Did you catch last week's post about what a realistic food budget looks like in 2026? If not, I recommend going and having a quick look before reading this one? I shared some information about what 'average' families spend in the UK in 2026 and it might really help you to understand where your own food shopping budget fits with that. What I wanted to talk about today is how you can reduce your spend, or at least share what's worked for me. After figuring out our own realistic food budget, the biggest thing that helped me to then bring it down to a level that feels … [Read more...]
What’s a Realistic Food Budget in 2026?
It’s around this time of year when lots of us start thinking about our food budgets again. I'd much rather review our food spending in February because just getting through to Payday in January is an achievement in itself for us with the combination of an early December pay and the inevitable overspend of Christmas. So for me, February is that lovely reset month where everything settles back into a routine which makes it the perfect time to get a clear picture of what we’re actually spending on food because it’s so easy for the weekly shop to creep up without us even … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {15th November 2025}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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! I don't know about you but I always find November to be one of those months where my spending can really creep up without me realising - I start to rely on the heating more as the weather turns, there's more pressure to spend with Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Christmas is approaching ridiculously quickly. That all means that I'm trying to be … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {8th November 2025}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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! Did you miss me last week? 😁 I've not been very well lately so I spent most of the last couple of weeks in the house resting up and relaxing which means that money saving has taken a back seat if I'm honest although spending as much time doing nothing as I have has given me lots of time to think about my life and my own general well-being and the … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {25th October 2025}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) I thought I'd start this week by sharing one of my staple meals for this time of year - corned beef hash. I made a big batch of this overnight on Monday night in the slow cooker and it did a small tea for me on Tuesday, two nightshift meals on Tuesday and Wednesday, a tupperware bowl filled with enough for a meal for Master Frugal (who, at 20, is … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {18th October 2025}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) What better way to start a post than to share some bargain flowers that I got this week... I love having fresh flowers in the house and a bargain bunch is so much prettier than a full price bunch if you ask me. 😁 These beauties were reduced from £6 to £1.66 and they're just the thing to cheer up my post-holiday blues this … [Read more...]
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