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...]

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) Did you know that ‘Too good to go’ don't only do food bags, they also do plant bags! Our local garden centre do plant bags twice a week where you can choose between outdoor plants and indoor plants so this week I treated myself to an outdoor plant bag.I picked up my bag yesterday and found two plants in there, both … [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) Look what's back!It's the return of my bargain flowers...This is three bunches of flowers all reduced from £3 to 20p so I couldn't resist them. 2) And continuing with our latest tradition of finding places to play with the kids that aren't going to break the bank, we visited the new playpark at Danby Forest last … [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) Another week, another cheap day out with the kids - I feel like this could be my new regular opening to these posts instead of the reduced fresh flowers that I used to love sharing. This week, we went to Brimham Rocks for a picnic and a play in the best natural playground I know. All my photos have photos of my partner's kids … [Read more...]