The New Year is as good a time as any to make a conscious decision to look at your financial situation and take stops to improve it and I know that lots of you will be thinking about this over the coming days and weeks as I will be.So to help you out and also to remind myself of all the things I should be doing to make sure my own finances are in the best position that they can be in, I'm going to be doing a post every Monday with ways to save money on different things in your life. I'll leave you each week with a little task or a change to make and although you don't have to do … [Read more...]
20 Christmas moneysaving ideas that you probably know you should be doing but don’t….
My favourite kind of money saving is the kind that doesn't take much effort or involve big changes - just a bit of common sense and sometimes a reminder of things that I know I really should be doing anyway but for one reason or another I'm not.Just in case you're the same as me, I thought I'd share my top twenty Christmas money saving ideas....If you're not going to be visiting someone until after Christmas, buy their presents in the Boxing Day sale - you can save a fortune. Check your store loyalty cards and use whatever points you have to buy presents / Christmas food. Tesco are … [Read more...]
10 different uses for Vinegar….
I'm pretty sure that a lot of you will already know that vinegar isn't just for sprinkling on your chips, but did you know just how much you can do with it?Vinegar has been used for thousands of years and has so many different uses around the house that it's impossible to cover them all in just one post so I'm not even going to try although I am going to tell you what I think the top ten uses for vinegar are. It's chemical free and because of it's acidity it's great for getting rid of germs and bacteria.Clean your microwave by mixing 1/2 cup full of white vinegar with 1/2 cup water … [Read more...]
Make some money by reviewing things you already own….
As you probably know, I'm on a mission to make enough money to pay for Christmas and this week's challenge is to make some money using Dooyoo.If you've never heard of Dooyoo before, it's a consumer review website who 'pay' people who submit reviews to the them. They pay you in 'dooyoo miles' and have three different levels of payment depending on what it is that you're actually reviewing:Level 1 is the highest paid category and includes things like most things electronic, household appliances, pushchairs and car seats. For a level 1 review in this category, you'll receive 600 dooyoo … [Read more...]
Getting ready for Winter….
It's getting colder by the day and although we tried to last as long as we could, our heating is now back on for the first time since Spring and this, added to the fact that the nights are drawing in and X factor is back on TV can only mean one thing - Winter's coming.Now I know it might still seem early but it's October next week and I did read somewhere that we''re going to have a really cold Winter with snow forecast as early as October. So I'm going to start getting ready for Winter over the next couple of weeks.Here's our to-do list:Check the Emergency car bag and make sure … [Read more...]
Life without a microwave….
Back at the start of July our microwave died and I confidently told Mr Frugal that we could quite easily manage without replacing it, he was equally as confident that I would change my mind and we'd be microwave shopping within the month.It wasn't really a cost issue that made me decide I didn't want to replace the microwave as you can get a nice one for under £50 and the running costs are minimal (on average £8.00 a year). It was actually more of a space thing because although my kitchen isn't small, there never seems to be enough worktop space and our old microwave took up valuable … [Read more...]
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