Blue shirt really brings out your eye colour. You should wear colour more often! It really suits your dark hair too 👌🏻

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

aw thank you so much!! 🥹🤍

My favourite low-spend activity is spending a morning in a coffee shop - whether that's exploring a new one or going to our regular spot in the neighbourhood. The price of a coffee/drink not made at home (which we already appreciate on its own and value spending on anyway) is well worth gaining adventures to new places in our city, fresh air and a fun venue for meaningful conversation, journaling, reading, people watching, etc. 😌☕

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

I love this! trying new cafes + people watching is my fave 🤭

And yes, an out of the bag grocery haul. All my fav things in this video 😊

Everytime that i aim for a no/low spend week/month, the universe laughs in my face and throws me the biggest curveball BUT i guess that is why Emergency Funds are important. Also i have never been one to get a takeaway when i don't want to cook/will be home later than normal (I am soo boring in that way), probably because i THINK that i can whip up something faster than i could buy takeaway 😂.. i normally opt for making a fried egg and ham on toast OR toast and soup OR ramen with frozen vegetables.

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

haha that's always the way 😅 soup is such a great easy dinner!

Also, yes please more no spend challenges ❤

To avoid coffee temptation, I've started making one at home and taking it with me. I also implemented a rule that if I don't have a reusable cup, I'm not allowed to grab a coffee. And honestly, sometimes I have iced water in my cup, because I just need an emotional support coffee cup 😅

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

I love this!

My husband and I have just purchased the budget spreadsheet. We sat down and filled it out. It was pretty scary but after we finished even though we have to watch our spending it was a great weight lifted off our shoulders. Looking forward to seeing how our month goes. Thank you love watching your videos xox

Great vlog! I love the concept of a no spend week. I can easily see how this could be very beneficial to resetting and taking in what is important

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

thanks lovely! it is the perfect way to reflect ☺️

Always love an Ella vlog! ❤

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

🥰❤️

Love this when we have a no spend week well often do a cupboard cook so we use up things that get eaten less often or tins that tend to get over stocked when there’s offers ect. So we will top up on staples milk and bread but make do with the cupboard and freezer so we can get our spend down to around £20 for the week or less doing that

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

that is such a great idea!! I might try this next time x

Mabel in the backseat loving on your parents warmed my heart 🥹 She is such a cutie! Loved this vlog concept so much 💛

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

she's obsessed with them 🥹

Love No Spend challenges! Would love more of this content! x

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

can do!! thanks love x

I don't view that takeaway as a fail. Between airport pickups and parent catch ups I totally get you would want something easy. Not like you are picking them up often. Out of the ordinary situation. Mabel loves your parents 😍

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

haha this is the justification I needed 😂 thank you xx

Also, how amazing is Easter…. You can spend $30 and make sooo many people happy 😆 It is definitely my favourite holiday. It can’t be beat. Family + food + chocolate = 😍👌

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

haha the ultimate trio 😍

I’m excited for this ☺️☺️

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

hope you enjoy!! 🥰

Love this! Will watch when I’m home alone haha nothing better 🤌🏻

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

hehe enjoy!

I love taking my dogs to the park and watching them case the ball around. Seeing them run around makes me happy

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

me too 🥹🥰

High quality content. thanks Ella. very relatable. I think it is so easy to become dependent on spending money for life satisfaction. I myself try and have no spend days to just be content in what I have on hand.

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

thank you for watching! definitely recommend giving it a go 👏🏼

Hi Ella happy Easter Monday night and I hope you having amazing day today and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

happy Easter! hope you had a lovely weekend 🐣

Loving the content! 👌🏼

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

thanks lovely x

Hey! I thought i might share but the Aldi in my area, Western suburbs of Sydney, restocks their stores on wednesday - so if i shop on a monday its almost always empty, but go in on wednesday or a Thursday and i can pretty much find everything i need there, minus 1 or 2 woolies specific items. Not sure if its the same for you in adelaide, but worth checking! Shipping Aldi only ALWAYS significantly reduces my grocery spending. Also. One of the ways me and my partner reduce our takeaway spending is by setting a rule thst if we want takeaway, we have to order it through uber etc, and the added expenses of ordering through those apps + delivery times always turns us off and we end up making food in the same rime wed wait for something to arrive!

