Like most thirteen year olds, Miss Frugal is a huge fan of Youtube.So obviously, when one of her favourite Youtubers suggested that everyone write to beauty companies to try and get free samples of make up, she was all over it and had a list as long as her arm of companies who she wanted to email.I agreed to help her but only if she narrowed the list down to ten (which took a lot of deliberating) and was OK with me sending the emails rather than the coming from her.She readily agreed so we set about emailing her 10 chosen companies with a very polite (and honest) email explaining … [Read more...]
Five alternatives to chips to serve with your tea tonight….
What do you serve as a accompaniment to your main meal on a night? When I was younger we used to have chips or potatoes with just about every meal but the meals that I serve to my children are completely different - for a number of reasons but mainly because they just aren't huge potato fans. We've found lots of other alternatives that we can serve with a meal and I thought you might like to see some today.... Sweet potato friesSweet potato fries are delicious and super easy to make and homemade sweet potato fries taste about a hundred times better than the ready made versions that … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {26th February 2016}….
How on earth is it nearly March?1) I bought a of pack of ready peeled and chopped swede reduced to 37p from the shop the other day and made a gorgeous curried swede soup which was delicious. It was just what I needed for lunch when it was -1 c outside!2) I went to Ikea at the weekend for a look around to get some inspiration and ideas for our house this year and although I came away brimming with ideas, I actually only spent £2 and that was on a gorgeous little plant pot type thing that I'm using as a pen holder at the moment. I even used my Ikea family card to get a free cuppa … [Read more...]
What lessons are we teaching our children about money….
What did your parents teach you about money?Two things I remember being told are that money doesn't grow on trees and also being told that you don't get paid for what you do, it's what you know how to do - neither of them seem like huge life lessons, do they?But they really are.... Money doesn't grow on trees Money doesn't grow on trees comes from the fact that it's easy to think that money is endless - especially to a child who sees you walk up to a cash machine and walk away with cash or watches you hand over your card to pay for things as it just looks so easy to them.It's … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {19th February 2016}….
It's never easy to be frugal over the school holidays but I don't think we've done too bad a job....1) Miss Frugal has become a bit of an expert in pizza making lately and proudly managed to make us all one for tea this week with no help at all. It's quite easy to make and is super tasty as well as being a pretty cheap family meal.She uses a super simple recipe which is:125g bread flour, 7g yeast packet 75ml warm waterAll mixed together and kneaded for five minutes before rolling out to a thin base)Served with some sweet potato fries and a salad (I say salad - it was … [Read more...]
15 amazing ideas for using up leftover conditioner….
Have you ever been seduced into buying the conditioner that supposedly compliments your shampoo and then only used it once or twice?I haven't for a long time as I know that conditioner makes my hair too soft to do anything with but Miss Frugal is a whole different story. She came home from a recent shopping trip with two bottle of fruity shampoo and two matching bottles of conditioner because 'they smell gorgeous and they were 4 for £3.00'.The problem is that she has really sensitive skin so the shampoos made her itch and the conditioners made her hair look greasy so all four bottles … [Read more...]
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