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.I've been in New York this week with the kids and although I get that New York isn't really a budget holiday destination, indeed some of you might not consider a holiday of any sort to be frugal, but to me, things like this are what make all the saving and counting the cost of things worthwhile. We've really tried hard to stick to a pretty strict budget over the week and … [Read more...]
Ten ways to save money on fuel….
Last week I shared 10 ways to save money on your energy bills so I thought today, I'd share 10 ways to save money on fuel.You might have read recently that my daily commute is a little bit longer than it used to be which has, in turn, increased the amount of money I spend on petrol. It's quite a significant increase so over the last month or so I've really gotten the hang of how to drive more efficiently and discovered other ways to reduce how much I spend on petrol. Here are a few of the ways I save money on fuel - trust me, they work! Cut your speed My drive to … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {15 February 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) If all has gone according to plan, I'm on a plane heading to New York as this post … [Read more...]
How to make a tote bag from a T-Shirt….
OK, so I know this one won't be for everyone but today I wanted to show you how you can make a tote bag from a T-shirt as well as share a few other alternatives to plastic shopping bags with you.I'm really trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle and wherever possible, I'm cutting down on the use of plastics in our household - specifically non-recyclable single-use plastics. I'll probably get all preachy about that in another post one of these days but for today I wanted to share a few alternatives to plastic shopping bags and show you how to make a tote bag from a … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {8 February 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) I have a couple of dry skin patches on my face that have really flared up this … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Homemade Wood Polish….
Over the last year or so I've been experimenting more and more with homemade cleaning products. Today, I'm sharing my latest creation - homemade DIY wood polish.I have a lovely vintage dark wood dining room table which can look quite grubby quite quickly so as well as the usual wipe down after meals, it also needs a regular polish. I really love my homemade cleaning spray but I wanted something that would leave a little bit of a shine on the wood so I tried adding some olive oil to the mix.I had a disaster with the first batch as I put way too much olive oil into the mix which made the … [Read more...]
