Save at Jumble Sales
Another great way to shop for second hand goods is at Jumble Sales. These are set up by charity groups, such as churches or Boy Scouts. Some can be quite good. Unfortunately, the number of Jumble Sales have decreased over the years as the population in Britain has changed; therefore, the communities and cultures have [...]
Royal Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery is free
England is full of historical places. Unfortunately, to offset costs, many of these places charge fees for entry. On a tight budget, it makes it difficult to enjoy England’s attractions. Therefore, it makes sense to find as many free attractions as possible. The Royal Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery is one of them. The [...]
Hard to find free parking in Royal Tunbridge Wells
If you’re planning on visiting Tunbridge Wells, be aware that you’ll most likely need to pay for parking. Relative to smaller towns, bigger cities, like Tunbridge Wells, charge more for parking at their Pay and Display lots. In addition, these charges also apply on Sundays. Perhaps, it is because they have more shops open on [...]
Check out the Friday Ads
If you want to live on a budget, you should plan on buying second-hand furniture and appliances, provided they are still in good working condition. There are many ways to go about this, and this is one of them. Our first advice would be to seek out the Friday Ads and Advantage Ads. These magazines [...]
Free internet access in the UK
Free internet access can be difficult to find in certain parts of the UK. Free WiFi even more so. However, if you wish to gain internet access, here’s what we have gathered. The information we provide is only pertinent to those visiting parts of East and West Sussex. I can’t speak for all of England, [...]
Lidl’s shopping
Lidl’s (sounds like, Little’s) Neither of us had ever heard of Lidl’s before. My mother-in-law actually introduced us to it. Lidl’s is a German-based grocery store that offers many products from various EU countries. It reminds me a little of Aldi’s (also found in the UK). Whereas Aldi’s sold things in bulk, Lidl’s is mostly [...]
Free WiFi Hotspots in an Unexpected Place
New uses for McDonald’s! Eleven years ago, my friends and I took an extended European vacation. As most people are aware, free public restrooms were rare in Europe at the time (they may be still, but I have not been back to continental Europe since). We soon discovered that McDonald’s was very useful for bathroom [...]
Morrison’s, a new way to save
Having been an ardent Walmart shopper, we have found it very difficult to find a single entity in the UK that fulfilled all our needs as our local Walmart did in the US. Although we have found multiple shops that together form a good substitute, the amount of driving to each of these shops individually [...]
Parking in Burgess Hill
We drove around Burgess Hill several times before discovering that there was a multi-tier Pay and Display car park adjoined to the Martlets. After parking there numerous times and shopping in the connecting mall, we accidentally stumbled into the Waitrose (a grocery store) parking lot meter. Seeing that their prices were cheaper than the mall [...]
Haywards Heath available parking
When we are in Haywards Heath, we try to park in the little stretch of free parking on Church Street. However, spaces are not always available, so we have to drive around to find some. We quickly realized that we’re just wasting gas, which ends up being more than what we would have paid for [...]