Yesterday I got up really early to go to London to find out about Gazelle – a phone recycling company. Phone recycling isn’t a new idea in this country. However Gazelle is changing the game! They are bringing their phone recycling kiosks over from the US where they have been in business for 10 years,
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Octopus Energy is a green energy provider with a difference. They want to help their customers have more energy efficient homes and they are being proactive about it. They’re not just giving advice on what to do, they have purchased 100 thermal imaging cameras that attach to your phone and allows you to take pictures
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It’s sooo cold!!!! The last couple of weeks it’s been sub zero temperatures in the mornings. All this cold weather has been making me think about what I can do to keep our heating bills down. To start with I spent a lot of time advancing the heating and snuggling up to the nearest radiator.
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I believe in self help. The person best positioned to help me get to where I want to be in life, is me! That doesn’t mean doing everything by myself. It means creating the circumstances which I need to be successful. At the moment my main focus is on helping myself finish my book. So
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Do you want to save money on your food shopping in a way that is kind to the environment? Do you also want to avoid involve ditching good quality food for the cheapest options out there? In this post I am going to share how you can save money on your food shopping without compromising
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Please note alcohol should only be drunk responsibly and in moderation. This post is aimed at adults only. I’m not a big drinker, but I do like having the occasional glass of
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Happy new year everyone! I hope you had a good 2018 and that 2019 is even better! Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read my blog posts over the last year and also to everyone who has helped and supported me with the blog. In 2018 I lost my way a
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Happy Christmas everyone! Hope you have a great day tomorrow! If you have been following previous blog posts you will know that I am currently focusing on writing a book about being eco-friendly and thrifty and I have set myself a deadline for completion by the end of March 2019. I promised to write a
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Last week I made a grand declaration that I am going to publish my book about the eco thrifty life by the end of March 2019 – you can read about it here: I never thought it would be this tricky . I also said would do weekly updates on how I am getting on, to
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If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will have noticed that there hasn’t been much regular reading to do around here! I came to a bit of a stop and then couldn’t work out what to do next. Basically I felt like I had gone too far and I needed a
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