No-one can give better advice on what to buy a teenage girl for Christmas than a teenage girl herself so for this Christmas gift guide, I've drafted in Miss Frugal and her Picmonkey skills to help me to help you with what to buy the teenage girl in your life for Christmas.It didn't quite go according to plan though when I saw that the first gift guide she produced had a distinctly un-frugal feel to it. We decided to name that version the 'Splurge' version and include it anyway for those who are splashing out this Christmas and I asked her to do a second, more budget conscious version … [Read more...]
Warming split pea and ham soup….
My Nana used to make the BEST split pea and ham soup in the world and almost every time we visited her, there was a bowl of her special soup simmering away on the stove with some delicious dumplings in it, just waiting for me.I must have watched her make it at least a hundred times and I remember all of the ingredients as well as if she were here making it with me today. What I don't know is how much of everything she used to add because she never used her scales to measure out the soup ingredients - it was always a bit of this, some of that and a dash of this. No matter how many times I … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {21st October 2016}….
1) Last weekend Miss Frugal and I had a DIY day which basically consisted of me sitting at the table with my camera while she did all of the work, making everything from bath bombs to our homemade bird feeder and from Chocolate chip banana bread to copycat caramel macchiatos. I've got so many posts to share with you over the next few weeks filled with inspiration for homemade Christmas presents but more than that we spent some lovely time together which hasn't happened much lately while I've been ill.2) I have made a definite dent in my Christmas shopping and bought a couple of gifts … [Read more...]
7 Alternatives to Pay Day loans this Christmas….
Apologies that I'm talking about Christmas like this when we're only halfway through October but I know that many of us are starting to think a little bit more about it now that the nights are drawing in. There are still 2-3 paydays left before Christmas then if you start now, you have plenty of time to plan which means you won't need to have a panic right before Christmas and be tempted to turn to a payday loan company for help paying for the festive season.Lots of us, regardless of how we manage our money through the year, can lose our heads a little bit at Christmas with all of the … [Read more...]
Amazing Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (with optional Nutella Swirls)….
Yesterday was my favourite day for ages as Miss Frugal and I had a girly afternoon in the kitchen together. She made all sorts of Lush inspired goodies and I baked some delicious chocolate chip banana bread which I'm just about to go and serve up to Mr Frugal with a cup of tea since I've got him painting the living room today. I hope he likes it as much as we enjoyed our slices yesterday!This is a great way to use up bananas that are just on the turn and to be honest, it's just as lovely without the chocolate chips and the Nutella so if you don't have them, don't buy them just to make … [Read more...]
A valuable life lesson….
I learned a very valuable lesson yesterday. A lesson that's cost my poor little Buddy all of his doggy street cred as well as costing me money as I've had to buy my poor little Bud a new coat to wear when he goes out!The lesson I learned was never to give instructions to the dog groomer whilst half asleep. Before I explain, you need to understand how cuddly and fluffy Buddy is normally so here's a photo of him that I took of him last month:He looks a little overgrown already in this photo so you can imagine what he looks like now a month or so later! He's clearly long overdue a … [Read more...]
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