Mr Frugal excelled himself this year with my Christmas present of a Morphy Richards soup maker and even did well by giving it to me on Christmas Eve morning because he knew I'd want to use it as soon as I got it and wouldn't have been able to if he'd given me on on Christmas morning.I love making soups and often make a batch at the start of the week for my work lunches so he decided to buy me the Morphy Richards soup maker to make life easier for me bless him.I've wanted a soup maker for ages but when I looked at the price of them (usually between £50 and £100) they seemed like a bit … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {18th December 2015}….
The week before Christmas is a time that I find hard to be frugal and not be tempted by all the goodies in the shops that I know I really don't need and I do buy things that I wouldn't normally buy - it is Christmas after all....1. I tried to make some wall art for an extra Christmas surprise for Miss Frugal's little quote wall in her bedroom and it turned out really well - the only problem was that she came downstairs as I was finishing it off and fell in love with it so she ended up taking it back upstairs with her!The 'Throw Kindness Like Confetti' picture image was … [Read more...]
Pet friendly Reindeer Dust for Christmas Eve….
One of our favourite Christmas Eve traditions is sprinkling our homemade pet friendly reindeer dust on the path outside our house just before bedtime.When I look through our Christmas photos over the years, it's so cute to see the kids changing each year as they spread the reindeer dust they've made themselves on the path to make sure that Santa doesn't have trouble finding us. From little toddlers to non believers - it'll always be one of our family traditions I hope!It does upset me though that some people still use actual glitter in their Reindeer dust! I admit that glitter looks … [Read more...]
An amazing homemade gift – Happiness in a bag {With a free printable label}….
I saw this idea recently when someone bought a friend at work something similar for her Birthday and it was so sweet that I decided to try and make something similar for Miss Frugal for Christmas.It's a a Bag of Happiness and it's filled with little things that are symbolic of what you want them to represent- here's what's in the bag I've made Miss Frugal....A plaster to make it better when you hurt (I just used a cute plaster I had in the first aid box) A heart so you'll know how loved you are (You could use a loveheart sweet but I just made mine out of a shiny pipe-cleaner) A … [Read more...]
Homemade Peppermint Foot Scrub….
I don't know about you but I sometimes have days where I feel like I'm on my feet and on the go from the moment I wake up until bedtime finally arrives!Take today for example....I got up early to drop Master Frugal off at a school event which lasted two hours and while he was there, I took Miss Frugal into town to buy some new school trousers and a couple of bits she needed for the presents she's making for her friends at school. We got back in time to pick Master Frugal up and then we had a quick lunch before taking the dog for a walk in the woods near us and then it was back out … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {11th December 2015}….
1. You're going to laugh at me for my first frugal act of the week this week! Years ago, Mr Frugal and I used to buy each other expensive cards for Christmas and because I'm a hoarder I always used to save them. Anyway, one year I got them all out and noticed a theme - they all said something like 'To the one I love' or To Someone Special', they all had a cute picture on the front and they all had practically the same message written inside. Oh yeah, and they all cost a small fortune!So that year, we decided not to send each other a card but to simply swap cards from … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 124
- 125
- 126
- 127
- 128
- …
- 145
- Next Page »
