I've been a but absent this week as we've all had a cold (again!) which has led to a tired and slightly grumpy family.  We've not done too bad though.... Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  If you're a regular here then you might have seen the seasonal bucket lists that I write every few months - a regular entry on there has been to clean out my garage but as it was so full of junk, we knew it was going to be a nightmare to clear it out.  We found out that the council will collect junk quite cheaply - 6 items for a £18 but when we looked at what we had we realised that the cost was … [Read more...]

Half term is not usually one of the frugal-est (is that a word) weeks of the year but I don't think we've done too badly this week. Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  Miss Frugal isn't growing that much so she hasn't grown out of many clothes but her taste has changed so much since she started secondary school so we had a sort through of her wardrobe this week.  Because she's quite small, she's still got clothes that we bought for her in Year 5 so you can imagine that her taste has changed massively now that she's as a much more sophisticated (;-)) Year 7 girl.  We photographed what … [Read more...]

Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  This isn't a massively frugal thing but we've been shopping for new fridge freezers this week and despite falling in love with a big American Style one, I chose a smaller and much cheaper one that has more freezer space than we have in our current one.  I took a photo of the model number and came home to see if I could get it cheaper.  I managed to get it £25 cheaper as I found a discount code on the 02 Priority Moments app so I'm really pleased I didn't buy it there and then!2.  I've discovered a free car park that I can park in when I pop into … [Read more...]

I meant to start doing a 'Five Frugal things....' post every week but last week wasn't great for us as we were hit with a tummy bug that wiped us out but we're on the mend now so here I am again to share with you all five frugal things that I've done this week. Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  This is something I do every week but only realised what a habit it was when Master Frugal told me that he knew it was Sunday because the washing machine was on.  Basically, I try to only wash on a Sunday and I do one white wash, one dark load and one colour load.  By waiting until I have a … [Read more...]