Thoughts on......'look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves' 

Fresh bed sheets from the line,one of life's pleasures,,nice one Vivi.

Vivi you are. a lovely person inside and out. A woman with many talents too

Look how great you look! Healthy and happy. This lifestyle is working for you.

We live in the country. About three years ago, the municipality decided that they wanted to meter our water that we get from wells that we had to install with our own money. It has not happened (yet) because there was such a hue and cry over it. But I am sure it will come. John Locke had it right when he said in 1690.... "Government has no other end but the preservation of poverty."

That is the difference in generations. I grew up with parents that put laundry on the line all the time. Hairdryers are the same, everyone now straightens and dries their hair everyday. I only dry my hair when I have a function to go to. Your video's have inspired me to do more of my own gardening.

I'm with you on the tumble dryer and my clothes. I have one, but I also have 6 animals and I wash their bedding ALL the time! Yes, I use it, but not for my clothes.

i love your thoughts about life in general from watching your videos. It's an inspiration. Simple living is an easy way of happy living cause we only do things that we absolutely love and makes a good sense out of us. Thank you for sharing your life to us. :-)

A penny saved is a penny earned, is what I grew up with. You are right, it works.

Oh Vivi.... so true. Years ago I used to take the newspaper ads, make my list with prices and go to the store furthest away first but that didn't put ads in the paper. Everything on the list that was on sale at that store for a better cost, I bought it there. They also had the cheapest milk and the saving on the milk paid for the gas. Then I stopped at the stores that had the rest of my items that were less expensive. My sewer and trash bill for the next year is calculated by my average water usage for Jan - March. So I try to make sure my water usage is lower to reduce that bill for the year. I love clothes lines and used one for most of my life. My grandmother taught me the 'correct way' to hang the clothes so the neighbors wouldn't talk! hahaha She grew up on a farm. My daughter and niece still hang out their clothes! So so many ways to cut daily costs - and it is very worth it. I don't pay utilities even one cent more than I need to - it is throwing money away.

Vivi so glad you got some rain. We could use a little here. Worked in the garden last night staking the rest of my tomatoes. Thank God I finally finished. Talking about being frugal. I'm guilty! I need to try harder. I don't go crazy with spending but I could do better. One thing about it. I rarely spend on myself. I do go to the beauty shop but try to wait as long as I can before going. But I only go because of my gray hair. Thank for all the good money saving tips. ✌🏼️❤️& Happy Planting🌱🌱🌱

Hi vivi, I am a student nurse ( year let to qualify) who in my late 30's decided to have a career change, I have built raised beds to grow my own fruit and veg to help supplement my bursary, I came across your RU-vid channel when looking for help and found it easy to follow and full of tips for a beginner so thank you. Oh and we got a dog to help with exercise !

I'm on a limited income, (disability) so I recycle, repurpose, keep lights off when I'm not in the room with them, don't turn on the a/c or heat until absolutely necessary, buy at yard sales, thrift shops, and local produce stands, and I'm always looking for ways to either make do or get the best deal possible on things I need. Just found a couple sources close to me for free bamboo canes and got quite a bit of free portable pvc fencing that I can use to keep the local dogs out of the garden. I'm learning to can (bottle). I've been looking into getting chickens for the eggs and I've been learning what I can forage in this area. For folks in the US craigslist is a great source for cheap and free stuff as well. Don't use a lot of paper products either. And I dehydrate as much as possible. I've found once you start doing these things you find it hard to pay full price for anything again. I don't use credit cards either, it's cash only.

Some one told me years back that UV from the Sun light also kills any bacteria and helps stains dim...more good reasons to use a line🤗

This was so interesting! I do most of the things you talked about, like drying laundry on a rack and letting my hair dry naturally. Additionally I try to buy all my clothes from thrift shops (or make them:)) and challenge myself to still look fancy-ish. It's a bit of an addiction to be honest:).

