1) We're away on holiday to Milan next week (biggest bargain break ever) and I've been saving for our holiday spends.  This week I've cashed in my loose change vases that I keep on the kitchen window sill (£18), my holiday savings jar where I save notes and try really really hard not to raid it on a regular basis (£125) and emptied my holiday savings bank account for the rest of my spending money.  I've said lots of times that I want to travel as much as possible this year and the trips we've booked have been great value but its the spends that can break the budget so I'm trying really hard to … [Read more...]

1) Last weekend we had a family day out at Flamingo Land!Anyone who's been to Flamingo Land will probably know that it's far from a frugal day out with the entrance fee being £38.50 per person but we found some buy one get one free vouchers on HotDealsUK so we got in for half price.  Still not a great price for just one day but it was one of those perfect days with friends where you don't want the day to end so I think it was worth it in the end.I'll write up our thoughts about the day over the weekend if you're interested.2)Not only have I managed a week's worth of Slimming … [Read more...]

1) Oh my goodness - I grew something that we could eat!  OK, they're only spring onions but it's a start.2) Mr Frugal and I visited the gardens at Wynyard Hall last weekend and didn't buy a slice of cake.Not particularly frugal on the face of it but the promise of cake was the main reason that I was able to persuade Mr Frugal to come along.After our walk around the  gardens we headed to the cafe only to find the cake was super expensive and not only that, the slices looked teeny.  We drooled over the delicious looking cakes and bakes for a few minutes and then managed to walk … [Read more...]

1) I had to cut the crusts off some bread on Sunday morning to make our favourite family treat breakfast - Nutella French Toast Roll Ups.  Rather than waste the crusts, I've popped them in the freezer as I'll be making some homemade fishcakes next week (if I stick to the meal plan I have in mind) and the crusts will make great breadcrumbs to coat them in.2) I invested in some new microfiber cloths from B and Q which were a bargainous 3 for £1 (as they are in the pound shops I think).  Microfiber cloths are honestly amazing and they're an essential part of my cleaning kit!  They're so … [Read more...]

1) After the success I had with dying my eyelashes at home I thought I'd try waxing my eyebrows myself with a kit from Boots that cost me £2.69 .  They're weren't as sticky as I expected and it took me the whole pack to get my eyebrows looking like I wanted them to as I had to keep re-doing bits but I did manage to get them done using the pack and it was a lot easier than I expected so I would get them again in future.You can find them in the section with the make up brushes and fake nails if you want to have a try yourself.  They're far from HD quality but to be fair they cost so much … [Read more...]

1) I've become a little bit washi tape obsessed this last month or so and I've shared a few washi tape creations (including our washi tape manicure and a DIY savings jar with washi tape embellishments) but this week I did something super simple.  I simply wrapped some washi tape around the metal container of some tealights I had to add some extra sparkle to them and they look brilliant.I used some of the maxi tealights that we got from Morrisons last year after we had a couple of powercuts in the space of a week so I had to go round the tealight twice with the washi tape but if you're … [Read more...]