Tesco recently asked us to take join in with their great 'Cookalong' project which is all about getting kids in the kitchen this Summer - an idea that I wholly support!We were given a few recipes to choose from and we picked the fruit kebabs because (a) we love fruit and (b) we often get cheap fruit reduced at the supermarket which would be great for this recipe.Here's the video that Tesco made to show you how to make these delicious fruit kebabs:Miss Frugal decided to make the kebabs herself and banished me from the kitchen although I managed to sneak in a quick photo of the … [Read more...]
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Super smooth lips – the frugal way….
We've all heard about the benefits of body and face exfoliation, haven't we?But what do you know about lip scrubs and lip exfoliation? Do you know for example that a lip scrub will remove the dead skin from the surface of your lips leaving them soft.And as if that wasn't enough, having super smooth lips with a smooth surface will make your lipsticks, lip liner, and lip gloss last longer than before as it adheres much better to smooth lips.Aaaaand, if you're still not sold then I'm sure that you will be after I tell you that lip exfoliation makes your lips moister (is that a word?) … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {17th July 2015}….
I haven't really had time to be frugal or otherwise this week as it's been another chaotic week for one reason or another but I'll try and see if I can think of five things.... Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. I've spent half an hour this morning driving round town - stopping at the leisure centre, the museum and the youth centre to get their Summer Holiday leaflets. Tonight I'm going to sit and make a plan of action for the next week as I have a lovely week off to spend with the kids.2. Speaking of activities, one thing on our list was ice skating and this notification … [Read more...]
Pipe cleaner crowns….
OK, so we know that I'm not the craftiest blogger around but we did make some pretty pipe cleaner crowns this weekend that I thought you might like to see....We used glitter pipe cleaners from Tesco because we wanted some sparkle as our crowns were for the Race for Life last Sunday (although we ended up leaving them in the car). They were £1.25 a pack and lots of the crafty stuff is on 3 for 4 or something like that so I bought a couple of packs and some coloured paper as well.You can't go far wrong if you start by making the band that goes around your head and then, once you've … [Read more...]
#FabulouslyFrugal – Amazing quick and easy ideas for up-cycling charity shop bargains….
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am least crafty or artistic person around!I have brilliant ideas in my head but when it comes to the actual creation of the ideas, it rarely ends up looking like I wanted it to. So when I say that these ways to up-cycle your charity shop bargains are amazingly easy, you can rest assured that they most certainly are because if I can make them, anyone can!They're just simple ideas based on things that we've done but I hope you like them....This is a piece of wire stretched across the middle of a beautiful photo frame so Miss Frugal can … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {19th June 2015}….
Before I start, I need to point out that I've been feeling a bit fed up with myself this week (Master Frugal has been away for 3 nights and I've had an infection in my finger/hand making pretty much everything painful).Things are on the up now that it's Friday though - I have my boy back home and the infection has almost cleared up so I'm going to try and think of five frugal things that I've done this week although for the first time since I started this, I think I'm going to really struggle to think of five..... Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. We did find a good deal on a … [Read more...]
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