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, I do want to 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 - we're frugal so we can afford to do nice things together.1) I bought a pre-prepared leek and potato soup mix … [Read more...]
How switching energy suppliers and tariffs saves you money….
Today I'm going to tell you about how easy it is to switch energy suppliers and hopefully reassure you that it's easy to do, takes no time at all and can give you significant savings on your current energy spend each month.Energy suppliers usually have to up their prices when there are changes in the industry and increases in inflation. When these price hikes get passed on to us - the customers – it makes me think about switching to get the best deal. Switching energy suppliers is probably one of the easiest things you can do to shave some money off your monthly budget but it's often … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {13 April 2018}….
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, I do want to 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 - we're frugal so we can afford to do nice things together.1) This week was my Dad's funeral and whilst I didn't … [Read more...]
How the 50/20/30 Budget Method Helps You Financially….
Today I am going to share how the 50/20/30 budget method works and tell you how it can change your financial future forever.I've recently been trying a new budgeting method which a few people I know recommended to me - it's called 50/20/30 and I find that it’s an amazingly easy way to learn how to save and be financially savvy. It's not for everyone and I get that, there are lots of us who don't have the luxury of allocating funds to our financial goals and to unnecessary spending but for those who can, I definitely think it's worth a go to see if it suits your budgeting style more … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {6 April 2018}….
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.1) Mr Frugal and the kids have season tickets for our local football club and every year they have an early bird deal on where you get it cheaper if you renew by the end of March which as you may know is waaaaay before this season even ends, never mind the next one starting. It's such a saving that it's as if we were getting one of the kids' tickets free so we've made sure that we … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {30th March 2018}….
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.1) This week I've started my Spring Clean and my house is smelling amazing! I've used my homemade cleaning spray for all surfaces around the house and Zoflora on my floors.Considering Zoflora is super cheap and my homemade cleaning spray costs about 10p for a big bottle to make, I'm so pleased with the results.I've also cleared out cupboards that have needed cleaning … [Read more...]
