Last week was half term here and I learned that (a) you're apparently never too old to play with play doh or to make a sock puppet and (b) it's always a good time for ice cream, even when it's freezing cold and blowing a gale.I'm going to concentrate on the 'never too old to make a sock puppet' today because I really do hate play doh and you obviously already know that ice cream makes any day better. ;-)I was challenged by Cavendish Online to see just how much money I could save by using their site to get a life insurance quote rather than a more well known site like Compare the … [Read more...]
What to do when you have an ‘I don’t want to be frugal’ moment….
Being frugal and thrifty isn't always an easy choice is it?We all have times when there's something that we really want that isn't very thrifty or money saving and we need a bit of a pep talk to help us remember why we choose to be frugal.Here's three things that help me to when I'm wavering.... I remind myself why we started to live more frugally in the first place For us it started because I wanted to work part time so I could spend as much time as possible with the kids while they were younger. Once we'd made the necessary adjustments for that drop in my wages, we started to do … [Read more...]
#Fabulously Frugal {31st May 2015} Join me in my 30 day cleaning challenge….
Things seem to have been so busy lately that cleaning the house has taken a bit of a backseat and we've been doing just the bare minimum needed to keep on top of housework. Don't get me wrong, the house isn't dirty in any way but I can look around each room and see all the little jobs that need doing and that annoys me. I can see a cobweb dangling right nowSo June is going to be my get back on top of the housework month - inspired in a way by the The Dirty 30 challenge which is encouraging us all to do 30 jobs over 30 days and has a great free printable so you can keep track of your … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {29th May 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. Contrary to popular belief, I'm planning on making more than just mojitos with the mint in my new little herb garden (actually mojitos was my plan but Miss Frugal had other ideas). So this week, we've made mint lemonade which I'll be sharing with you at some point over the next week and after that was a success we even made blueberry version. It tasted delicious - even more so because we made it with our own mint!2. The kids and Mr Frugal headed off to Wembley on Monday to watch their beloved Boro play in the Championship play off. They … [Read more...]
Wembley Bound….
I apologise in advance for writing another football related post for this week's Wednesday's Wardrobe but Master Frugal has had his Boro shirt on almost non-stop since we told him last week that he was off to Wembley to see them play in the Championship Play Off Final on Monday just gone.They had an early start on Monday as Wembley's a long way from us - they had to get from our house to the Riverside stadium first and then on from there to Wembley on one of the supporters coaches. They had to leave our house before 5am which made me a little bit grateful that I'd chosen to stay at … [Read more...]
Teaching Children about Money: When’s the right time to let your child have their own debit card?
Both of my children have received pocketmoney for a good few years now as I really believe that learning to manage their own pocketmoney is a great way to help them learn money management skills that will be invaluable when they’re older.We don’t have rules on what they have to do with their money as I’d rather they learned themselves so I don’t tell them what they can and can’t buy (within reason) and I don’t make them save a set amount out of their weekly allowance. I think this has helped them learn more because they've had the chance to make mistakes with their money – they now realise … [Read more...]
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