There's 4 of us in our house and we put a drying rack on the landing. It's brilliant as heat rises & when to heatings on its all dry by morning. I'm in Lancashire & your from Yorkshire it's definitely a northern thing pegging out!! You can't beat clothes dried outside😊

One of our savings is to use a small scoop of soda crystals (like the scoops you use to measure ground coffee) instead of washing powder. No allergic reactions and no artificial scents. Works best if diluted first in warm water. Prices vary and supermarkets are confused as to where to shelve it though!

The rain was very much needed lol, great video thanks for sharing

My grandmother and mom showed me how to shop the best prices for groceries around town at a very early age. It basically came down to watching the ads in the newspaper each week. Also, they showed me how to look at the unit price instead of the overall cost. I'm surprised at how many people don't know to do that. All that to say, I don't think you're nerdy at all. You're on trend with many frugal RU-vidrs.

I've always loved gardening, but could never get anything to grow in my parents yard. When I finally moved out on my own, I had the tiniest cheapest apartment that I could barely afford. I had pennies left over for food- but it was on an acre lot behind my landlords house. They had a garden so I asked if I could grow one too behind my little shack. They said yes and he rototilled a little plot for me. I got the cheapest seed packs I could find and had green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes and basil and kale. That's what I ate that year. It was kind of scary but I'd buy a chicken when they're on sale and some popcorn. But it was so fulfilling to grow and eat your own food that you had to grow. Yes some days I went to bed hungry but it was so much fun to be kind of in a vulnerable position like that. I lost weight that's for sure but I look on those days fondly. I'm sure you will too. There's no end to frugality. And necessity is definitely the mother of ingenuity. An old cut up t-shirt was my cleaning rags that got washed and reused. Some really odd recipes happened (I wrote some down they were actually good! I.e. Polish dog kale and bean soup mmm mmmm!) Good times.

Gloria ..hi Vivie my Nan would say that all the time lol . Iam an New Englander by birth so my life turns on saving,doing with what you have or can make,we call it thrifty a very good thing

You look so much happier these days Vivi, I hope you really are! I also hate spending money, I think you should only 'invest' your money in things you like and love. I am really Suprised how cheap your plot is. I have a garden, kind of small but I would love to have a plot to be really self sufficiënt. But It's kind of expensive here and has lots of rules. I hope you just will show us more how you coop with a small amount of money and your lovely garden. Have a nice season!!

Great phrase. It doesn't work for the local shops but mysupermarket is a great online tool for checking prices at the supermarkets and it shows you a graph of prices for the last year so you can see the price hikes before the sales. We don't have a car or tumble drier either. We do sometimes struggle with drying in the winter but those little things are worth it for us both to be able to work part time

Way to go Vivi! Fabulous savings 😊👍I always feel good when I am careful with my money, you are so right when you say how crazy it is not to use natural elements to get clothes dry if possible ☀️☀️☀️ Hair dryers, hair dyes, I dropped them long ago too 😊. I am now going nicely grey 🤠. Also now at mature age, growing food in allotment, with help and guidance from folk like you with the experience 😊✋️

I love the smell of laundry that has dried outside in the wind and sunshine. My problem now is farmers use liquid manure on their fields and the smell adheres to the laundry making them stink. Then they have to be rewashed. So i decide drier only even if It does cost a lot.

Great video, thank you Vivi xx

I always hang mine outside. In winter I do the same as you and also have a rack that goes on the heater. So many people tell me they tumble as air drying inside gives the house damp. But I have been doing it for 11yrs in this house and never had damp, neither have my parents.

Excellent reminder, Vivi - those old sayings are full of good sense. "Luckily" my hair's so sparse it dries in no time :-) I haven't owned a dryer in years either, and even when I did it mostly served as a convenient surface to fold clothes! Now I have a drying rack, put shirts on hangers suspended from a curtain rod, and drape bedsheets over the top of doors (sadly can't hang them outside owing to pollen allergies and air pollution).

