Living the frugal life- the more serious side

I have bought an Instant pot, the ovens rarely go on now.

We will possibly mothball our house in Jan/Feb and move into our holiday let, bookings are not brilliant until March so we can save on heating our home which is 3 story Victorian and no double glazing at the front as we live in a conservation area.

I have given up my gym membership as the petrol and monthly fee was costing me around £80 a month.
I bought some weights and resistance bands for less than the monthly fee.

Finally I made the decision to not buy any clothes for a year and to “wear my wardrobe”. I’m on month 5 and have not caved, instead of clothes we are doing a weekly food bank shop so we can hopefully help someone who really needs support.

I’m determined to use my wood burner this Winter. I’ve loads of wood, hate the clearing out, but it can stay alight for 4 days, so it’s a no brainer really, if there’s a week of bad weather and I don’t need to be out and about.

I worked out it’s £10 in fuel to visit my DDs, so I’m trying to avoid just ‘popping in’ or dropping off something at random and I’m going to kill 2 birds, etc. This week, I’m taking DD2s dogs for a grooming appointment, so after that I’ll get (DD1) my DGS1 from Pre-school. Previously, I’d do these on separate days.

As for buying clothes, I’ve enough to see me out - but that’s another thread!