It's been a massively busy week this week and it feels like I haven't had time to do anything, let alone anything frugal but I've had a good think and managed to come up with five.... Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. Miss Frugal is very particular about the style of her school skirt as she doesn't like it too short (I'm sure that won't last), she doesn't like it too tight and she certainly doesn't want a flarey style as she worries it'll blow up in the wind! She loves the skirt she has now though so when I saw them on sale this week in New Look, I bought an extra one in her … [Read more...]
10 ways to start saving water TODAY….
Did you know it was World Water Day tomorrow?No, me neither. In fact I'd never even heard of it until Master Frugal mentioned it to me yesterday along with a bit of a lecture on how lucky we are living in the UK to have free access to clean water available to us just by turning on a tap. He's right of course because as we all know, sadly there are a lot of families around the world who don't have this.I had a quick Google and it seems that World Water Day is observed each year on 22 March. The day, which was established by the United Nations was first celebrated in 1993 but more … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {20th March 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. I bought some lovely cushions on sale a few weeks ago from Dunelm Mill. They were reduced to £2 each and they were so pretty that I bought them intending to use them in my little living room makeover. As pretty as they were though, they just didn't go with anything else so I gave them to Miss Frugal to use on her bed as she loves girly cushions. The only problem is that the cushions she has have started taking over her bed so she ends up throwing them all on the floor every night and I end up nagging at her to pick them up again the next day. … [Read more...]
How much appliances really cost when you leave them on standby….
It's estimated that the average family could save at least £80 a year by turning off appliances instead of leaving them on standby when they're not in use.Clearly this is nothing new as most of us are fully aware that we should be turning things off (although whether we actually do or not is another matter) but I found it quite interesting to read a list of how much each appliance actually costs to run on standby.You can see the full list here but the ones that stood out for me are these:Wireless Router - £21.92Printer (Laser) - £18.26Set-top box (Sky) - £18.26Hi-Fi - … [Read more...]
What won’t you give up to become debt free?
Lots of us have debt of some kind – be it a credit card, store card, a loan of some sort or even just a mortgage.Most of us will be able to manage the debt we have and can make the monthly payments each month with no real concerns but should we be satisfied by that? Shouldn't the real goal always be to become completely debt free?But at what cost, what would you give up in to become debt free?The reason I’m asking is because I saw someone online the other day asking for advice as she was beginning to struggle a bit making her credit card repayments and the first thing that everyone … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {13th March 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but Miss Frugal has a junior gym membership to our local gym which allows her to use all the facilities of the five leisure centres in the area. I initially dismissed the idea of a gym membership as too expensive but when I looked into it, it's actually really good value for money. She used to go swimming at least once a week at £2.25 a time so swimming alone cost £9 a month whereas now, for just £6 more she goes to a gym session a couple of times a week and fits in extra swimming whenever she fancies it. … [Read more...]
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