I totally agree with all your strategies. When I lived in the UK, as an Aussie, I naturally hung out the washing on the line, but didn't realise that in Winter it would freeze! After that, I put it on the central heating inside. I've stopped going to the hairdresser and cut my hair myself. Since it is curly, you can't see any mistakes.

My prayers are with you and your country on this horrible day of attack on your children and young people😥

Its rained here in Michigan US and I excited about the rain too. it will help with the water bill, because my rain barrel is full and will be using that water instead of from the hose to water my gardens. yay for rain.

hi vivi my folks said this because when they were young that is all they had pennies. my father was born in 1899 my mom 1903 i'm 76 between the wars life was very difficult for working class people so i know where you are coming from gel i with you every succsess in your venture Ed

I may have had dirt under my nails and messy hair today. Lollll. I actually air dry my hair too. I don't like blow drying. I probably dry my hair with one two times a year. I have bangs/fringe so occasionally dry it to make it curl under when it's too long and I'm in a hurry. I used to be all about buying the cheapest but now am into buying best quality that I can afford. That's usually far from luxury but sometimes I will look for something used (but not abused) for tools or small things I might want/need. I'm guilty of using the dryer mainly bc it's easier on my arthritic. joints. I still use hair dye bc I don't like how my gray makes my face washed out looking. Your hair is naturally pretty and looks like you have had highlights put in. I do braids when mine gets a bit too long and then have my partner do a simple stringy shoulder length cut and bangs. Even if I pay for it it's such a simple cut, that I can get it done in one of the cheap salons. I'm not great at electricity saving but all of my appliances are energy savers and we use little to no electricity for heat in winter and minimal gas for our gas fireplace. One huge thing we have both cut down is clothing purchasing. There are websites for frugal people like us. Your home looks nice, you always look put together, you provide a great atmosphere for people to enjoy your company and do things that are wise when you have to spend so I think you are doing great. It's nice to see someone who isn't a perpetual consumer.

Pennies make pounds...yes, yes :) hate tumble dryers & only use mine in an emergency..usually when my son needs a favourite pair of jeans for a last minute night out..such a nuisance..lol..outside line drying or "pegging out" as we say in Lancashire is soooo much nicer but some folk are snobbish about it and think it's beneath them or old fashioned, I use a "maiden" indoors on rainy days too. It pays to be frugal & helps in a tiny way to save the planet :) Ann

I am so frugal I am on a water meter... I use my shower water to flush the loo.... I don't like using 'drinking' water to flush toilet soil.... just me.... Totally agree with you over tumble drier and hair dryer... I don't own either ( wash and go!)..... such a waste..I have a budget book and every penny I spend and what it is spent on goes in the book....If I need to cut down I have an indication of where cuts can be made.. must be our age... we learned our thrift cooking and household tasks from our parents... I hope you got a refund of your council tax for the years it was miscalculated... their error.. they should refund. You are so right.

In America lots of subdivisions have rules against hanging laundry outside. I can't do it because the birds seem to think the line is there for them to sit and poop on. I do hang about 75 percent of my laundry in my unfinished basement.

Do you all have a federal income tax? Here in the US we all have a federal income tax, some states like mine have a state tax and a personal property tax, real estate tax and taxes on everything you buy or sales tax. We are nearly taxed to death and still we have to pay high rates for medical and dental. We have to buy insurance for cars, boats, trailers, & home as well as every service you have like utilities, trash pick up, etc. Some states do not tax food but mine does.

