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) Fresh flowers make me happy but paying full price for flowers doesn't make me happy … [Read more...]
How to defrost a freezer safely….
I had no idea how to defrost a freezer until this last couple of weeks and you know what, I'd really rather than I hadn't have had to have a crash course in the subject but seeing as I have, I thought I'd share my newfound knowledge with you!You might have seen recently that my fridge freezer decided to have a temporary fit which took a couple of weeks to fix as we needed a special part ordering in. When it was finally fixed, we decided to move all of the food from the other under-counter freezer in the kitchen into the newly fixed freezer so we could give the under-counter one a … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {22 November 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) You might have read that this year, we're planning to have a much more relaxed … [Read more...]
Super Easy Bread Recipe {Bread Maker Friendly}….
Are you looking for a Super Easy Bread Recipe that's Breadmaker Friendly and pretty much foolproof? If so, this is absolutely the post for you! There's nothing quite like the taste (and smell) of freshly baked bread, is there? We love making it but we're not exactly master bakers so we need an easy bread recipe to follow. The recipe I'm sharing today is the one that we've found to be the most successful one for us - in fact, we've never had a failed loaf with this recipe! Master Frugal uses this recipe for his pizza base mix when he's in charge of … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {15 November 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've been getting back into the habit of making homemade bread A good six months ago, … [Read more...]
How to paint your dining room table….
Have you ever wondered how to paint your dining room table? If you have then you're absolutely in the right place and even if you haven't, I still think you should read on and I'll tell you why I think you might want to consider painting yours!We bought our dining room table second hand from a friend who was selling it back in 2016 when we paid £40 for it - a total bargain considering what a well-built table it is. I love the design of the table and when we bought it, I really loved its shabby chic style with the dark wood top and the off white distressed effect on the legs … [Read more...]
