Categories: "In real life"
Little Treasures Children's Trust - clothing collection scam
By Value hunter on Jul 28, 2010 | In News, In real life, Bad business | 108 feedbacks »
IMPORTANT UPDATE: As of June 2011, it has now been confirmed that Little treasures children's trust have secured a license with our local council for carrying out doorstep collections. Frugal ways welcomes this, as it was the whole purpose of the… more »
6 weeks school holidays dad - day 2
By Value hunter on Jul 27, 2010 | In In real life, Baby, Dear diary | Send feedback »
DAY TWO - Sunday 25th July: Sprog2 woke me up at 6.30am, once I'd fed and watered her, she then decided to go back to sleep. I was still groggy after the exertions of yesterday, so I was drifting in and out of snooze mode whilst upright on the chair -… more »
6 weeks school holidays dad - day 1
By Value hunter on Jul 26, 2010 | In In real life, Baby, Dear diary | Send feedback »
I will attempt to list all the things that we - stay at home dads - do, during the six weeks summer school holidays. To those working and having to go into work everyday, staying at home looking after children, sounds like “easy street,” -… more »
Shopping discrimination
By Value hunter on Jul 13, 2010 | In Bad business, Frugal wars, Quango watch | Send feedback »
Why is discrimination permitted by the powers that be and various consumer bodies/quangos that we, the people pay for? Age shopping discrimination: I can stand in Greggs on a given day and pay 10% more than the person next to me, for exactly the same… more »
New baby coming - what to buy?
By Value hunter on Jul 6, 2010 | In Common sense, Thrifty shopping, Baby, Product reviews | Send feedback »
When your new baby is about to arrive, the temptation is to buy lots of things and with the price of baby things going through the roof, it makes frugal sense not to go overboard! Every company under the sun wants to sell you something, wants you to… more »