I know I've called this post 'getting prepared for Winter' but what I actually mean is getting ready for the colder weather!As the temperatures start to drop throughout October, more and more people will be starting to turn their heating on, and that's OK. In fact, I'll more than likely be joining you. ;-)I'm not going to tell you that to be frugal you need to sit at home in the cold and layer up so much that you look like the Michelin Man just to avoid putting your heating on because that's not what being thrifty means to me (it might be to you though and that's OK too).I am … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan {5 October 2015}….
Check me out!Two week's running that I've posted an actual meal plan that looks all pretty and isn't scrawled on the back of an envelope or a (usually important not to be scribbled on) letter from school!As always, I'm not going to go through our meals day by day but I will tell you why we'll we be eating a few of the things that we'll be eating:The chilli has been in the freezer for a while now as I made double last time we ate it! I'll get it out on Sunday night and either serve it with rice or wraps (yummy but messy).Fish pie is something that I used to cook quite … [Read more...]
Car Boot Sale Bargains….
Yesterday we had a lovely lie in (9am is totally a lie in isn't it?) followed by a family breakfast of bacon sandwiches and brown sauce (which is the only sauce that should be eaten with a bacon bun) and then we sat down to have our usual Sunday morning 'what shall we do today' chat.This discussion usually consists of us all sharing an idea on what we want to do and the idea that gets the least argument wins it!After turning down a walk in the woods, a visit to a castle and a pyjama day (my choice as I've not been feeling great recently) we decided to go to the car boot sale. The only … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {2nd October 2015}….
1. I've up-cycled a cake board into a memo board this week which saved me throwing away the cake board! You can have a read about how I did it here if you fancy having a go yourself.2. We're now into our second week of feeling under the weather but I'm pleased to say that we have (almost) stuck to our meal plan which is no mean feat when you have as little energy as I've had this week! There was one night when I replaced what we had planned for dippy egg and soldiers because I just couldn't face cooking (or actually leaving the sofa for more than two minutes to be honest) but for the … [Read more...]
How to make a memo board from an old cake board….
Miss Frugal turned 13 recently and a very lovely person made her the most amazing Birthday cake.....It was perfect and believe me, it tasted every bit as good as it looks and every single bit of it was edible apart from the cake board that it was sat on, which brings me to the subject of this post!I really didn't want to throw the cake board in the bin as that seemed like an awful waste, especially considering the £3.68 price sticker that was stuck to the underside of the board! I'm not a cake baker myself so I knew it had no chance of ever being used again as a cake … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan {28 September 2015}
It's been a while since I posted our weekly meal plan but now that the kids have gone back to school and life has (kind of) settled down again after the Summer Holiday chaos, I thought I'd try and share our meal plan on here every now and again.I'm not going to go through our meals day by day but I did want to tell you about a few of the bargains that we'll be eating:The gammon that we had tonight was from a small joint that I bought in Asda for £2.97. I cooked it slowly in the slow cooker while I was at work today and it was ready to eat at tea time along with some new potatoes … [Read more...]
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