I could learn a few tips from you M'lady. I'm addicted to anything that will promise to keep me young (pathetic - I know!) and am useless with money. Maybe you could write a book on being frugal? There is money to be made here Vivi. 💋

Brilliant chat Vivi. reminds me of a 20 year old family member saying to me regarding washing up......' you haven't got a dish washer? ? why not ? what do you do then? ' looking at me quite puzzled! like it was so normal to have one , same as having a toilet!. made me think how materialistic we have become . My pet hate is not recycling.... I try and find a use for everything, we live in a throw away world....if we can't see it anymore its ok . Just thinking how much fast food packaging and coffee cups are used in a day all over the world is mind boggling on its own!. Glad all is going OK for you thanks for the videos! :)

I enjoyed this little chat! Have an awesome day Vivi!!

I am frugal out of choice also! And I love it! I have not owned a TV for over 12 years, or a clothes dryer, or a cell phone. I even get my high speed internet and unlimited local/ long distance land line telephone as a bundle with a locked in monthly charge of $40.00...I save tons of money being frugal.......need a new to me, used car, I find the one I want, and pay cash for it.....all because I am frugal....FRUGAL ROCKS!

My lovely heart always said....make the most of what you've got.....One day, you'll want to visit them......

I love your videos. Now then, the tumble dryer vs. clothesline/clothes horse.... When we "went frugal" I started using my clothesline all of the time...AND had my husband string up a long line across our covered deck and another small one in our laundry room...PLUS I bought a laundry horse for in front of our wood stove in the winter. I do use our electric dryer a little (when I am overwhelmed with laundry or it's raining) but line/horse drying clothes really saves on money, the environment, and our clothing. I have a son and daughter who live in an apartment together (college/work) and they do their laundry by hand and made a clothesline in their apartment out of the string from a bunch of birthday balloons! lol Made me very proud! They would have to use pay machines otherwise. Great video! Keep up the good work!

That's what my grandfather said to me, and I'm 71 now.lol

hello Vivi !! that all I did here all my first 18 years of my life LOL !! line dried is always best !! 25% is 25% !! 10%cheap water I'm going to cheak that out !! thanks for sharing and happy gardening !!

on the water rate front if you drain the water from your bath out the wndow with a hose and water your garden with it they will reduce the sewage component of your water rates

I have a line and i love how my bed smells when they are dry

yes and its very true lovely update Vivi

Yes Vivi..... I limit my budget each week... anything that is left over goes into my 'Jollies jar' for a treat.... The weekly amount is accounted for anyway so having a little treat now and again is brilliant....Incidentally the main problem I find is clothing... most of my stuff is 20+ years old ...and I have altered so much stuff due to significant weight loss ... I look for bargains in the usual places charity shops etc.. but today I got a gorgeous NEW embroidered top 'end of line' for £4 and 25% off bringing it to £3. it is too big for me but nothing a little 'tweak' can't fix... happy happy!

Hi Vivi! Loved your little chat and hearing how things are in your part of the world. I wish here in the US where I live they offered such discounts to those who live alone, or who are elderly. In a lot of places, it's not just the real estate taxes, it is the school tax that kills homeowners. A person who is single, or and elderly single on a fixed income, BUT who owns a home, pays the say tax rate as some two income family, with 6 children in the school system. And then, there are states here, where there are no real estate taxes. I just don't understand it. Hanging clothes on the line or on a clothes horse is mostly the way we dry our clothes, though in bad weather or at times like this - where the ticks are really bad this year - you have to be careful hanging out clothes and linens as they will travel in with the clothes. Have a good day, and Happy Gardening! Catherine

haha Vivi! You and I are cut from the same cloth! Tiled floors and a sweeping brush, on a water metre and spend about 2 quid a month on water, (water is cheap here but it is about a tenth of some of my friends), don't have a tumble dryer, or hair dryer, or any fancy chopping/slicing/mixing machines in the kitchen (i like chopping, it is part of the process). Electricity bill is super low. So when my friends that are busy busy working, making all that money, and i am working way less and growing what i can, we come out kind of equal at the end. (but i am happier!)

