Overview
- After becoming a single mother in 2023, Charlene Woracker cut a roughly £200 weekly food bill to £70 by planning meals, comparing supermarket prices and cooking from scratch.
- She spends about £300 every six months to stockpile long‑life staples such as oil, salt and pasta to keep weekly shops cheaper.
- Her TikTok account @mummybudgets has grown to more than 38,000 followers and now provides her full‑time income after several viral budgeting videos.
- Home workouts using YouTube and a £10 charity‑shop exercise bike, alongside scratch cooking, contributed to a reported four‑stone weight loss.
- She trims wider costs by buying many clothes second‑hand, planning free family outings, citing monthly bills of about £150 for electricity, £10 for a phone SIM and £40 for petrol, and giving younger children Monzo cards to learn money management.