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...]

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 not only get to start today's post with a lovely bunch of cheap flowers, but they're also my favourite kind of cheap flowers - tulips!And the reason they were only 59p? Because this little guy was looking a bit worse for wear. 😂He was past saving I'm afraid but the rest of the bunch were perfect! 2) Remember my … [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) I was off work last week and I spent some time going through my monthly subscriptions to see what I could do without and I managed to get rid of a few blog-related ones which I'd previously decided I couldn't live without for one reason or another. I got rid of the company who hosted my ebook for people to download. I just changed the format of it … [Read more...]