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...]

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) This week we made good use of our pine cones by making them into Bird feeders... I bought some cheap lard and literally just spooned it onto the pine cones before giving them a roll in the wild bird seed that we bought a while ago.They're currently making us a very popular garden in the neigbhourhood. 2) I bought some … [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've been desperate for a hydrangea plant for years but I never got one as I'd read somewhere that they attract bees  which under a normal circumstances wouldn't be an issue but master frugal has always been scared of bees after a reaction when he was stung as a young child.  For that reason I pretty much avoided … [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, we're going old school today and starting this post with some bargain flowers. These little beauties cost me £1.50  from the flower shop on our village High Street last weekend and have been sitting on my kitchen windowsill ever since.I love that I got a bargain well supporting a small High Street business at the … [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) Our fixed price energy tariff has come to an end this month so we've had a good look around the managed to get a really good deal with a fixed rate that will last for 12 months.The new tariff is just over 15 pound a month cheaper than our current one  which is a bonus.  there was actually a cheaper one which we considered … [Read more...]