1) I've finally finished my garden table and chairs which started out as a tatty set that we've had for the last few Summers.  I bought some Valspar garden paint from B&Q and painted the table and two benches with that pot and then I bought a few of the tester sized pots to paint the chairs.  I might be biased but I think it looks amazing!The paint goes on really well and much better than the tin of paint I bought from Cuprinol which I bought in Ivory originally to do the chairs.  It just wouldn't cover the first chair despite a couple of coats which is fine as it was a dark wood … [Read more...]

1) This is one of those thing that isn't frugal but is at the same time but basically Miss Frugal has been getting a monthly subscription box called Birchbox for about four months now and she LOVES it!  We pay half each for it and it's quite good value for money in my opinion although I'm not usually a huge fan of these types of boxes generally.  That's the non-frugal part....The frugal part is that I encourage her to review everything she receives in her monthly box as she gets points which translates into money that she can spend in the online shop.  The points add up quite quickly … [Read more...]

1) When I cleared out Master Frugal's room this week I realised that there was a huge amount of Lego that he never played with any more plus various other toys from other the years.   I made some of it into a pen pot holder to go on his desk and I'm so pleased with it. It was really easy to make - I just used a small flat Lego board from one of his kits and built up around it to the height I wanted which turned out to be 12 layers.2) We made our own Fathers Day cards using nothing but paper and sharpies - no special equipment or talent needed here. I can't reveal them before the big … [Read more...]

Last month I read an article in the Daily Mirror online (I know, I don't usually read it but I'd followed a link to a different story and this one caught my eye) about how to get your own student NUS card if you're not a student.I didn't think much more about as I've had such a busy month but then last week at work I was speaking to a training company who I'm going to be doing a few courses with and the assessor mentioned that I'd not only love the course itself (not too sure about that but that's a whole other post) but that I'd also be able to apply for a student card. This got me … [Read more...]

1) When my Nana died I was quite heavily pregnant with Miss Frugal so I wasn't really in a position to help when it came to clearing out her home although I did take a couple of things of hers to keep as memories of her. I took a pretty battered looking big metal spoon which she used to use for her baking and a Forever Friends fridge magnet that I'd bought her years before - the spoon is used regularly in my own kitchen now and the fridge magnet is on the front of our knife block where I see it every day. The final thing I brought home with me from her house that last day was some small square … [Read more...]