Snickers Cookie Dough Bars are Master Frugal's new favourite treat - and he has almost as much fun making them as we all do eating them!Over the last couple of week's, Master Frugal has rediscovered his love of cooking (I mean, love could be a bit too strong here but he's definitely enjoying it more again) and has been cooking tea a couple of nights a week since we started buying our weekly Hello Fresh box which comes with measured out ingredients and super clear step by step instructions.The fact he successfully makes tea for us a few nights a week now has encouraged him to want … [Read more...]
Eco Egg Review {and a chance to win one of your own}…
My Eco Egg review from last year gets quite a few page views every week so I'm guessing lots of people are interested in knowing how an Eco Egg works and if it's worth investing in so I thought I'd reshare the review for those of you who missed it and also add in a competition to let you win your own Eco Egg.Disclaimer: I was sent my Eco Egg as a PR gift along with some other lovely things and I thought you might be interested in seeing what I thought of it in case you wanted to invest in one. The link to buy the Eco Egg and the Eco Egg holder are both my affiliate links to Amazon … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {25th September 2020}….
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've been off work this week so I've worked really hard to get my life back into some form of order! I've done a review of my budget and cancelled a few of the extra little monthly things that have crept in since I last did one - no idea what came over me when I ordered a monthly stationery subscription box and I'm nowhere near grown-up … [Read more...]
5 calming & cost free activities for kids….
Today's post is all about calming & cost free activities for kids and is courtesy of my very lovely friend Becky's brand new book, Create Your Own Calm! I pre-ordered my copy of it ages ago so my copy arrived on the day of release last week and I've already given it away and ordered a couple more copies - it's that good!Create Your Own Calm is a fantastic little activity book for kids age 6-12 filled with 50 fun and creative activities to help our kids calm themselves down and manage those BIG emotions such as fear, anger and anxiety more easily. It's written by my … [Read more...]
This month’s pre-loved bargains {September 2020}….
I love a good pre-loved bargain, whether it's from a charity shop, the car boot sale or even from somewhere online so I thought I'd start a bit of a monthly round-up of some of the pre-loved bargains that I buy each month. Here's September's selection.There's nothing I like more than a good rummage through the local charity shops but until this last couple of weeks, I haven't stepped foot inside of one since the start of March. I had a week off work this month though so I decided to have a cheeky little morning wandering around town (not my town, a little one near me has MUCH better … [Read more...]
15 Basic Money Management Tips….
We're going back to basics today with these 15 basic but essential money management tips!Over the last six months as my life has been ridiculously busy and if I'm honest, budgeting has probably been the last thing on my mind most of the time - managaeble only because our outgoings were significantly less with the kids on lockdown at home and our income was significantly increased due to all of the overtime I was working. Now we're having to deal with the fact that this is our new normal and our outgoings are creeping back up while the overtime is on the decline so I don't have … [Read more...]
