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) Did you see this week's meal plan over on Instagram earlier in the … [Read more...]
Things That Frugal People Don’t (Usually) Do….
{I'm re-sharing this post today as I've seen some super negative comments on Instagram this week where people have been judging others for the way they choose to spend their money - not on my posts in case you're wondering but I just hate seeing people be judged for spending their hard earned money how they want to spend it so I thought I'd dust off this post and get on my soapbox again}Last week someone left a comment on one of my posts to say that they didn't think that having a holiday was very frugal which is something that I completely disagree with. As I've said many times … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {12 April 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) Did you see my post yesterday where I shared our monthly budget review? I … [Read more...]
When was the last time you did a monthly budget review?
We do a full monthly budget review at least every six months but more often than not, we'll try and do it every three months so we can keep a close eye on what's happening with our money and make changes if we need to.I thought I'd take you through the process and give you a bit of an update on our budget today as it must be a good year or so since I've shared something like this. First up, I always print out two copies of my free monthly budget planner which you can find here. There are two versions to choose from - a plain and a pretty version but obviously, I always … [Read more...]
Five ways to use up leftover hard-boiled eggs….
Did you know that a hard-boiled egg is safe to eat for you to seven days after it's been cooked?* I had no idea that they lasted that long until I started researching some ideas for what leftover hard-boiled eggs could be used for since I shared my post last Monday about how to colour eggs naturally.** According to this post, a hard-boiled egg will last for up to seven days in the fridge as long as the shell is still on it. If you peel it before popping it in the fridge then it's only good for up to five days. **Hard boiling and poaching eggs have shown to be the … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week and a mini life update….
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 with today's five frugal things, I thought I'd give you a mini life update...You might already know that at the end of last year, I got some news about my job that was pretty big. It meant that I was going to be travelling just shy of 40 miles to get to work instead of my previous 12 miles each way. That's 80 miles a day sat in my car!It's not … [Read more...]
