It's been a long time since my two were little enough to want to do puzzles and jigsaws with me but when I saw these Halloween puzzles I knew they'd be perfect for some of you who have little ones.I've got three super cute Halloween puzzles for you today that I think will be suitable for around ages 3-5 if my memory of little children's hands and minds serves me rightly.   The best way to make these puzzles is to print them out onto normal paper and then using a glue stick, stick the printout onto some card (a cereal box is ideal) and then cut out the pieces where the lines … [Read more...]

You guys all probably know by now how much I love the Festival of Thrift and that I've been just about every year since it started. Well, I've just got back from this year's and thought I'd share some of the great stuff that was going on with you...The Festival of Thrift is all about sustainability and promotes great ways to reuse, recycle and reduce consumption with some amazing craft and food stalls mixed in with all kinds of workshops and fun that fit in with the sustainability theme. It's spread out over a very small local village taking over some fields, barns, a beautiful church, … [Read more...]

Does anyone else buy random things after seeing them advertised on Social Media?I realised a little while ago that I'm like an advertisers dream right now as I've bought things recently that I may not have even known existed if it hadn't been for Facebook and its advertising algorithms that somehow know what I want before I even know myself.  Then Instagram joined the party and started targeting me with some pretty accurate ad targeting so I changed the name of this series to Social Media made me buy it.(To be clear: none of these items are sponsored or gifted, they're all … [Read more...]

Did you catch last week's five frugal things post? I mentioned that I'd treated myself to a Hello Fresh meal prep box after seeing an offer where the first box was 50% off and the next three were 35% off.  I'm so easily influenced but I thought I'd track the meals we got in our box and share them with you.To be clear, I bought my Hello Fresh box myself. 😇I've used Hello Fresh before during lockdown (again, I bought the boxes myself and wasn't working with them) and shared what I thought of them in general (Hello Fresh, overhyped and overpriced?) so I won't go into all the … [Read more...]

OK, I'm not sure how this has happened but it looks like I've never shared my super easy banana pancakes recipe with you! Obviously, I'm going to put that right today but I should warn you that the photos aren't the greatest as they're actually stills taken from a Tik Tok video I was making yesterday.I decided to have a go at making a Tik Tok video yesterday morning and because I had no clue what I was doing and didn't have anyone around to help hold my phone, I knew I was going to have to cook whatever recipe I chose with just one hand so I picked the simplest recipe that I … [Read more...]

My Kindle Unlimited Subscription is one of the best things I've ever signed up for and I keep saying I'm going to dedicate a whole post to it and today, I'm finally getting around to it!Every now and again, in one of my weekly five frugal things posts or on Instagram, I share how I've filled my Kindle up with a stack of new books and every time, I get at least a couple of emails or DMs asking me how it works so much so I'm going to pop everything into this post so I can just share the link to that. I'm all about working smarter and not harder at the minute! … [Read more...]