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 arranged to meet a friend for a catch up last week and because she was coming to me, she said to me to choose the place we met. I had a couple of choices for places to meet in our village but went for the cheeky pub on the high street which actually does unlimited refills on hot chocolate, tea and coffee for the grand old price of … [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) Last Saturday's planned tea was BBQ pulled pork with jacket potatoes.A few years ago, I would have 100% cooked this meal from scratch but over the last few years I've got more and more relaxed with my meal planning and the last couple of times we've had pulled pork, I've actually bought it ready made from the shop. I know, … [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) Remember, my intentional frugal reset a couple of weeks ago? In case you missed it, I realised that I'd started to relax a little more around some of the things that I used to be really strict around - the things that used to save me money on a regular basis so I decided to really focus my mind again on the basics of being … [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) Anyone who's been here for a little while will know that I love starting these weekly posts with some bargain flowers and this week is one of my favourite flowers so I'm super happy today! I love to have fresh flowers in the house and buying them for myself makes me feel a little bit empowered if I'm honest. I feel like I … [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) I considered buying a new phone this week.I have an iPhone 13 Pro at the moment which I have paid off so only pay £10 a month for the Sim card which gives me way more data and minutes than I would ever need but I was tempted by an ad on Facebook for the latest model at a 'great' price.I was tempted enough to click and have a … [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! It's been an AMAZING week this week for moneysaving! 1) The fixed rate on my mortgage ended a little while ago and I know this is a bad thing, a really bad thing but I let it move over to the standard variable rate.  I would never ever advise anyone to do this but I had my reasons -  I wasn't sure if we would be selling … [Read more...]