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Around the world you see a change in food consumption. In the Netherlands the people often don't have time anymore or don't want to go for groceries shopping after a day work. So there are many boxes with ingredients and recipe that can be cooked with the ingredients in that box.

As I have siblings who cook better than I, I don't have to worry about that but those who need this to eat healthy and fresh meals it's better and cheaper than ordering take-out.

So I am going to share the link HelloFresh that I received while buying Christmas presents, this link is only valid for the Netherlands. As it is December, sharing is caring!

Buying and usage of accumulated points

I am not exactly a cheapskate but I don't like to spend money on stuff that I don't use or things that I don't really like but I still buy my everyday necessities and with that it means I also have expenses. Luckily a lot of shops have customers loyalty cards and I make perfect use of this. 

So during the Christmas season I always find very nice stuff or limited edition. I found this Pyrex containers. The name Pyrex is associated with quality and the price was very right, two for €5,99. 

I decided to buy even though I don't have an immediately use for it. With my saved points I could get €10,- credit and with some other daily necessities I bought it by paying only an additional 5 cents. 

Even though I bought this without the immediately need, I still decided to buy it because:

1. I like the brand and the quality.

2. It can be used in the oven and the fridge

3. I can always give it away as a gift 

For a lot of people December is an expensive month and with these saving tips it helps our wallet. So don't ever forget to take your customer loyalty card to earn points or extra benefits. A lot of stores have in the last month of the year extra bonuses or promotion. But be a smart consumer and always compare prices!

Missing an item

Stuff breaks and sometimes it's not possible to repair it anymore. One of my favorite item is an felted clothes hanger which I have mentioned in my blog before. It has been a few months or even a half year that this item broke. Honestly, I miss it so bad because the normal one has only one bar to put clothing on and clothes falls down because it's slippery.

Today I wanted to buy a new one because in the winter I wear so much more layers which means I need more bars to hang my clothes. In the snow, I went to the Big Bazar where I thought they have the one I wanted  but it turned out to be a wasted trip.

The picture shows a plastic one with 5 bars in plastic only for €0,99 but how cheap it may be it won't be suit my taste in the long run and I would need to trow it away later on. Disappointed I left the store and did my other shoppings.

Back home and sitting behind the computer I am looking for retails shops which sells this but even online I couldn't find a place
where to buy it, I really want to cry.

VHS tapes

There was a place for VHS tapes in the everyday use cabinet which I really detest. I always open it with a lot of negative feeling and the sight of and the smell is so toxic. So in October I decided to watch the tapes one by one. In the end it didn't took me a week to discharge like 80 percent of the tapes.

By watching every bit of the VHS, I saw that the quality of the tapes were very bad even though I have put it in a very nice condition for it. In the past we taped and taped over it which makes it look like it's very old and the newer television have a much higher screen definition which makes watching terrible.

Like after my second tape I was already forwarding and rewinding to see what was really on the tape cause the stickers on it says nothing useful. The cabinets end results is this. Mind you that the VHS tape covered even the right part of the pictures and that it was really stuffed.

The only downside is that the empty space is currently used for my mothers administrative papers which is a lot but better than always having to see it outside the cabinet. Due to privacy concerns I couldn't put a picture of it online.

Tackle those things that makes you feel terrible cause this made sure that I freed some space to put papers for my mom which wouldn't always be in my sight. It's like hitting two birds with one stone!