Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life but being so close to Christmas, I thought I'd switch it up a bit and share some of the things I've done to save money this Christmas. Hey! 👐Happy Christmas Eve! 🎄I do a similar post to this every year and even though I haven't read back over the last few years, I can pretty much guarantee that they'll be very similar every year - either I have … [Read more...]
How to furnish your rental property on a budget….
If you're in the market to buy secondhand furniture then this is the post for you! Here's seven of the best places to check out!I feel like I've come a full circle when it comes to furniture in that when I bought my first house, it was genuinely a spur-of-the-moment decision as there was an opportunity that I couldn't miss. That meant that I didn't have much money so it was furnished with hand-me-downs and secondhand furniture which didn't always match my personal style or preference but it was OK because I was so happy to be a homeowner at 20.Then I moved house and wanted to buy … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {17th December 2021}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Hey! 👐1) I went out last Saturday night for a few pre-Christmas drinks with one of my friends and both my dress and boots were bought secondhand and cost less than £10 for them both combined. My Boots were from Vinted and were selling for £5 but I made an offer of £4 which was accepted - postage will have been a couple of pounds on top but I can only see how … [Read more...]
Ten homemade Christmas hamper present ideas….
Today I'm sharing ten Christmas hamper present ideas with you so if you have any presents left to buy make sure you read on!This is an old post that I'm resharing as someone messaged me this week to ask for some Christmas hamper present ideas and as I started to reply with some ideas, I remembered about this post!For the last few years, I've made a bit of a beauty/pamper hamper for Miss Frugal instead of a Christmas Eve box and this year's hamper is the best one yet. I can't show you exactly what's in it but if I remember, I'll try and take a photo once she's opened it but … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {10th December 2021}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Hey! 👐1) Have you ever read my post about how to be financially resilient? Probably not I know but basically, I shared some of the things I do to try and plan for emergencies and one of the things is the boiler cover I pay for through British Gas. I've written about this in more detail yesterday but basically, my boiler broke down last Friday night and … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {3rd December 2021}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Hey! 👐1) I've made a batch of candy cane spoons using some crushed candy canes ready for the kids Christmas Eve boxes this year. I have some cellophane bags that I'll pop them in ready to pop in the boxes with the usual snowman soup and reindeer dust because you're never too old for Christmas traditions like that.This batch didn't turn out as … [Read more...]
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