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• Spending Report Week 5

  

  This week has felt easier. It's beginning to feel more normal to be spending quite a long time planning my menu and shopping. I'm falling into the habit of... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Simple Happy Links

  

  Each week I like to share wonderful resources and reads to inspire simplicity, mindfulness and living well on less. Enjoy!Mental minimalism by Paul Jarvis. An... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Blogging

  

  Yippee! Just a little less is three today. Five years ago I discovered minimalism and three years ago today I started blogging about it. I'm very happy to... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Spending Report Week 4

  

  Just a quick spending report tonight as I have other blog posts planned for the week. As you may know I'm tracking my spending for a year starting from 1st... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Links

  

  With lustrous autumnal sunshine bookended between chilly mornings and evenings it's time to make the most of these late September days. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Spending Report Week 3

  

  Thank you dear readers for reminding me that books can be borrowed from the local library. My copy of The Leopard is reserved and I'm looking forward to... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Links

  

  Happy Sunday. Here are my late Happy Friday Links. I hope they're worth waiting for.On Friday, when I could have been sat at my screen putting this post... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Spending Report Week 2

  

  This week I've kept up with menu planning, recording every spend in my spending diary but have gone over budget with my grocery spending. But only slightly...... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  Happy links time again. If you've a little time to spare this weekend, here are some interesting finds to help you on your simplicity journey. There's so much t... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Spending Report Week 1

  

  It's been a good first week of A Year of Less Spending. Sharing this challenge here was definitely the right thing for me to do and it's been great to read... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  As you, perhaps, take stock of your life after the flurry of summer or winter (if you're reading in the Southern Hemisphere) here's some guidance and inspiratio... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• A Year of Less Spending

  

  September is here with its shiny new satchel of optimism so what better day to start something new: A Year of Less Spending. From today September 1st 2015... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  Welcome to Happy Friday Links where I share my favourite reads of the week. It's great to hear that some of you are enjoying my recent blog finds - I'm all for... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  Hello and thank you for all the lovely comments on my holiday post. It was a much needed break for Mum and it really boosted me too, which I wasn't expecting. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• A Holiday at Saltburn by the Sea

  

  Last week, Mum and I enjoyed four nights away from home - just the two of us. Mum wanted to see the sea after years of not being able to get away because of... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  It's only been a week since I posted yet it feels like longer. A break away to the seaside has been wonderfully restorative - I can't wait to share the details... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  I'm keeping it simple this week as I have a new sophisticated laptop that seems to have a mind of its own and a very twitchy cursor. Basically it does not... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  In between reading (H is for Hawk - wonderful), painting the kitchen (it looks so much better) and listening to a lot of Radio 4 (you can learn so much) I've... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Friday Links

  

  This happy Friday some varied reads to unfurl your inner simple living soul. They might just work. Kitchenalia ~ have only what you need by Jess from The Cabine... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• A 'bottom-of-the-list' Summer List

  

  Apologies first to southern hemisphere readers and those who don't get much time off work in the school holidays. I know I'm blessed, spoilt and sound smugly... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE