A lovely lady emailed me a little while ago to thank me for showing her that being frugal doesn't necessarily mean shivering in the cold with extra socks and jumpers instead of turning the heating on which was the impression she got from some sites online and someone else recently mentioned to me that they were so overwhelmed with all of the frugal tips and tricks that they'd found online that they had no idea where to start with it all.These two comments made me stop and think because I do know what they mean from my own personal experience because it's so easy to look at what others are … [Read more...]
New York, New York….
After months and months of putting it off, I have finally got around to booking our trip to New York!It's just going to be me and Miss Frugal for four nights in April and we're ridiculously excited about it and I thought today that I'd tell you a little bit about our booking experience because there really is a huge amount of choice out there and it can get confusing with all of the advice that everyone gives you.....We ended up booking the full package (flights and hotel) direct with British Airways for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we wanted to go with a reputable company who I know … [Read more...]
Leftovers Wellington….
We don't watch much TV in our house but one thing we do love to watch is the US TV show, Hell's Kitchen which is a reality show where about 20 budding chefs compete for a job working with Gordon Ramsay. It's not everyone's cup of tea I know but it's one show that both kids like watching with us and the latest season which we've just finished watching on catch up has really inspired Master Frugal to get in the kitchen and cook.One thing the chefs regularly serve is delicious looking beef wellington which always looks amazing but considering I'm trying to focus on reducing our food budget I … [Read more...]
Perfect Slimming World chips with homemade chunky tomato ketchup….
It's OK, I'm not going to start posting about Slimming World every day but after my post yesterday, I did want to share with you my secret to perfect Slimming World Chips because they're great for everyone, not just people on Slimming World because they're healthy to make and delicious to eat. ;-)I don't peel my potatoes when I make Slimming World chips because (a) I'm lazy, (b) they taste nicer with the skin on and (c) there's loads of good stuff in the skin. I just give them a quick rinse under a cold tap and then cut them up into chip shapes.Next, I just pop them in a pan of … [Read more...]
Slimming World on a Budget {Week 1}….
I know that lots of people are starting diets, new fitness routines and healthy eating plans now as part if their 2017 goals so you're probably sick of reading about them all but I'm jumping on the bandwagon today and kicking off a new series on the blog to share my progress as well as any tips and tricks I pick up along the way.I'm going to be following Slimming World as I lost over a stone last year with them and didn't find it difficult to slot in with my family's usual meals. I would have lost more and would have been a lot closer to my target weight right now but when I fell ill my … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’m going to do in 2017…
This week's five frugal things post is a little bit different because I wanted to share with you five frugal things that I'm going to be doing in 2017.1) I'm going to be doing my own affordable weekly savings challenge again next year because as much as I love all of the ones you see floating around the internet at this time of year, they're just un-manageable for us and I think by about week 10 we'd be struggling. My version means that you don't save as much over the year but at least it's easy to stick to so you won't end up giving up part way through the year. Do you fancy joining … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 234
- 235
- 236
- 237
- 238
- …
- 534
- Next Page »
