Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. I've filled one of the drawers in my garage freezer with reduced breadbuns that I bought for 1p a pack in Tesco. They're the small pre-sliced Warburtons buns and the pre-sliced hot dog buns and they're brilliant to have in for packed lunches! I just get one out on a night make the sandwich while the bun is frozen and then pop it in a sandwich bag in the fridge overnight and it's perfect when he goes to have it the next day!2. On the subject of reductions, we had a whole meal for three of us for just 65p from the reduction bay this … [Read more...]
Can you freeze cupcakes and muffins?
A few years ago I would have laughed at you if you'd told me that not only would I have a big bag filled with homemade muffins in my freezer but that I would also be baking specifically to keep that bag topped up but these days it just normal to me.I often bake muffins on a Sunday and freeze most of them before we're tempted to eat them all (we would given half the chance) and then every night when I'm making lunches for the following day, I just get one out and pop it in the packed lunch box where it will defrost overnight ready to be eaten at lunch the next day.There's lots of … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {5th September 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. I know I've already mentioned this in my post about our visit to Mount Grace Priory last week but we've got ourselves an annual family membership to English Heritage which means we can get into over 400 sites across the UK without having to pay anything other than our monthly Direct Debit which will be less than £8. We've already had two great days out which would have cost around £50 if we had paid entry so in one week we've already got some great use out of it!2. Remember the fruit and veg that we bought when we got lost last … [Read more...]
Do you know what the safe storage times for food in your fridge & freezer are?
Your fridge and freezer are your greatest weapons in the battle to save money by meal planning (see how I've tried to make the subject a little more exciting there?) and if you know how long you can keep food in there safely then you're half way to winning!I made you a handy little guide to show how long food will keep (based on info on the .gov.uk site) although I understand that the freezer timescales are more based on quality rather than safety as the quality of frozen food will start to diminish after a while.Are you still awake?I know this wasn't the most exciting post … [Read more...]
Never lose a document again with my super easy filing system….
We've all been there at least once - a lost passport a few days before you're due to travel, a lost bank statement when you need to prove you bought something or even a misplaced driving license just when you need it.For me, it was a lost passport just weeks before we were due to travel on holiday and despite turning the house upside down and back to front we couldn't find it anywhere which led to a stressful last minute (and very costly) visit to our local passport office for a replacement.The stress that lost passport caused was unbelievable so as soon as I got back from our holiday, … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {28th August 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. After our visit to a Lavender farm this week I've used the lavender I came away with to make lavender sugar. I'll write a post up about how I did it but it's super simple really and once the lavender has infused itself into the sugar I'm going to bake with it - Lavender Shortbread is the first thing on my list!2. We were away last weekend and we had some gorgeous weather which was a surprise as we were expecting a pretty poor weekend weather wise. The sun was shining though and as I'd been expecting poor weather, I'd left the sun tan … [Read more...]
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