hi vivi we have had 1 week of solid rain last week i live in swindon not that far , funny old weather and yep your right if you got seeds you rush out the see the process well i do like a kid lol, totally agree about the pennies, i have no tv and when i taught art ,i would hear the kids behind me "that the teacher with no telly" and starting i new class i asked if they had anything question after givivng them class rules it was alawys the same " your you rally the teacher with no telly" lol ,i dnt use a hair dryer lol and i usually sporting a lopsided fringe lol that fiver gets me art supplies.lol and no dishwasher, dryer, and get so good bargains in charity shops ,,its fun, and the shop check, i found checking out shops a way to beat the consumer bug, lol but i live in the wood on the outskirts of town so need my car ,but again henley is old, lovely and paid for so no payments, i learn this when my brother's new car was stolen and he still had to do the repayment because the insurance pay out was enough,,, oh by the way loved the tour of the allottment,told my partner about the flowers and we decided to paint the garden chair different colours for relatives who passed away and put their names on the different colours so we to can reflect on those gone , any way got a tons to do, a hug bee

I shop the way you are talking about but I drive a car to the stores which doesn't take much time. I'm on a low carb diet to reverse type 2 diabetes so I spend too much money on specialty foods now like coconut products, almond flour and milk, high priced oils, etc... Not only that, I can't eat much of the vegetables I was growing including TOMATOES!! It hasn't been easy. I've cheated with the tomatoes and crumbled bits of tortilla chips for my taco salad or I don't think I could last eating this way. Absolutely no sugar. Needless to say I'm cooking most of my meals which does save money. I'm growing much more of the high fiber veg I can eat. Kale, broccoli, eggplant, zucchini, cabbage, Swiss chard, lettuce, radish, garlic. I'm growing the Cheswick and Gardeners Delight cherry tomatoes because I bought the seed before all of my diet changes began. I wanted to bottle them like you do and I will for my family. Cauliflour and Brussel sprouts need to be added to the garden. I've never had luck with them but will try next year. The diet is working. In January, my A1C test result was 10. I started this eating plan end February/beginning of March and not long after I had another A1C and it was 6.5 so I can't go back to a high carb / low fat diet knowing I can control the diabetes without meds. I'm sure my next test will be lower. So, yay! There's quite a lot of good youtube videos on the ketogenic diet for anyone interested. Look up Dr. Sara Hallinberger and Dr. Jason Fung, Eric Berg and Dr John Bergman. Dr. Axe has good herbal and nutrition videos. You being a nurse, I thought you might be interested.

Actress??? Have you been holding out on us, Vivi? I agree with the laundry drying, though we do have a tumble dryer. But it is only used for my husband's work clothes as we have cats and dogs and it is the best way to get clothes pet hair free. I do have a sheila maid in my kitchen on a pulley system. One of the things I loved about my great-aunt's kitchen in Scotland when I was a kid so I bought end pieces and brought it back with me to Germany.

My mam and nanna say that :) .It is so true .If i were you viv id take my sheets down to the allotment and let them blow in the wind while u work :) dry in no time lol x

Things are a lot different in the U.S. In most cases, if you work, you have a washer and a dryer, even apartments have them, and they have dish washers too. I doubt that many could handle not having one. I have not used a dishwasher in over 17 years, and I have hung my close up for that long too. However, my son had to move back in with me for a while, and he just had to buy a used washer/dryer combination, and I have used it a couple times when I really needed a few things. I have to say that having nice warm sheets during the winter was a real blessing, and I made sure I could get into bed as soon as I made it, this past winter. When he moves and takes it with him, I won't be buying a new one, and I don't pay for electric here, so it would not cost me anything. I always go to the big warehouse stores and buy in bulk for my food, but I'm working on being able to can or dehydrate almost all of my vegetables. With 4 children, I learned long ago just how much food we eat and how many jars of spaghetti sauce we use in a year, so if I didn't can tomatoes, I would wait for a huge sale on it, and buy 52 jars at one time. I spend an entire year using sauce that cost me less than half of the regular price for an entire year. My son will be moving this fall, and then it will only be me, and another son, so I will go back to the year supply mode and get started on saving again. I don't use credit cards, I have no debt, and will be moving into my "Finished/ Garage/Home" either this fall, or the following summer. Then I will have no rent or mortgage, no water bill, (well) no electric, (solar) and nothing to pay but property taxes, (very low) and life insurance to put me in the ground when my life Is over. But I do hope to do a lot of gardening before that happens. What most don't think of is, if they only purchased one or two extra things when shopping, it adds up, and you can end up with months of food before you know it. it's actually fun. Before long you find a way to buy 6 months worth at a time, and then "Ride Free" for several months after that!! I'll be starting on a 2 year supply, so that I have a years backup, so I can do almost no food shopping for an entire year if I need to. Fantastic! Bless, Sheila PS Careful, you will find yourself freezing small pieces of celery, onions, etc. They add up too! LOLOL Save the small stuff (pennies), and end up with a bunch (pound)!

