I know my timing's a bit off with this (well it is for me - your skies might be bluer than ours right now) but I wanted to share a few ideas with you on how you can keep cool on a budget when the weather is too hot to be comfortable!Keeping cool on a budget is something we know a lot about as our house can be super warm in the Summer months and over the years, we've definitely learned a thing or two about the things we can do that will help - even just a temporary reprieve from the heat is welcome and if we can do that without having to switch on the energy-sucking fans then … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {25th June 2021}….
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) Did you catch my 'how to sell on Vinted' post last week?I've made a bit of extra money this week by selling some of the things I listed on there last weekend and it's actually been so easy that at one point I was considering whether to actually do a charity shop crawl tomorrow just to look for things to sell but I'm not sure that it would be … [Read more...]
15 Basic Money Management Tips….
We're going back to basics today with these 15 basic but essential money management tips!Over the last six months as my life has been ridiculously busy and if I'm honest, budgeting has probably been the last thing on my mind most of the time - manageable only because our outgoings were significantly less with the kids on lockdown at home and our income was significantly increased due to all of the overtime I was working. Now we're having to deal with the fact that this is our new normal and our outgoings are creeping back up while the overtime is on the decline so I don't have … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {11th June 2021}….
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) My car insurance was due this week and my renewal quote was £433 for the basic policy which was much more than it was last year for no reason that I can tell. I did a bit of a price comparison and found a much better price with another company so I ended up paying £227. Add to that the fact that I used TopCashback so will get £40 cashback at … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {4th June2021}….
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) It's been way too long since I started a post with some bargain flowers...These beauties were reduced from £4 to £1.78 and Carnations usually last quite well so, with any luck, they'll still be brightening up the corner of my kitchen this time next week. 🤞2) Last weekend was absolutely glorious weather so I took the opportunity … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {28th May 2021}….
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) How on earth is it the last weekend in May already?I know it's way too early to properly discuss that day that happens in December but I did order a present today that I'll be putting away ready for the big day as I saw something on sale that I know will make a fab little present. I've also double-checked and I have around £40 in Boots … [Read more...]
