Preparations
I am a planner and a plotter and often if I have a little money left over will start purchasing the odd item here or there that I am going to need later on when trying out new crafts new skills or different types of cooking. I have little stockpiles for all sorts of things and it tends to go easy on the pocket doing things this way on. I also take advantage of multi buys or bogoffs on certain products as well. This kind of practical thrift seems to have worked well in the long run as it means that when times are hard you still have enough stuff to get by during the mean times. I locate recipes for making anything and everything - when you don't have many pennies it works out cheaper to make your own things that is why I have reintroduced a baking day once a week and every so often have freezer days as well. I also take advantage of the cheaper food stores like Aldi and Lidl - they have a lot of good items that do not cost the earth so it pays to go shopping there first to see wh...