I remember the week before Miss Frugal started school well.I remember it because I spent most of the week (or what seems like most if it) sewing little name tags into all of her clothes.By the time Master Frugal school a couple of years later, I'd discovered iron in labels so I only spent an afternoon getting their uniforms labelled up and ready for the start of school.By the time they were both in junior school I had labeling clothes down to a fine art and several years later Ican now label every item of clothing in less than 10 minutes!Want to know my secret?It's this … [Read more...]
10 ways to be the most organised parent at school….
Here we are, just two weeks left until school starts again! I have no idea where the time is going but the last four weeks have just flown by.There have been times (more than I care to admit) in the past where weekday mornings getting ready for school have consisted of tears, a little bit of shouting and the odd phone call from the school to say the kids have forgotten their packed lunches!Lots of things make for a stressful morning, some of which can't really be planned for - like the child who wakes up in a foul mood for no reason at all, the sudden poorly tummy that has more to do … [Read more...]
#ThriftyThursday – My favourite meal planning templates from around the internet….
It's no secret that I'm a fan of meal planning - I even have a blog dedicated to all things meal planning related!I used to write my meal plans down in a notebook but I found it's actually easier to stick to if I have the week's meal plan on display where everyone can see it so today, I thought I'd share with you my favourite ways to display our weekly meal plan.I have a menu planner that I have up on my wall in the kitchen that we made a few years ago but it's looking a bit past it's best now so I may remake it using a different background paper - any wrapping paper is great for this … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – Make money from old clothes….
Until last week, I didn't have proper wardrobes in our bedroom *hangs head in shame*.We always meant to buy some but we kept putting off buying them as we've been planning to get some fitted wardrobes installed since we moved in. It's never really been a top priority though and we've always had something else to spend our money on so the temporary wood and canvas wardrobes we bought when we moved in became less temporary and ended up staying for almost five years.Then my Dad bought some new wardrobes and arranged for his old ones (less than a year old) to be collected and delivered to … [Read more...]
#SaveMoneyMonday – Don’t miss out on rewards….
Mondays used to be #MoneyMakeover day on here but I think I've covered most things that you need to do to give your finances a decent overhaul and to be honest, I wanted to do something that would give me a chance to share some small tips with you so here we are - #SaveMoneyMonday.Each week #SaveMoneyMonday is going to feature one small way to save money in some form or another whether it's a freebie, a money saving top tip or a way to make some money and I'm starting this week with a reminder to you to always make the most of the rewards that some companies want to give you for being a … [Read more...]
Lost: My motivation. Please return if found….
This isn't going to be a whingey whiney post (at least I'm not planning it to be) but I'm struggling a little bit lately to keep on top of everything and I thought it might help to get it down here and come up with some sort of plan to get myself a little more organised which, in turn, will hopefully make me feel happier with myself.These little beauties are the first part of my plan:It's a box set of four little notebooks that I bought from Tesco a few weeks ago because they were just too pretty to leave on the shelf and until today, they've just been sitting on my kitchen shelf … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- …
- 70
- Next Page »
