Totally unrelated to the Great British Bake Off, which returned to TV this week, Miss Frugal challenged me to a bit of a bake of of our own when she said that the cookies she made at her friends using a Betty Crocker packet mix were better than my homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe!I couldn't have her thinking that a packet mix was better than cooking something from scratch could I?So while she spent about two minutes making up the packet mix we bought (for the purposes of the experiment ha ha), I dug out my trusty homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe and made my own … [Read more...]
My September Goals….
It must be a good six months since I've shared my monthly goals with you but with the kids back at school on Monday, I'm excited to get some routine back into my life (and my bank balance) so I thought I'd share what my goals were for this month.I'm not one of those parents who hates the start of September because the kids are going back to school and I'll miss them, I'm more the kind of parent who counts down the days from about the last week in August and can't wait to get them back to school!It's not because I don't like having them at home because I do (mostly) but as much as I … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {1st September 2017}….
1) Last Friday, Mr Frugal finally got round to painting my kitchen! We went with white, which is pretty much my plan for the whole house at the moment. We have stacks of white paint in the garage as I bought it on offer a while ago when I decided that the goal was a white walled house - we're going room by room though and doing it gradually as we're not fans of painting!Rather than buying new accessories, I decided to update the things we already had with a can of copper spray paint:I spray painted the clock, a vase, a money box, some tin cans and even the bin (stay tuned for a … [Read more...]
Six of my favourite homemade vodka flavours….
I first experimented with homemade vodka flavours a few years ago when I made homemade Skittles vodka but this year I'm taking it to a whole new level.I was given a litre bottle of vodka a couple of weeks ago and although it was a lovely and much appreciated gift, I’m not a huge vodka drinker so I decided to use it to make a cheeky little homemade vodka gift for one of my vodka loving friends.I was planning to make Skittles vodka but when I went to buy the skittles I spied some pear drops on the shelf which I thought would be lovely.That got me thinking that I could go with … [Read more...]
An emotional discovery….
My lovely Mam died of cancer in 2005 and I still miss her every day. I found something amazing last week which I wanted to share with you because it's made me very happy.To my beautiful Mam,It's probably not going to come as a surprise when I tell you that I really struggled when you left us.I struggled with not having you in my life.I struggled with looking after toddler Miss Frugal and her baby brother.I struggled with knowing how to help my Dad while he was grieving.I even struggled with finding time to grieve because I was so busy looking after everyone … [Read more...]
How to make a cheap vase into a super expensive looking DIY Painted Glass Vase….
Last week I went a bit spray paint crazy but out of everything I made this gorgeous painted glass vase is my favourite thing!Ages agos, I went to B&Q for a paintbrush and came home with a can of copper spray paint with a vague idea of upcycling an old table but I just never got around to doing it so last week I got out the spray paint to crack on with a few other projects I'd had in my head that I wanted to try. One of the first things I want to do was to try and glam up a pretty boring glass vase that I bought for about £2 - I'm sure it's from Ikea but it could be from Tesco to … [Read more...]
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