Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Hey! 👐1) I went out last Saturday night for a few pre-Christmas drinks with one of my friends and both my dress and boots were bought secondhand and cost less than £10 for them both combined. My Boots were from Vinted and were selling for £5 but I made an offer of £4 which was accepted - postage will have been a couple of pounds on top but I can only see how … [Read more...]
Ten homemade Christmas hamper present ideas….
Today I'm sharing ten Christmas hamper present ideas with you so if you have any presents left to buy make sure you read on!This is an old post that I'm resharing as someone messaged me this week to ask for some Christmas hamper present ideas and as I started to reply with some ideas, I remembered about this post!For the last few years, I've made a bit of a beauty/pamper hamper for Miss Frugal instead of a Christmas Eve box and this year's hamper is the best one yet. I can't show you exactly what's in it but if I remember, I'll try and take a photo once she's opened it but … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Gifts to add to Your Christmas Wishlist…
Today I wanted to share with you some ideas for frugal gifts to add to your Christmas wishlist...Some of the things I've included are a little more expensive than others but they'll help you to be more frugal in 2022 in some way so I've included them anyway...(Also, the links in the headings are affiliate links but I've tried to include pictures of my own products as they've all been bought by me and used regularly by me so you know that they're genuine recommendations) An Instant Pot Honestly, I could not love my Instant Pot more! For the first couple of times that I used it, I … [Read more...]
Homemade Mince Pies (cheap but yummy)….
It's not Christmas until you've had a mince pie! Today I'm sharing my budget homemade mince pies which are totally amazing if I do say so myself! They might not look like works of art but they're easy to make, don't cost a fortune and taste delicious!I've shared the recipe for my homemade mince pies below with the instructions on how to make my easy peasy sweet pastry recipe (see here where I used it to make jam tarts) but I am going to hold my hands up here and admit that I cheated today and used some ready rolled sweet pastry that I picked up in the Tesco reduced … [Read more...]
Coping with Christmas after separation….
I can't even begin to imagine how hard it must be to manage Christmas when you're separated or divorced and have children to take into account. I thought I'd share a couple of ideas on how to best cope with the situation in case you're struggling right now to plan a Christmas that will work for everyone.I'm definitely going to start with the obvious one here but always, always try and remember that your children should always be your top priority when it comes to making a plan for Christmas. I know that we all like to think that we would absolutely put any issues aside but I know … [Read more...]
Roll a gingerbread man family game….
This super cute little roll a gingerbread game is going to give you and your family lots of fun over Christmas this year. 😁I'm all about spending time with the kids at Christmas so I'm always on the lookout for fun things for us to do together and this roll a gingerbread family game is fun, quick to play, and cute enough that even my teenagers will play it with me although it's definitely better suited to younger kids if you ask me!I used to play a similar game to this when I was little where you had to make a beetle rather than a gingerbread man by rolling a dice. In fact, … [Read more...]
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