Did you see my last 'Facebook MADE me buy it' post?Basically, 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.(To be clear: none of these items are sponsored or gifted, they're all things that have genuinely appeared in my Newsfeed - usually numerous times before I give in!)Before I start telling you what I have bought, let me tell you what I haven't bought that I … [Read more...]

Today's post is all about the places you can cash in coins for free but before I do. that, let me tell you what inspired my post. 😂I was in my little Asda yesterday looking for Easter Eggs (which is a whole other story but the moral to that one is don't presume your 18-year-old won't want an Easter Egg just because she's 18) when I heard raised voices at the front of the shop. I have no clue what was going on but I did hear an angry man saying that he was going to come back and pay for his shopping using the contents of his copper jar. The lovely man in the shop handled him … [Read more...]

I want to tell you about some daily habits that changed my life for one reason or another although some of them might not be what you were expecting from me. I know the title sounds all zen and you might expect some deep and meaningful daily habits to be included in my list but tit's much more practical than that. These are simple daily habits that I've done to make me a happier person and I think they'll work for most people. You might notice as you read down the list that all of my daily habits are based around either the morning or bedtime which is deliberate because they're all about … [Read more...]

I've just got back from an appointment to find out if laser eye surgery would work for me so I thought I'd tell you all about it. Spoiler Alert: I'm not a happy bunny right now! 🐰About six months ago I had an eye test because I was aware that my long-distance vision wasn't as good as it used to be and I wasn't surprised to find out that I needed glasses to put that right. I don't have to wear them often but I've always had such good vision that it frustrates me a little even to need them a little bit.  (Irrational, I know)I started to do some research into … [Read more...]

Today's post is all about my kitchen cabinet painting adventures over the weekend!Our house wasn't even built when we bought it so we were lucky enough to be able to choose the layout of our kitchen and also choose from a (limited) range of doors, handles and worktops. I say limited because our budget meant that we didn't really want to be paying extra for the premium range so we stuck to the basic range which meant that we wouldn't need to pay any extra.  There was still enough in the basic range for me to choose something I loved though and after much deliberation (and … [Read more...]

Remember last month when I said that Master Frugal had a cheeky idea to transform our Jammy thumbprint cookies into Nutella Thumbprint cookies? Well, he only went and did it...These Nutella thumbprint cookies turned out amazing although I'll be honest, they're not how I would have made them.  I would have replaced some of the flour with cocoa like I would if I was making a chocolate sponge cake but we didn't have any cocoa powder in so rather than wait, he decided to melt a bag of bourneville (dark) chocolate button and pop that in the mix. It turned out so well though so I forgave … [Read more...]