Every time I go into one of our local pound shops I'm always shocked by some of the things you can buy - some look like they'd cost you way more than a pound! I thought I'd share a few things with you today that I would expect to pay more than a pound for...I do love a good wander around a pound shop as I often find things that are cheaper than the supermarket and that are definitely worth more than a pound but it's worth noting that there are often things that you'll be able to get cheaper elsewhere so be careful what you pop in your basket.Also, I don't know about you … [Read more...]
Happy 10th Blog Birthday to The Diary of a Frugal Family….
I sat down this weekend and realised that today is actually the 10th Birthday of this little blog. How on earth did that happen?I have no idea what made me sit down one day and decide to set up a blog - I mean, don't get me wrong, I had my reasons for wanting some sort of platform to record our family's journey but a blog? I didn't even read blogs myself at the time so I genuinely can't remember what made me set one up and decide to share our lives online with anyone who cared to read.I can't tell you how pleased I am that I did though because blogging has genuinely changed our … [Read more...]
#MealPlanningMonday – Why I’m Enjoying Cooking Again….
It's Monday morning which means that it's time for #MealPlanningMonday again!And this week, it's a little bit different...I've been really enjoying writing these #MealPlanningMonday posts! I started to share our meal plans over here again as I really wanted to focus on meal planning for a little while as we went a bit off-track. As well as helping me to focus on our weekly meal plan, these posts have also somehow made me enjoy cooking again so I'm cooking as much for enjoyment as well as the obvious necessity.And because I'm enjoying cooking more and starting to … [Read more...]
#BlastfromthePast – Random text messages from an 11 year old….
Every now and again, something happens to remind me of a post I've written at some point over the last 10 years or so that I've been blogging and I go back and dig out the post to have a quick read. Sometimes, I wish I could share the post all over again with you so I thought once a month I'd do exactly that and share an old post.Today's post is about some of the random text messages that Miss Frugal sent me when she was the grand old age of 11...The reason I remembered about this post was that 16-year-old Miss Frugal sent me a text message this week with a screenshot of a … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {28 June 2019}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.Before I start though, as always feel that I should say that being frugal to me is about getting the best value for our money - it's not about doing without for us or about not having nice things. We all have different financial situations and we're all frugal for different reasons. 1) All of my washing has been dried on the line recently and I've even managed to … [Read more...]
Is it worth joining Costco?
If you've ever wondered if it's worth joining Costco then read on!(Not an ad or a sponsored post in case you're wondering)In case you're unsure, Costco is a membership only shop (more of a warehouse really) that sells things in bulk for what they call 'deeply discounted' prices. I joined recently in the hope of saving some money on our grocery shopping and after a couple of visits, I thought I'd share my thoughts... How to join Costco You pay an annual membership fee which varies depending on whether it's an individual membership or a trade membership...There are … [Read more...]
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