I sold another two items on Amazon and the total was a 300% increase on yesterdays sales. See, I told you I would be a millionaire this time next year. With that type of exponential growth I will be looking to buy a farm rather than rent an allotment, although I am becoming less hopeful that the allotment will come my way. It has been a couple of weeks now and I haven't even had so much as acknowledgement that my application was received.
Locally, I have everything I need on my doorstep, free food, village stores, country walks, entertainment, friends, family, everything. Apart from sea food that is. My favourite all time food is a minimum of 80 miles away. I have to find a realistic way of getting to the coast on a regular basis throughout the year and stock up on various wild food stuff. Sea Buckthorn is another one of the things that I would really like to try, along with sea weeds. I don't scuba dive any longer so an underwater forage is pretty much out of the question these days.
Lying in my garden is a Kayak. Next door in Jules garden is another one. We got them in the summer of this year so that we could explore the rivers to see what was available. I can't make my mind up whether to sell them or not. We didn't really use them much and didn't find anything worth the effort each time we went paddling and now I just see them as something else that is taking up space.
October was a great month for me. I had a lot of time to myself, I was cooking, crafting, walking, exploring, building, shopping and generally relaxing every day, but lately I can't seem to find the time to do any of the above. But when I think about it I have done quite a bit. The past few weeks have been about planning and preparation for next year. I have found another 180 square feet of growing room for my veg in various family members gardens, which should be really good because I may be able to get them to see the benefits and pleasure of growing your own. If that were to happen we could have a little family Co-op thing going on.
My plans to create a regular web based income source also seem to be going according to plan at the moment. If I can get that working in conjunction with eBay, eBid and amazon, it should provide a steady trickle of income throughout the year. Usually, I don't plan too far ahead, I like my life in disarray and love to take it as it comes. But the deeper I dig myself into the frugal lifestyle and the more I enjoy it, the deeper I want to go and that takes a bit more planning than usual.
Now here's a thing. I usually buy milk at £1.65. If I am going past the garage in the next village, I get it for £1.30. Today, the blinkers fell away from my eyes and I realised that I can buy it from Asda for £1. How have I missed that for so long
Uncle Ben versus Auntie Christine
| UNCLE BEN | AUNTIE CHRISTINE | RESULT |
| Boil in the bag rice from supermarket £1.68 | Boil in the pan rice from storage jar £0.05 | I win on cost |
| Fill pan with water | Put 1 cup of water in pan | I win, less water used |
| Bring to boil and boil for 10 minutes | Bring to boil and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes | I win, Less energy used |
| Tip water down sink | No water to tip down sink | I win, less waste |
| 3rd degree burn opening bag | Spoon rice straight onto plate | I win, no medical attention required and less time used |
Medicine. It's that time of year when I check my medicine cabinet and see what herbal remedies and potions I have in stock, what needs throwing out and what natural resources I need to find, in order to get my pans a boiling and restock.
Did you get it Mum?
I'd love to know what herbal remedies and potions you make.
ReplyDeleteHello Christine, I left a huge comment here yesterday but I must have left the page before typing in the checking letters. The gist of it was that I was a bit slow but got there in the end! I must have been so excited that I forgot to press the correct keys!
ReplyDeleteLove from Mum
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