Budget Hygge
Becky Bond • 23 November 2016
Want to feel hygge but haven't got the cash? Follow my budget hygge plan to feel more Scandi than a lumberjack in a snowdrift.
First, you need to get cold.
Proper Hygge (PH): Flight to Iceland: £319
Budget Hygge (BH): Opening freezer door: FREE
Then, get warm.
PH: Woodburner, fitted & working + cashmere socks: £3k
BH: Turning radiator up a bit + old socks: 53p
Create ambient lighting.
PH: Loads of posh candles from Jo Malone: £600
BH: Taking a bulb out of your big light fitting: FREE
Get drunk.
PH: Craft ale/glühwein/boozy hot chocolate: 6 mugs @£7 per mug: £42
BH: Bottle of House Red & cooking chocolate: £4.99, all in.
Eat ham.
PH: Air dried hock on a plinth: £80
BH: Sliced & ready to go: £3
Intercourse.
PH: Foreplay with a lumberjack: PRICELESS
BH: Cut out & keep beardy weirdy: FREE
PH TOTAL: £4041.00
BH TOTAL: £8.52
SAVING: £4032.48
You're welcome.
