Blogging with a full time job is easier than you might think!Today's a bit of a different kind of post for me - it's all about how I manage to have a great work, life, blog balance!I've been asked a couple of times lately how I manage to balance a full-time job, a happy home life and blogging so I thought I'd share a little bit about my life and tell you how I do it. First, a bit of background. One of the reasons I started this blog was to document our journey into living a more frugal lifestyle - something that we needed to do as I wanted to have the flexibility of working less … [Read more...]
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Five Frugal Things we did this week {13 September 2019}….
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.Before I start though, as always feel that I should say that being frugal to me is about getting the best value for our money - it's not about doing without for us or about not having nice things. We all have different financial situations and we're all frugal for different reasons. ;-)1) We won the lottery!It wasn't a huge amount but it was £135 which is … [Read more...]
Mini £15 Charity Shop Haul…. #SecondHandSeptember
As part of #SecondHandSeptember, we decided to share a mini charity shop haul with you to show you some of the bargains you can pick up.Last week, I told you all about why we were joining in with #SecondHandSeptember and I promised a mini charity shop haul so that's what today's post is all about. I roped Miss Frugal in to help me with because (a) she has a little mini eBay business that she set up as she couldn't get a Summer job and (b) she's a teenage girl who knows her own style and has never (until recently) been a fan of wearing charity shop clothes. Basically, I … [Read more...]
Make Money Online – Easily earn £200+ with 20Cogs…
There are so many different ways that you can make money online and even though, I've probably talked about a fair few of them in the past, I thought I'd start a little mini-series where we look at each one in a bit more detail. Today, I'm going to tell you how you can easily earn £200+ with 20Cogs.20Cogs is a really easy way to make money online - either from the comfort of your settee or using your mobile when you're out and about. When I first signed up, I actually worked through quite a few of the cogs while I was sat in the car waiting for the kids to finish their various … [Read more...]
73 Things about ME….
OK, I've got something a bit different for you today. I'm going all old school blogging and joining in with the '73 things about me' post that's currently doing the rounds on various blogs.I haven't done anything like this in years but when I first started blogging they were the in thing to do but I've had lots of new followers lately so if nothing else, it's a chance to get to know me a little bit better. 1. What is your usual Starbuck’s order? Iced Chai Latte although I don't treat myself to one too often! There's a Starbucks in the building where I work that sells the drinks … [Read more...]
Homemade Nandos spicy rice recipe….
This homemade Nandos spicy rice recipe is my secret to recreating a Nandos style fakeaway meal at home for a fraction of the price!With an ever-improving-but-still-fussy-eater like Master Frugal to think about, eating out can sometimes be a bit of a challenge but one place he does love is Nandos. Since the first time we visited as a pre-cinema treat, Nandos has been his favourite place to eat and rather surprisingly, the Nandos spicy rice is his favourite dish on the menu.We enjoy going as a treat but don't go regularly because it can work our quite costly for the four of us … [Read more...]
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