ve been looking for!

There are cheap recipes, cheap homemade gifts, cheap homemade alcohol and even advice on what you can forage for free!

If you’re looking for poshnosh instead, you should head over to my special-food blog instead!

And if you want to share some wisdom back, comment or get in touch!

4 thoughts on “About

  1. thegoodlifeinpractice1 says:

    Hi! Love your blog lara suggested it to me : ) Im a friend of Laras from back in Suffolk : ) Would you be interested in doing a guest blog on my blog http://thegoodlifeinpractice.wordpress.com/ its about smallholding, preserving and home made/grown things : ) If you are interested let me know-the good life in practice is on facebook and twitter too : ) I love the knitted headband idea you have that would be perfect! Thankyou Katy xx

    • woodyjojo says:

      Hi Katy!

      Yeah Lara said to have a look at your blog- she clearly has good taste in friends! 😉 Yes definitely interested, that would be loads of fun! Perhaps we could do a swap one week?

      Jo x

      P.S love the Swiss Sheep piccies! I want a smallholding with some Mashams but actually I’m quite taken by those Valais Black Nose! Wonder whether Ian will let me have both…..

      • thegoodlifeinpractice1 says:

        greta stuff! : ) have you got twitter or facebook then I can send you a message with more details etc and a swap sounds fun! : )

      • woodyjojo says:

        Yup, got both! @JWoodnutt on Twitter, Joanna Woodnutt on Facebook!

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