Tumbler dryers are not very Common were I live. I use a broom,too. I do use hair dryer!! Irons are one of the appliances that most energy consumes. With tumbler dryers you don't need to iron if you fold the clothes right after you take them out. When you dry on the line sometimes irons are necessary to take wrinkles out. I live with n a country where inflation is really bad so not only we search for good prices but we also tend to stock up when we find something cheap that we know it won't go bad. There are so many good videos on living frugal on RU-vid now. I am really happy it is becoming trendy!!

I know asking before, but I just had an idea, why don't you have another half allotment in another !! allotment place? and I know what you are talking about, I was without a job, a very gloomy place, I started to use soap, not a liquid soap, (stay longer and clean exactly the same), do dry the on the line, do the check prices every quarter or so, because they change it every so often. about warmer you can do something that do when it is chilly- I put on a clay plate 5 candles and on a clay block I put a metal light lamp shade - it works like a charm! good luck with everything dear. take care.

You're in an apartment in the city, people don't expect you to have a "line". Also how's your humidity I have a fan running to dry things. I have a friend who doesn't understand how to save, it's either a splurge or he does without. Hes always asking me for advice... but he never takes it. ....We were out at a store and I was buying a 2 liter bottle of soda and had a bag of candy(not my normal...but I'm making a point) we were in line and in the US at every register there's a cooler with small drinks and snacks. So he picks out a drink and a candy bar. and as we walked to the car, he remarks that my credit card never runs out and hes always broke. So I pointed out his 1 drink and 1 candy were more expensive than my bottle and candy and I got like 25 times more... I don't know why people waste money, I feel good when I can save $ . I buy whatever I like, just at the best price. ......ps: In the US we have "property tax" based on the "current value" so our taxes go up constantly and theyre based not on your house but the area you live in so if the average home on your street is selling for 300k it doesn't matter you bought the fixer-upper youre taxed higher than the value (I'm double my value). And no difference if 1 or 30 people live there, same tax.

