Last year we ran some budgeting and cooking classes for those on low incomes entitled ‘Living on the smell of an oily rag’. I took the budgeting one which was quite successful and had requests to speak on the subject. The base line most found challenging was my statement that shopping for $40 per week per head would allow one to enjoy not only the basics but some luxuries like chocolate, ice-cream, ginger beer… Actually we do more than just fine as we shop only once a month and draw out $340.00…….$320.00 for ALL our groceries and $20 for petrol for our van.
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