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) We're going for a bit of a homemade Christmas … [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. 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 shared my weekly meal plan over on Meal Planning … [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. 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 volunteered at a charity shop this week to spend … [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. 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 made a batch of my homemade orange peel cleaning … [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. Before I start though, in case you don't already know, I should say that when we originally booked our trip to LA we chose a mid-range hotel that was nowhere near as nice as the one we ended up in.  We were upgraded after an issue with the hotel we booked led to us making a complaint and ultimately ended up in an amazing hotel in a much better location.  The fact that we were … [Read more...]