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Still Living Lean on a Pension

November 29th, 2020 at 07:05 am

2021 will be Living Lean year as I can and being on age pension.  My goal and challenge are Living Lean on a Pension.

I have no other extra income other than my pension, so I have to be as crafty as possible to make it my dollars s-t-r-e-t-c-h further than before. 

I do have a little amount put aside for rainy day. Which I use when I need to and pay this rainy day account back out of my saving I can find in my frugal living challenge and any saving I can make on getting low bills which of late are increasing instead.

I will try cut back on my food, entertainment areas and personal allowance.   I do better with challenges by focusing on certain areas than trying to do it over all challenge in all areas at once.

I will try to reduce my spending on what spend in the supermarket and on treats in personal allowance areas to start with.

Supermarket Spend Challenge - Try to spend less than half over the next few months. Review at end of March 2021

Normal amount allowed = $560.00 - Target $280 over 16 weeks starting on Friday next week. 

Note all my budgeting periods are 28 days in length.

Personal Allowance and Entertainment will try cut by 30% for now and go lower if I can do so.

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So my motto will stand for another year or two.

Its real hard to come up with $1000 but it’s easy to find 1000 ways to save a dollar or two!

So let’s go and find those 1000 ways to save a dollar challenge and see what’s amount is at the end of 12 months.

Just replaced my stove again!

November 29th, 2020 at 07:00 am

I had to buy a new stand alone Stove this week, not because it was not working, just because the clock was not working and could not be fix for less than half the price of new stove and installed. I already had an electrician to check it out at $160 fee just to come out. It was 14 years old.  I will never buy a digital clock one again. Manual from now on.

I used it last night and cooked a roast chicken and roast vegetables.  Now for some baking soon!