The Frugality #4 I spy with my little eye a secret second storey reaching up to the sky.

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heretoreaditall2019 said:
Is this financial advice for morons? Plan meals? What next, shut windows when it’s cold? 🥴

I know I always go in for ms massive leg up by parents but omg. The simplicity of having pretty much everything handed to you on a plate is so so enviable. Imagine not even having to consider building intergenerational wealth for your kid(s) as you know it’s just there in the wings waiting. Idk how this content doesn’t perturb more people ☹️
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Meal planning: buy sliced white and cheap cheddar…tadaaa lunch made for 5 days for Alex.

Pegsypog said:
Meal planning: buy sliced white and cheap cheddar…tadaaa lunch made for 5 days for Alex.
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Btw to add: nothing wrong about being on a budget, didn’t want to come across as a snob but I really don’t think she’s an inspiration for meal planning. You can meal plan on a budget and be a bit more creative then her
 
Pegsypog said:
Meal planning: buy sliced white and cheap cheddar…tadaaa lunch made for 5 days for Alex.



Btw to add: nothing wrong about being on a budget, didn’t want to come across as a snob but I really don’t think she’s an inspiration for meal planning. You can meal plan on a budget and be a bit more creative then her
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It’s also too generic to be helpful? We get Mindful Chef so I know what we’re having for dinner for the next two weeks but it’s no where near the most cost effective of options, planning alone doesn’t halve the cost of food, something like low cost dinners or batch cooking would make more sense surely?

I really hope that point wasn’t an insidious way to push Hello Fresh on her audience in the new year.
 
jaymie said:
Eating cheap white bread whilst spending on cheap tats isn’t savvy. If she do an audit on all her spending, she will realise that 10% of her money goes to food while 50% of them goes to tiger or prints that she doesn’t need.
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heretoreaditall2019 said:
Is this financial advice for morons? Plan meals? What next, shut windows when it’s cold? 🥴

I know I always go in for ms massive leg up by parents but omg. The simplicity of having pretty much everything handed to you on a plate is so so enviable. Imagine not even having to consider building intergenerational wealth for your kid(s) as you know it’s just there in the wings waiting. Idk how this content doesn’t perturb more people ☹
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I suspect the vast majority of her audience is in the same position and the rest either haven’t paid close enough attention to spot the fibs, or they don’t care and see her account as a bit of light fluff.

Her financial advice is hilariously tit, leg up or not. Plenty of people are comfortable financially but aren’t absolute dollops.
 
snarksnark said:
Currently pissing myself that she is so proud of her (expensive) bin - but uses a drawer for her recycling! Her priorities are just all over the place.
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That is such a small bin. If I were to renovate my kitchen, I will plan a bin storage before any fancy tap

CornedBeefHashtag said:
That bin is a trip hazard.
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I can already feel my baby toe.
 
If/when I ever get to design a new kitchen, one thing I will definitely do is plan for refuse/recycling to be inbuilt somewhere. Maybe under the sink?

Availability of space does limit this as an option, but I can never understand why so many people design these fancy new kitchens and then plonk a bin in there to clutter it up.

And can a bin ever really be chique?! 🤣
 
Greencatfysh said:
I have the bin and it’s great but you do really need the expensive tailored bin bags which fit otherwise you’re left with half a bin bag poking out the top which isn’t exactly chic!
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Just to add to this - we got maybe 80 bin bags free with the bin, and have only just had to repurchase them. We got the bin last March. So it’s actually not a huge expense to get the proper bags for it - I think we have saved money on the cheap big black bags! She just always makes a fuss about everything being sooo expensive that they’ve just managed to ‘muddle through’ 🙄
 
CornedBeefHashtag said:
If/when I ever get to design a new kitchen, one thing I will definitely do is plan for refuse/recycling to be inbuilt somewhere. Maybe under the sink?

Availability of space does limit this as an option, but I can never understand why so many people design these fancy new kitchens and then plonk a bin in there to clutter it up.

And can a bin ever really be chique?! 🤣
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They constantly don’t factor in adequate storage for essentials then add a jumble of ‘chic’ baskets, small furniture items and nail polish remover
 
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