I shop at 7 different markets that I go to when I'm in that area. I know where to buy most things cheapest. The church that I was raised in supports food storage, so I buy sales and cheapest. I have a clothes line, but we have to wait till about 1&1/2 hours before sunset or the clothes are crispy brittle from our uv levels. We used to dry all on the time, but our clothes kept wearing out too fast. We also have a wonderful clothes drying rack for delicates in the house. I get a haircut 2x a year. I gave up coloring as new meds don't let it take color anyway. All my red is now grey...oh well I still have the ginger temper. I don't usually wear makeup because it's very expensive and really a pain I don't have time for. I use natural soaps I make myself and buy natural shampoos and conditioners( cheaper than salad but not the cheap detergents that ruin hair). Our property taxes are based on when we put house through escrow. Our water is on meter, as is all of California. We prefer it as it's cheaper than before meters averaged over the year than before meters even with several increases in rates. We do buy some kid foods for our kids, crisps and such, but mostly we buy ingredients in bulk as it's cheapest. Homemade pizza along saves us 75% of eating it out. The garden gives us loads of our summer foods, but we share rather than preserve most of the excess, because we can actively garden about 10 out of the 12 months and harvest part of the rest. We still buy fruit and veg if it's in season in the area and things from out of the area for variety. And we're not vegetarian, (sorry.) but we are careful and respectful of animal protein and usually not more than once a day or less. We're trying to go down to 3x week for meat, but kids are resisting. We supplement with cheese, milk and eggs. Once chicken start laying that will help, especially with baking. We spend time in the garden as a family. It's exercise, cheap food, and a great way to be together. Same with cooking over the fire pit hubby built from all recycled items we had lying around the house and yard, except the $14 grill cover. We cook outside as a family, spending time together and don't have to use air conditioning to remove cooking heat from house. Kids are loving it as the get to help cook and scrounge the yard for kindling. Cheaper than going out and spending money. We just gather veg from garden and the rest from the freezer. Another way we save money is to do outings in a Euler circuit, thank you college math class. We see where we need to go for appointments, school and other mandatory trips and add in stops along route so we save fuel in the car.reusable freezer cool bags with recycled ice packs keep it cool till we get home. It saves about a tank of gas every 2 weeks on average for us. Hubby also uses bike for quick trips out for things like milk or little bits at the shops. Final way we economize is to pay cash rather than credit. Saves us a fortune in fees and interest.

love your videos lol

My grandmother used to say, penny-wise, not dollar foolish. Same thing really, but interesting how the phrase changed a bit when it crossed the pond, and went down a generation or two.

Oh Vivi, how do people not know about clothes lines? Don't have a tumble dryer and won't have one. Too expensive to run them. But I have to admit I couldn't live without my hairdryer, the frizz would not be a good luck. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hands up! :)

Hello from Canada! Just thought I would mention something that still blows my mind here.. 18 years ago I moved from Newfoundland to Ontario

Hi Vivi, thanks for the videos. Love them. What do you use for dish washing, in the shower and washing your hair? I have started making soaps for these tasks and it saves $ and kind to the environment.

How nice that you should spend your 5-minute break with us, thank you! Sadly, that phrase didn't translate into American coinage in my family. Hubby has his retired-military pension but we are in our 50's and trying to live sort-of wage free. My job is so tiny that it almost doesn't count. His retirement pays our mortgage and basic bills. My growing really helps our budget and his seasonal job helps for the other big expenses. We don't have crazy high-expense entertainment needs (But hey, DO NOT deprive me of my internet access! Lol!) so if we are careful we are very comfortable. I use a clothes-horse for most of my own laundry but hubby prefers tumble-dry for his clothes and our linens. Also, I have bad allergies and line-drying makes that worse because of the accumulated pollens and pollutants. And like you, no heat appliances for my hair. How annoying that you cannot get a discount for your water-use compared to others nearby who use so much more. Hope that you get better weather soon and get to be back outside where it is lovely.

Hi Viv I understand where your coming form about the dryer but some people don't have a big garden to hang washing out many people don't have time to hang it out due to work commitments small homes where the amount of clothes takes over the whole house then you have the winter time wet weather, we have three grand kids who spend lots of time with us when we are off work one being a 1.05 months old. I personally do hang much of our washing on the line however in Manchester we have more rain than wind and sun so today the washing is in the dryer :-) I don't use a hair dryer as I don't have any hair and I try my best t save money in lots of different ways

Yes I love hanging my fresh washed clothes outside to dry. I love the smell when they dried.

