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) I'm definitely getting better at using up leftovers for lunch and my lovely little food flask (Facebook made me buy it) is in use most days either for me or Miss Frugal who shares it with me. If I heat up the leftovers before I leave for work then the food is still warm at lunchtime so it's perfect!This was pasta arrabbiata leftovers that … [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.  Hey! 👐1) You all know how much I love a good bunch of bargain flowers to start off this post on a Friday and this week's flowers were a complete bargain at 76p!They're exactly what the corner of my kitchen needed to brighten it up as the days have been a bit grey and miserable this last week or so, haven't they?2) Do you regularly check your … [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.  Hey! 👐1) I've been off work this week so I've worked really hard to get my life back into some form of order! I've done a review of my budget and cancelled a few of the extra little monthly things that have crept in since I last did one - no idea what came over me when I ordered a monthly stationery subscription box and I'm nowhere near grown-up … [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.  Hey! 👐Ugh, it's been one of those weeks this week!  I'm pretty much done in and ready to hibernate this weekend with absolutely no plans to do anything other than watch TV shows on Netflix and Hayu that don't require any brain cells at all.  1) You will NEVER guess what? I've finally painted the wall behind my bed which, if you've … [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.  Hey! 👐1) A while ago, I shared how I'd painted my lovely old dining room table white.A couple of people at the time asked me why I'd chosen white to paint the table as white isn't the most practical colour for a dining room table - a fact I totally get!  I went for white because, at the time, I was on a mission to paint all of the walls in my house … [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.  Hey! 👐1) I'm kind of disappointed with this first one but it is what it is I guess - I bought a tumble drier after 10 years+ of managing without one.  We got rid of our tumble drier when we moved house as it wasn't the most energy-efficient model even back then and I just felt like it was unnecessary so we popped it on Freecycle and a very … [Read more...]