Last week we were lucky enough to have a lovely family break in Milan which I was going to tell you all about in another post but I decided to work it into this week's five frugal things post because it was such a frugal break yet such an enjoyable one.First of all, I'm going to tell you how much I paid for it because it was an unbelievable price for what we got!We traveled with Easyjet and paid £435 in TOTAL for four of us to fly to Milan from Edinburgh and stay for four nights in a four star hotel with breakfast. The price included everything but transfers and insurance (which we … [Read more...]
11 complete wastes of money (and how to avoid them)….
Do you waste money?I bet most of you said no to that question but I wonder if your answer will be the same after you've read this list of 11 ways that people waste money every day....Food Waste is a big one because, according to the stats from Love Food Hate Waste, families in the UK thow away around 7 million tonnes of food and drink from our homes every single year and and at least half of this could have been eaten. That's a scary fact isn't it - even more so when you consider that this wastage cost the average family with children around £700 a year which is £60 ish every month. … [Read more...]
Is a New York Pass worth the money?
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links which mean that I might get paid but all products or services that I recommend are ones that I highly recommend. I won’t put anything on this page that I haven’t verified and/or personally used and I won't ever be less than honest with my opinion.This post about the New York Pass is probably only going to be of interest to someone who is planning a trip to New York so if that's not you then I'm really sorry but it might make interesting reading anyway and I promise I'll throw in a picture of a cake at some point just for you. ;-)So, the … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {2nd June 2017}….
1) We renewed our family railcard earlier in the week when we decided at the last minute to travel to Edinburgh airport by train rather than drive. The family railcard took the price of the rail travel down from £220 to £120 so it was definitely a worthwhile purchase, especially considering we need to travel by rail to Gatwick in October.We love travelling by train as it's so much more relaxing than driving and we have much more space - and we don't have to stop every half an hour when one of us needs a wee!2) I had a lovely wander around the charity shops last weekend and I … [Read more...]
Are you missing out of free money when you shop?
Everyone raise your hand if you shop at Asda.Now, keep your hands raised if you know about the Asda price guarantee AND actually use it to check your receipts after you've shopped with them?I bet there's not too many of you left with your hands in the air is there?OK, I know you probably didn't raise your hands there but you get my point I hope. Lots of us shop at Asda whether it's just every now and again or to do our weekly shop and I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of us don't take advantage of the Asda price guarantee policy.Basically, the Asda Price Guarantee lets … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {26th May 2017}….
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...]
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