We are bombarded daily with media images of how we should be buying this, wearing that and driving the other to fit into a category that most people think is ‘normal’. There is an awful lot of pressure, especially for parents with children, to conform to this ‘norm’ and buy those expensive trainers or feed our children with the latest brightly packaged ‘c-rap’. Before long you’ll be getting by with ‘a little help from your friends’ (the little plastic friend that fits conveniently in your pocket and lets you borrow as much as you want as long as you pay it back with interest!) on a regular basis just to fund your ‘normal’ life. But this is just one of the reasons why we may decide to live more frugally.

Below you will find some of the main reasons that people will try and live more ‘better for less’…

Start off by making small changes

So you want to make some fundamental changes but where do you start? You will find that as you journey along the ‘Frugal Super Highway’ that it will be the lots of little and seemingly insignificant changes you make that will add up and save you ? ‘s and $’s. There are so many ways of saving money that may, to others, be ‘no great shakes’ but by the end of the year you will be astounded what you have saved. Some of these suggestions may seem silly or even ludicrous but just give them a go and you won’t think them so daft at the end of the year when you’ve saved a whole lot of dosh!

Here is an example...

Get rid of quick meals and processed foods and cook from scratch…..save ?100 + every month!...Where do I start! Take an average family of two adults and two children. The kids start the day with brand name breakfast cereals, have school lunches, have sweets after school, have a burger when they get home and then some biscuits at bed time. The adults eat the cereals too, mum takes a ready meal to work that you can pop in the micro-wave and Dad buys his sandwiches and drinks from the machine.

Make these simple changes and you’ll save ?’s and be healthier!

Start off by making small changes

So you want to make some fundamental changes but where do you start? You will find that as you journey along the ‘Frugal Super Highway’ that it will be the lots of little and seemingly insignificant changes you make that will add up and save you ? ‘s and $’s. There are so many ways of saving money that may, to others, be ‘no great shakes’ but by the end of the year you will be astounded what you have saved. Some of these suggestions may seem silly or even ludicrous but just give them a go and you won’t think them so daft at the end of the year when you’ve saved a whole lot of dosh!

Here is an example...

Get rid of quick meals and processed foods and cook from scratch…..save ?100 + every month!...Where do I start! Take an average family of two adults and two children. The kids start the day with brand name breakfast cereals, have school lunches, have sweets after school, have a burger when they get home and then some biscuits at bed time. The adults eat the cereals too, mum takes a ready meal to work that you can pop in the micro-wave and Dad buys his sandwiches and drinks from the machine.

Make these simple changes and you’ll save ?’s and be healthier!

Start off by making small changes

So you want to make some fundamental changes but where do you start? You will find that as you journey along the ‘Frugal Super Highway’ that it will be the lots of little and seemingly insignificant changes you make that will add up and save you ? ‘s and $’s. There are so many ways of saving money that may, to others, be ‘no great shakes’ but by the end of the year you will be astounded what you have saved. Some of these suggestions may seem silly or even ludicrous but just give them a go and you won’t think them so daft at the end of the year when you’ve saved a whole lot of dosh!

Here is an example...

Get rid of quick meals and processed foods and cook from scratch…..save ?100 + every month!...Where do I start! Take an average family of two adults and two children. The kids start the day with brand name breakfast cereals, have school lunches, have sweets after school, have a burger when they get home and then some biscuits at bed time. The adults eat the cereals too, mum takes a ready meal to work that you can pop in the micro-wave and Dad buys his sandwiches and drinks from the machine.

Make these simple changes and you’ll save ?’s and be healthier!

Here is an example...

Get rid of quick meals and processed foods and cook from scratch…..save ?100 + every month!...Where do I start! Take an average family of two adults and two children. The kids start the day with brand name breakfast cereals, have school lunches, have sweets after school, have a burger when they get home and then some biscuits at bed time. The adults eat the cereals too, mum takes a ready meal to work that you can pop in the micro-wave and Dad buys his sandwiches and drinks from the machine.

Make these simple changes and you’ll save ?’s and be healthier!

Make these simple changes and you’ll save ?’s and be healthier!

This example is just the ‘tip of the iceberg’. There are so many things that can be changed and literally ?1000,s of pounds which can be saved every year.

Good Luck!

More ways to save in part 2!