Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  We finally got around to having a car boot sale (you can read all about it here) and considering it was quite windy and we were mostly selling Miss Frugal's junk things I actually think we did really well.  Everything that we didn't sell went straight to the charity shop so I'd call that a frugal and de-cluttering success!2.  This one involves a bit of a white lie so please don't hold it against me ;-)As I mentioned last week, Miss Frugal wanted a room makeover because she wanted her room to be a bit more grown up.  We went to B&Q … [Read more...]

Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  I've been wanting to visit the South Lakes Zoo for ages as we've heard some great things about it but it's a good few hours drive away from us so we've never actually made it there yet.  Every now and again though I do have a quick search to see if there are any deals around to get the entry cheaper as that would help convince Mr Frugal that it would be worth the long drive.  I managed to find a great deal this week which offers entry for the four of us plus some animal feed for each of us for the bargain price of £15 which seems like a great deal … [Read more...]

Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. Contrary to popular belief, I'm planning on making more than just mojitos with the mint in my new little herb garden (actually mojitos was my plan but Miss Frugal had other ideas).  So this week, we've made mint lemonade which I'll be sharing with you at some point over the next week and after that was a success we even made blueberry version.  It tasted delicious - even more so because we made it with our own mint!2.  The kids and Mr Frugal headed off to Wembley on Monday to watch their beloved Boro play in the Championship play off. They … [Read more...]

Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. We now have a mini herb garden - actually it's more of a pot but it's in the garden and it has three different herbs in it so we're calling it a garden. ;-)I think I've said before that we're not great with the actual growing of plants so when we saw that Morrisons had their herb plants on offer we bought Mint, Rosemary and Chives.  Now we just have to keep them alive long enough to benefit from our £3 investment!2.  I love Jo Malone perfume but it's not very frugal so I only ever get it when Mr Frugal decides to splash the cash for a … [Read more...]