Remember my post about the Christmas parcels we're making up for our local food bank? Well today, I thought I'd give you a bit of an update...In case you missed that post, we're basically making some Christmas hampers for local families which we hope to include everything they'll need to cook their Christmas Dinner other than the turkey. ;-) I'm aiming for eight parcels but I've started early so if I get enough for the eight then I'll do more if I have the chance.First things first, I got in touch with our local food bank to make sure that they would be OK with me making these … [Read more...]
Homemade Slow Cooker Cranberry Sauce….
Today I'm sharing my version of homemade slow cooker cranberry sauce and I guarantee you're going to LOVE it.I've never been a fan of cranberry sauce really but that's not really surprising when you consider that until last December, I'd only ever tried shop bought versions of cranberry sauce!Last year though, I tried some homemade cranberry sauce during my work's Christmas meal out and it tasted amazing. Honestly, it was almost unrecognisable from the shop bought versions I'd tried previously so I decided to have a go at making my own at the last minute.My first attempt (on … [Read more...]
25 thrifty ideas for Random acts of kindness that won’t cost you a penny….
Tuesday is National Random Acts of Kindness day so I thought I'd dust off this old post, give it a polish up and share it with you again because I want you all to be overflowing with as many ideas as possible to make someone's day!One single random act of kindness isn't going to change the world but it is going to make someone have a better day than they would have done otherwise. It's going to make you feel better for doing it and as well as making the recipient feel better themselves, it's also going to increase the chances that they're going to be nice to someone else in … [Read more...]
How to save money on your energy bills this Autumn/Winter plus WIN an Amazon Echo Dot!
This post is an advertisement feature in collaboration with EDF Energy. As always though, all thoughts and opinions are my own!You might remember from one of my recent weekly 'five frugal things I've done this week' posts that one thing we're really trying to focus on at the moment is saving some money on our energy bills. As a family of four with two teenagers, I've found over the last year that our energy usage has crept up which means that our bills are on the up too.It's not just about saving money though (although that's definitely a huge part of it), it's also about trying to … [Read more...]
Five (kind of) Frugal Things we did last week in Los Angeles {9 November 2018}….
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, in case you don't already know, I should say that when we originally booked our trip to LA we chose a mid-range hotel that was nowhere near as nice as the one we ended up in. We were upgraded after an issue with the hotel we booked led to us making a complaint and ultimately ended up in an amazing hotel in a much better location. The fact that we were … [Read more...]
How I pay for Christmas without spending any money….
I'm not someone who agrees with the whole 'Presence not Presents' ethos at Christmastime (but that's a whole other post so stay tuned for that in a couple of weeks) but equally, I don't want to spend a small fortune on the presents that I do buy.There are a few things I try to do throughout the year that help me to pay for some presents without actually having to spend any money so today, I thought I'd share a few of them with you...Swagbucks The first thing I do to save up for Christmas is to use the Swagbucks site throughout the year to accumulate Swagbucks which are kind of like … [Read more...]
