Meal plan. Meal plan. Meal plan. I choose $10 dinner type recipes and try to choose a few per week that I can put leftovers in the freezer from. That means there's always something in the freezer and I very rarely buy takeaway. If there's a Staying Down price option, I try to take that one (milk, soft cheese, washing powder, dried pasta, tinned tomatoes)

Like you, I'm aiming to drastically reduce dryer usage by using a clothes horse instead (it rains a lot here so clothes line outside is very hit and miss).

I'm cutting down on my clothes expenditure and going to a capsule wardrobe. It means I buy fewer things but I wear them a lot and I can mix and match. I still feel like I'm dressed nicely and it reduces the temptation to buy lots of cheap things that don't go with anything else in my wardrobe.

If it's 5km to the train station, I wonder if taking up cycling is an option and either taking it on the train with you or locking up at station?