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. Hey! 👐1) This week's potato pancakes were a huge success now that I've figured out my secret ingredient (which clearly isn't such a secret seeing as I shared the recipe on Monday! I'd planned to have a little leftover mashed potato from the dinner I was planning but ended up with more than I expected Miss Frugal was asked to work at the last … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {7th August 2020}….
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. Hey! 👐1) As always, my favourite way to start one of these weekly posts...These ones look a bit sad but they only cost 50p so I'm hoping they might cheer up once they've had a soak. I say this all of the time but I love fresh flowers, they really do make me smile so they're never a waste of money to me. 2) OK, we finally gave … [Read more...]
Sinking funds – what they are and how to use them….
Last week, I asked if you were financially resilient and one of the things I mentioned was using sinking funds to save for some of your expenses which is something that I don't currently do. I wanted to tell you a bit more about them though so I asked the very lovely Steph from Debt Free Family to pop over and tell you how she uses sinking funds.Hello! I’m Steph and I blog over at Debt free family (https://debtfreefamily.co.uk) where I write about family finances, earning a bit more and spending a bit less! I’m going to write today about sinking funds, what they are, the … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {31st July 2020}….
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. Hey! 👐1) There's been a dress that I've wanted from Laura Ashley for a good six months or so but I couldn't bear the thought of paying £70 for a dress so even though I wanted it, I left it on the rack every time I saw it. Anyway, last weekend, I walked past Laura Ashley and thought I'd just nip in on the off chance that the dress was in the sale and I … [Read more...]
Are you financially resilient? This is what I do to help me to prepare for a financial crisis….
Let's have a chat today about financial resilience - specifically about what I do to ensure that I'm as financially resilient as I can be and to hopefully give you some ideas on how you can be too!More so than at any other time I can remember, it's so important right now to be financially resilient. I genuinely feel like we're all about to go through some pretty hard times and being as prepared as possible for that is a huge priority for me right now! What is financial resilience? So, first of all, you might be scratching your head and asking yourself what financial resilience even … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {24th July 2020}….
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. Hey! 👐1) If we're talking about getting life back to normal then one of the best ways to do that is to start this post off in my favourite way...I've definitely seen happier looking bunches of flowers but these Sunflowers were reduced to the bargain price of £1.50 and they've been brightening up my kitchen for the last five days!2) I'm still … [Read more...]
