I really didn't want to visit the Monkey Haven when we visited the Isle of Wight for a week recently because I thought it would make me a little bit sad (and very angry) to see the animals that had been so badly neglected before being rescued and re-homed to their new home.I was talked into it by Master Frugal though who loves monkeys and wanted to see them regardless of their sad stories! I'm so pleased he talked me into going though as I loved it almost as much as he did.It's not just monkey's at Monkey Haven though, the first animals we saw when we walked in were the cheeky Meerkats … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {25th August 2017}….
1) I made fajitas for tea on Monday but I'd bought some peppers reduced that I wanted to use them up so I added them all to the pan which left me with a fair amount of leftovers! I never have fajita leftovers so I wasn't sure what I could do with the big bowlful that I had but in the end I mixed them in with some rice the following day for tea and served it with a chicken breast marinated in peri peri sauce. I have no photos as it smelled so nice that my tummy took over and by the time I remembered I wanted to take a photo, we were all almost finished!Next time I'm going to deliberately … [Read more...]
Moneysaving Back to School tips….
Contrary to popular belief, back to school shopping doesn't have to cost a fortune!For the last couple of weeks, emails keep dropping in my inbox telling me just how expensive it is to do your back to school shopping. From memory, I think that the amounts it's claimed that people spend range from £200 - £500 per child which I can't help but think is ridiculous for most schools.I get that there will be times when you will have to buy everything which will inevitably cost more but my two haven't cost anywhere near that much.Here's my top tops for saving money on your back to … [Read more...]
Super Simple Slow Cooker Vegetarian Curry Recipe….
This super simple Slow Cooker Vegetarian Curry recipe is so tasty that you would never believe it takes so little effort to prepare!This week I bought two packets of prepared sweet potato and butternut squash from the reduced section. They were only 50p per pack which is great value considering I was planning to use it to make my favourite spicy sweet potato and butternut squash soup with.But then I realised that I'd somehow missed a vital ingredient for the next night's tea so it was a case of either popping to the shop to buy it or sacrificing my soup to use my sweet potato and … [Read more...]
Family Days Out – The Donkey Sanctuary, Isle of Wight….
When I did my research into the Isle of Wight and wrote down a list of all the places we could potentially visit while we were there, the Donkey Sanctuary was most definitely not on my list, yet it turned out to be one of the best things we did!It just didn't seem like somewhere we'd enjoy all that much so it didn't make the cut onto our list of places that we wanted to try and visit. After taking a wrong turn on the way back to our caravan one afternoon though, we passed the sign for it so we thought we'd just pop in for a quick look around. It ended up being one of my favourite … [Read more...]
Fidget Spinner Boredom Buster….
Bored jars are so last year, this years new thing here in the frugal house is our homemade Fidget Spinner Boredom Buster!Sometimes I think that the reason children are so easily bored these days is because they have so many things to choose from when they’re thinking of something to do.I sound like an antique when I say that don’t I? I just think that sometimes having too much choice makes it harder to make a decision.That’s why I always used our bored jar when the kids were younger and later, when they were older we switched to our bored jar fit for a tween. These days … [Read more...]
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