Wondering where to sell your unwanted furniture? Here's some ideas for you... When I first bought a house, all of my furniture was either a donation from a relative of something bought second hand because it did the job for the right price rather than because it was something I particularly liked. Then I discovered Ikea and other places where I could buy cheap furniture so I started switching out my old hand-me-down pieces for that kind of style on a budget but I discovered shabby chic partway through that phase and started buying old pieces to upcycle. And now, well now I'm all about classic … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {26th March 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) It's Master Frugal's 16th Birthday next week and one of the things he's asked for is Fifa Points for his Xbox which I absolutely HATE paying for. It feels like the game itself is expensive enough and then you're encouraged to spend even more money on the in-game purchases which just feels wrong to me.Master Frugal doesn't have a problem with it … [Read more...]
Are Charity Shops too expensive?
What do you think - are charity shops too expensive these days?So, any regular readers here will know that I'm a huge fan of charity shops and love to grab a bargain but even I've noticed that a bargain these days is more expensive than a charity shop bargain used to be. 😟Obviously, the high street shops have been closed for a while now but lots of the big charities (and some of the smaller ones) have online charity shops which I shared a little while ago and at the time, someone sent me a message to say she used to love charity shop shopping but that she felt they were … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {19th March 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) Monday night's tea was one of those meals that's basically a throw it all in the dish, add some sauce and hope for the best kind of meal.Miss Frugal made her first solo Sunday dinner for me on Mother's Day as a treat and she over-estimated massively the number of potatoes we needed which meant that we had a bowl of boiled potatoes in the fridge … [Read more...]
How to stop spending….
Today I'm going to share some tips with you on how to stop spending!It's all well and good having a brilliantly calculated monthly budget and knowing that you should have x amount left over at the end of the month but there are often times when you run out of money well before payday. We've all been there (me more often than you'd think) so we know that it's easily done but what can we do to help stop it? Luckily there are plenty of ways to get your spending under control and stop spending... Have a budget and stick to it This one speaks for itself really, … [Read more...]
How to freshen a mattress…
Ever wondered how to freshen a mattress up? It's super easy and seeing as I've just done both of the kids' mattresses today, I thought I'd tell you what I do in case you want to freshen up your mattresses too. Trust me, you'll really notice a difference if you do!One of the best feelings in the world is that new bed feeling that you get when you get into bed after changing the bedding! Clean, fresh bedding is amazing and worth the faff of changing the bedding but imagine how much better it would be if you too a couple of minutes to freshen up your mattress at the same time as … [Read more...]
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