Getting started

The first thing I did years ago was to sharpen my eye liner pencil instead of throwing it away. It's quite hard to hold now its only a centimetre long, but I'm managing and when I throw this one away, I won't use eye liner at all!

I've downgraded my shopping - instead of 'Finest' ranges, I buy 'value'. Not always though, because sometimes it's a false economy. If no-one will eat the rubbish you buy, you'd be best not to buy it at all.

I used to shop at Waitrose, and although it's good value because it's so gorgeous, it all costs more, so I can't do that any more. If I feel rebellious I still go in there and just buy a few bits, and I really enjoy them!

I don't always take part in a 'BOGOF' offer - sometimes I only want one of them, and often the price of the offer is more than buying just one thing that you'll use and enjoy. This week I saw some not very nice bacon in a supermarket in a BOGOF offer - meaning I would have spent £2.49 for two packets of bacon I wouldn't like - instead I bought just one packet of nice bacon for £1.79. Now I won't be throwing away an unused packet of bacon on dustbin day!