1) We've finally got around to selling our old car which we were planning to sell for spares and repair or scrap as it's got issues and is now out of it's MOT.  I got a quote for £50 from one of those we buy any car businesses and they are the hassle-free version so I was super tempted just to go with them and save time and hassle.  I decided to spend half an hour shopping around though and managed to find someone who offered £150 and collected within the hour which was fantastic.We only paid about £600 for the car about three years ago as it is just to get Mr Frugal to work and back (just … [Read more...]

1) I love starting these posts with some lovely bargain flowers whenever I can because I just love having fresh flowers in my house.  I tend to pop to the shop for them specifically on a night specifically through the week and I try not to pay for than a pound or two for the flowers that I buy.  I seem to have mastered the timing for our local supermarket to get there just after they do the last reductions which is around 7.30 in the evening for my shop.This is actually 3 bunches of daffodils that were reduced to 25p a bunch.I used to think of fresh flowers as a waste of money but … [Read more...]

1) What do you do with your spare change?Mr Frugal empties out his wallet every night when he gets home from work and transfers his change (20p and below) into this vase on the kitchen windowsill.  It's never going to make us rich but all those small coins add up to a reasonable amount over time.  We usually change it in a Coinstar machine (I know 8p per pound charge but so much easier than counting it, bagging it and taking it into town) and use the amount towards our shopping.  When we get home, if we remember, we'll then transfer that amount to our little savings … [Read more...]

This week is an odd one because I'm sharing a few things that I've actually spent some money on - all for a good reason but still spending money rather than saving it....1) We have the fastest broadband package available to us in our area and for a family with two teenagers, a sometimes gamer (Mr Frugal, not me) and a blogger it's completely necessary!  We have had a few issues lately though with poor Master Frugal and his xbox which always lagged (I'm told that's the down with the kids way of saying that it goes slow) when we were all online at once.  We did some research and found a … [Read more...]

1) I ran out of allergy tablets last week but instead of popping to the shop to buy my replacement tablets, I headed to Amazon instead to see if they were any cheaper on there. I already switched from buying some things from my chemist to buying them off Amazon (here's one thing I find cheaper and easier to buy online) so I was hoping I could buy these too.   From what I can see, allergy tablets either have Loratadine or Cetirizine as the ingredient that controls the allergy so I just made sure that the tablets I bought had the same ingredient as the ones I already take before I bought … [Read more...]

1) We bought Master Frugal a mountain bike for Christmas which he's over the moon with!  This week, we sold his old bike on one of our local Facebook selling sites and because it was in great condition, the money we got for it will just about pay for a weekly food shop.2) The only company who supply the superfast broadband in our street at the moment is Virgin so we're pretty much tied to them as we do use the internet a lot in our house.  We did get a better deal when we rang them the last time our contract ended but we called them yesterday on the off-chance that they could do anything … [Read more...]