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) Did you see Sunday's batch cooking triumph?I won't go into too much detail as I write a whole post about it on Monday but basically, I spent some time on Sunday batch cooking this week's meals.  I made all sorts and at one point I had something in the oven, something cooking on the hob and the Instant Pot and slow cooker doing their thing on the … [Read more...]

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.  I feel like this week has been quite a frugal week without me even trying particularly hard - I love it when that happens!  1) I went to make some Pizza Chips earlier this week and realised that I had no tomato puree which is pretty essential to the recipe.  I considered going to the shop to get some but decided against it because (a) I knew I'd buy … [Read more...]

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) Sunday and Monday's lunches were homemade soup made from some leftover shredded chicken and a leek and potato soup mix that I bought for 55p from Tesco.It was amazing - the shredded chicken which I made with some Italian Seasoning added a lovely flavour to it. I just wish it wasn't such a miserable looking green colour - it would be much tastier if it was a … [Read more...]

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) We're back in the game with bargain flowers!  Just look at these amazing daffodils that cost 50p a bunch...The bunch in the vase behind only lasted until midweek for some reason but the flowers in the vase at the front are still going strong.  They've made me smile all week as I love having fresh flowers in my house whenever I can.2) These two … [Read more...]

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.  I know I haven't been around much lately and honestly, I'd love to tell you that there's a super exciting reason for that, but there's really just not.  As well as being a bit absent, I also haven't really done very much at all to save money which makes me more than a bit frustrated with myself as I was determined to get the year off to a good start … [Read more...]