This morning I was in the queue at Aldi when I heard (it was impossible not to) a lady behind me in the queue talking on her phone. She seemed a bit annoyed with someone and was having a bit of a rant - most of which I just filtered out while being hypnotised by the speed of the Aldi checkout lady!One thing that I did hear was her telling the person who was on the receiving end of her rant was that it wasn't easy being a stay at home mum which is something I totally agree with. I can't tell if the person she was speaking to agreed or not but her reply to whatever they said was that being a … [Read more...]
My Money Story – Katy from Katy Kicker….
Today is the first post in my new series of posts written by some of the brilliant UK Money Bloggers that you can find on my list of UK Thrifty and Frugal Bloggers. I thought of the idea when I updated the post but it's taken me until now to get myself organised and ask some of my favourite bloggers to share their own money stories with you.First to share their money story is Katy from Katy Kicker who's sharing her story about how she quit her job and started working from home....I’ve suffered from health problems for a number of years now. I have a thyroid auto-immune disease, … [Read more...]
How to clear some space on your iPhone without deleting everything….
Yesterday I got that dreaded message on my iPhone that told me my storage was almost full and that I couldn't take the photo I wanted to take. ;-(I only have a 16gb iphone as I thought that would be enough when I bought it seeing as I don't store any music on my phone and I regularly transfer my photos onto my laptop but unfortunately, it seems like I was wrong and a bigger memory might have been the way to go.I'm certainly not going to buy a new phone just for the memory at the moment though as there's nothing wrong with my current phone that can't be fixed with a few little tips and … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {20 January 2017}….
1) We're still saving to replace our living room, hall, stairs and landing carpet which was the first thing I wanted to tick off my house to do list this year but when I popped into TKMaxx last weekend with Miss Frugal I found some lovely Orla Kiely bathroom accessories which were so much cheaper than the ones I've been drooling over online. They had some great orla Kiely towels too which matched the accessories so I thought I'd do a mini makeover on our en suite bathroom which still looks almost the same as it did the day we moved in.I got a big towel for £12.99, a smaller one for … [Read more...]
Frugal Investments for a Frugal Family….
You don't actually need very much at all to start living a more frugal lifestyle but there are a few things that you can invest in that will certainly help so I thought I'd spend some time today sharing my favourite frugal investments with you....I know it might sound silly to be recommending that you actually spend money buying things to help you save money but bear with me, these things are things that I've bought that have saved me money or allowed me to be frugal without having to make a huge effort that I don't necessarily have time for as a working mum who doesn't have enough hours … [Read more...]
Why I don’t limit screen time for my children….
I suspect I'm in the minority here but I don't have any time limits on the amount of screen time my children have each day. That's not to say that I don't care how much time they spend on electronics or that I wouldn't impose a limit if I felt it was necessary but right now, I just don't feel like we need screen time limits in our house.(To be clear, I class screen time as any time spent watching TV, playing on games consoles and using the iPad or mobile phones.)There's a lot of focus on blogs and in the media about the dangers of screen time and the need for activities that don't … [Read more...]
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