Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) A free cup of hot chocolate tastes better than one that costs £2.50, right? Not that I'd know about what it tasted like as I didn't actually drink it myself (thanks Diabetes) but Big A assures me that it was very tasty. 😁I used the offer from Octoplus (Octopus Energy's loyalty program) to get a free drink from Greggs … [Read more...]
Homemade Wood Polish to make your home shine….
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 lovely dark wood bannisters which can look quite grubby quite quickly thanks to the kids often grubby hands so they need a regular wipe down and polish to keep them looking as lovely as I want them to.I really love my homemade cleaning spray but for my bannisters, 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 … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {19th April 2025}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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! 👐First up, I think it's to stop calling my partner 'my partner' in my posts. 😁I mean, he absolutely is my partner but it just feels weird to call him that as it seems so formal. I'm definitely too old to call him my boyfriend though so I think we need to give him a name that I can call him on here! His name starts with an A so that's … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {12th April 2025}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) Daffodils are one of my favourite two flowers and at this time of year, they're in abundance everywhere you look where I live which makes me very happy! They're also a frequent visitor to the yellow sticker section of the flower department in the supermarket too. Look at the giant bunch I found in Tesco last weekend for £1.25...It's … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {5th April 2025}….
Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) And another week of Spring brings another bunch of bargain Spring flowers...These tulips were a bargain at 88p and I love having them brightening up my living room! To me, tulips really represent Spring to me so I love having them in our house. 2) Our hoover isn't as powerful as it used to be even though we've … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {29th March 2025}….
Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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! 👐I think today is going to be a bit of a garden edition as the sunshine has made us want to sort out our garden ready for the Summer....1) Before I start on the garden, let's go with the first bargain flowers of the Spring...My favourite flowers are daffodils and I really do want to plant some in the garden to flower next … [Read more...]
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