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How on earth is it nearly March?1) I bought a of pack of ready peeled and chopped swede reduced to 37p from the shop the other day and made a gorgeous curried swede soup which was delicious.  It was just what I needed for lunch when it was -1 c outside!2) I went to Ikea at the weekend for a look around to get some inspiration and ideas for our house this year and although I came away brimming with ideas, I actually only spent £2 and that was on a gorgeous little plant pot type thing that I'm using as a pen holder at the moment.  I even used my Ikea family card to get a free cuppa … [Read more...]

1) One of the things I wanted to do this year was take care of myself a little bit better and start making time for me and I'm really trying to stick to that.  I'm really pleased with my progress at Slimming World and I'm feeling quote good about myself at the moment even though I've got a LONG way to go.As part of my new 'me' regime I bought myself some new nail varnishes and a new lipgloss from our local Pounstretchers - not bad for a pound each!2) If you pay your council tax over 10 months then this month and next are no council tax months (or at least they are for us). In the … [Read more...]

 1) Last weekend I took Miss Frugal clothes shopping for our holidays and got some great deals on Summer clothes in New Look.  She was over the moon when she came out with two pairs of shorts, a pair of flip flops for the beach, two pairs of sunglasses and a pretty top for £11!  The shorts had been reduced from £14 to £2 a pair and the sunglasses were reduced from about £7 to 5op which made them huge bargains and just shows that buying clothes out of season can save you a fortune.2) Miss Frugal was given a lovely bag this week from a friend of a friend who no longer wanted it but … [Read more...]

Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  After our visit to a Lavender farm this week I've used the lavender I came away with to make lavender sugar.  I'll write a post up about how I did it but it's super simple really and once the lavender has infused itself into the sugar I'm going to bake with it - Lavender Shortbread is the first thing on my list!2.  We were away last weekend and we had some gorgeous weather which was a surprise as we were expecting a pretty poor weekend weather wise.  The sun was shining though and as I'd been expecting poor weather, I'd left the sun tan … [Read more...]

Five frugal things I've done this week:Today is my last day at work until September and I honestly could not be more excited.  We have so many things that we want to do and we're planning a family conference tonight over takeaway (paid for with vouchers I earned by sharing Zeek with you all) and plan our fortnight.  I used Tesco Boost and with my points I managed to get enough vouchers for a lovely meal an Pizza Express, another meal out at a pub chain that I can't for the life of me remember the name of and a day out at Ocean Beach theme park.  Not bad for free!It's always … [Read more...]

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...]