Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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)  Our tree is up.I've read that it takes around 20 years for a fake Christmas tree to become more sustainable than buying a real one each year and although this one isn't 20 years old, it's about half way there and I love it so much that I can't imagine it not lasting another 10.We did consider a real tree this year but … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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 sold one of my favourite handbags.I bought it during lockdown as a treat using some of the overtime pay I got from work. It wasn't an easy time for lots of reasons aside from the obvious so I bought this as a real treat for myself and have loved it since.But I've come to realise that it's not practical and I've barely used it … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) OK, so this isn't the nicest photo but what you can see here is a too good to go veggie carvery trimmings box from Too Good to Go.It cost £3,39 and you'd have seen much better what was in the box if I'd been a bit cleverer and would have scraped off the big splodge of stuffing that was dolloped on the top and squished massively … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) Last Sunday, we had a date day (or most of the day as my partner was on nights) and over breakfast we sat and talked about what we were going to do. Choices were (a) Farmers Market and a wander around a nearby town, (b) IKEA as I want some black frames for our holiday photos, (c) Car Boot sale or (d) watching the Stock Car Racing at … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) Is there a better way to start these weekly posts than with some reduced bargain flowers?This photo doesn't do these little beauties justice but they are the most beautiful, giant roses. I stripped about 10 ugly petals from the whole bunch once I took them out of the paper and they just look amazing sat on my dining room … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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! 👐Last week we had the most amazing week away in Italy staying on Lake Garda and I get that this might seem like an odd subject for a ‘five frugal things’ post but it was done completely on a budget so I thought I’d share a few of the things we did to save some money - both before we went and while we were there.1) First up, booking the … [Read more...]