Today one of the stand alone drawer units we are using in our crappy kitchen broke – beyond repair. We took the opportunity to replace both the drawers and our too tiny food cupboard with a new pantry. When I was unloading our narrow dark little cupboard, I was surprised at how much food it [...]

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So you would think that running out of money would be a big enough firecracker to get me budgeting like a fiend right?  Well, no.  It’s been two weeks and I can’t even bring myself to reply to everyone’s (very generous and lovely) comments. Why? Because then I have to face up to it and [...]