That crisps sandwich!! haha too real

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

so simple but so great

The dogs are so cute 🥰. Hi from Toronto

It sounds like your Aldi is getting shipments in on Tuesday morning or Monday night. That would explain why everything is always so low on Monday after everyone shops on the weekends. It could also be a stocking issue if you try asking they may have it in the back.

Great vid i enjoy going to the library as a free activity can be tempting with cafe's there though. Maybe a coffee furnice to take out on walks sometimes might be handy too & snack bars in car ☺️

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

the library is a great no spend option! thank you!

And I like the in store shopping vlog

Our fave no spend activity is beach walks with home made coffee in a keepcup, so we still get that “walking around with a cheeky coffee” feeling 😂. Also you look so lovely in blue ❤

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

haha I love that! & thanks lovely 🥰

No spend challenge is much easier when you don't live so close to shops. I live 30km out of town and have no shops between here and there, so my go to for busy or late days is having frozen meals, as well as frozen pizza, and other frozen items you can just throw in the oven or air fryer and you have fake away☺️

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

haha I need to move to the country 😅

Loved this. Definitely want to try this challenge myself 😊 I’ve definitely been bad at buying coffees out 😅 thanks to a good little cafe right next door to work 😂

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

thanks lovely! a cafe right next to work is so dangerous 😂

I love this video. I think I need to try and have a no spend week aswell xx

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

good luck! let me know how you go xx

What a beautiful temperature with the sun ☀️ here in quebec canada , it is gray and raining! 😂

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

ahh sending you all the sunshine your way ☀️

You should change your settings for your everyday rewards to save up for Christmas. I always end up with $200 or so to spend at Christmas time. Buy a couple of gifts which is pretty much free because girl math

I love all you videos even downloaded the Coplenty spreadsheet and currently loving it. Im a cash stuffer so Im trying to work it into the spreadsheet and see how it works. Also silly question but does your Mac keyboard light up at all? lol mine does not, well that I'm trying to work out.

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

i'm so glad you're loving it!! i've actually never noticed but I checked and it doesn't light up either!

Not sure if this is the video's intention, but this is really selling Adelaide for me - it looks so pretty there!

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

haha pls come! it's beautiful!

This is what I always say about buying coffee, it’s not about the taste or caffeine hit - it’s the ritual of it!! It’s honestly an act of self-care because I get a dopamine hit when I do it lmao. It’s the little things 😌☕️

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

YES 👏🏼 an act of self care for sure

Notification squad, where u at? Here from KZread notifications! Already liked the vid EVEN b4 watching as I know I will ❤️ it!

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

you're the real MVP 🫶🏼

Love the blue shirt! Definite ‘boss’ energy! Where is it from?

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

thanks lovely! it's from Showpo x

i live in Boston, and you can also do high tea at the boston public library! hope you get the beacon hill books res though :)

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

ooh thank you!

❤❤❤

Yay Boston! Thats where I live 30 mins west.

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

i'm so excited!! 🥰

Haven’t had a chip sandwich in years! But I skip the cheese and just have the chips - salt and vinegar is the best.

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

yes!! so yum 😍

I was watching thinking you must have a British parent hearing the way you pronounce “yoghurt” and “pasta” and then your Mum comes on camera 😀

@smileycitrus

3 ай бұрын

haha yes! I moved to Australia when I was 10

Chip sandwiches are the 🐐

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

so simple but so good

@EmsFitVenture

4 ай бұрын

With pickles!

New subscriber here! Are you originally from somewhere else? Ive noticed differences in the way you say certain words like yoghurt and pasta and wasn’t sure if maybe you moved to Aus in the past? 😊😊

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

Hi!! welcome 🥰 yes! i'm originally from the UK but moved to Aus with my family when I was 10

Your dog was off leash at the beach!!!😮that’s $312 on a no spend day 🤣

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

hahahaha we made sure we weren't committing any crimes this time 😂

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Every time I try to do a no spend challenge I fail immediately 🥲

@smileycitrus

4 ай бұрын

hahaha big mood honestly