I shop lots of different places to get items on sale takes a little more time but save pennies lol

Always pictured Vivi in a previous life as a head house mistress/cook in a large mansion during the Victorian times with Sean as the garden boy who scrubbed planting pots. I'm sure good ol' Martha Stewart was there as well in some cooking/cleaning/gardening capacity. Hence her love of gardening and being frugal. Both timeless character traits pulled forward into this lifetime 💕💕🎉🎉 #justmusing

Ha! great video Vivi. Love ur way of thinking. Have you tried using Bicarb of soda? Its a great environmentally friendly all-round house cleaner (no micro beads going to the oceans) & great as a shower body scrub or shampoo. Ive been using it for about 3 years now & my skin as never been so soft :0)

Hi Vivi, do you think anyone would mind if you took your sheets to the allotment to dry them lol.

Did you know that your water company may have a price cap scheme if you are suffering from something like arthritis where hot baths or showers can help your aches and pains? If you are on a meter it is a good idea to check

You wait until you are older Vivi You may be a lucky person who goes a pretty white but if you are dark as I was, 'salt and pepper' is so ugly and ageing. I am really frugal with food and energy but having highlights in my hair, is something that helps me survive the steady slope down to 80 !

You can save money by not going to the hairdresser. A friend of mine cuts her long hair herself by holding a mirror in one hand and trimming the bottom with the other. Otherwise, you could get a friend to do it for you using a ruler.

A non watering day at the allotment! Yeah!

Oh Vivi, you and I clearly are twins seperated at birth! Could be me talking. Just wondering what compost you use? I always get peat free but never convinced that my plants thrive. Wonderec if you have a magic formula. I asked at the shop on my allotment and it was as if I had asked for heroin! BTW, I am a semi -retired singer. See, told you we are on the same wavelength. Steph

I colour and cut my own hair. Thinking re energy costs to boil kettle and keep tea in a flask. I have a meter for water. I find my food bill high as little room to store or time and a veggie. I often find I spend lots going out to get out of the house ie coffees or food etc. How do you get social time? Do you drive? Xx

Makes sense. Thank you. 😐

We're on the same page Vivi....

As well look around your apartment, and see if you can sell something that you dont use/read any more on the internet.

I have just noticed that you can't have a meter for water. What a shame!!

"Mind the pennies and the dollars will follow"~

good chat viv .

Goodness! If it never rained my place would be in a jumble. I've pinched pennies all my life (maybe I should count them) and it seems when I've thought I've eliminated as much as I can, there's always something else I can eliminate. But it's a yin-yang thing. You reach a point where you do become a Troglodyte...you rarely socialize, you relax your thoughts on cleanliness due to the first point (Unless Virgo is lurking in your Zodiac..Lol!), you get lost in the garden alone with the bees and toads and damn if your nails aren't dirty and your hair's a bit a-muss. Don't we deserve a little luxury? Just a thought that crosses my mind (only occasionally..I'm quite happy) from years of scrounging and saving (I love a challenge).You know, there are way too many communities today (at least here) where they will fine you if you put up a clothesline or grow veg in your front yard. I can't even comprehend that! Keep using that broom...good for the stomach muscles; and hopefully, one day, hairdryers will be obsolete. Oh by the way, henna is great for your hair. It comes in colours from clear to foxy-woxy, it thickens the hair shaft and you can grow it...and be a Ginger! www.hennapage.com/henna/encyclopedia/growing/houseplant/ Hope you got your back taxes back that they took from you...and you don't want a meter; they send out bad vibes that mess with your head! Please allow yourself a smidge of luxury; you deserve it. I'll shut up now and get back to my cleaning (It's raining here too) Hope it's cleared up there....Much peace and love. :)

It was: pennies and dollars.

I don't understand. In the US, we all pay for our own water? Like I pay the water company $150 as a deposit and then $75 each month? Is water communal in the UK lol?

Why don't you have a clothes line on the allotment

you would get some looks or others doing the same ,if you put up a washing line on the allotment lol.

R reet chuck you a woman after my own heart loving you way of thinking as for the rainy weather get ya wellys on and your umbrella up and get out there it great make me appreciate what I've got as in somewhere to stay warn and dry if and when you need it

HANDS UP ! hahahahah

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