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) And here's the way we like to start a Friday post...I'm usually not a fan of roses at all so even when I see them reduced, I'll generally just leave them there but last Saturday I found two bunches reduced to £1.05 a bunch so I decided to buy them to redo some photos on an old post - how to dry rose petals. They lasted literally 3 days which … [Read more...]

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) Ah, back to my favourite way to start one of these weekly posts!These little beauties were reduced to 49p a bunch so I bought two and look how beautiful they look after a drink of water and the sunshine through my kitchen window!   Fresh flowers, especially reduced fresh flowers really brighten up a room and are guaranteed to boost … [Read more...]

Usually on a Friday, 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 but this week, I thought I'd share some of the frugal things I've done during my kitchen makeover.It does mean it's a bit 'spendy' but I think I've got a brand new looking kitchen for a fraction of the price so hopefully you're good with that.   Hey! 👐1) I went into a lot of detail about the actual spray painting part of the kitchen makeover on Monday so I won't go into too much detail but it's definitely worth a read - … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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 I ever shown you my breadcrumb bag? (Any yes, I realise that the fact I have a bag in the freezer that I call my breadcrumb bag makes me super sad).I have a cute little hand blender so if I ever have any leftover bread from a loaf then I pop it in the blender and make breadcrumbs to use for things like chicken kievs and … [Read more...]