I know I've touched on how something that you might class as 'junk mail' can actually save you money a few times before in my weekly five frugal things post but today, I thought we'd give it a whole post of its own.Lots of people mentally sort their mail into three piles - you have the boring bills and grown-up life admin stuff, the waste of paper junk mail and finally, what's left after sorting that lot out is the fun or interesting stuff that you actually want to read.I feel like most of my mail falls into the junk mail category these days as I went through most of my bills last … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {18 October 2019}….
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, as always feel that I should 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. ;-)1) For the third week running, I've done some overtime at work which if you know … [Read more...]
Seven EASY things I do after I’ve been shopping to save to money….
We all know how important it is to be organised before you go shopping, don't we? But have you ever thought about the things you can do when you get home to make the best of your shopping?We know that a few minutes spent planning your meals according to what you have in and writing a shopping list to include everything you need is going to massively reduce those extra little mid-week trips to the shops.But have you ever thought about the things you could be doing when you get home from shopping that's going to save you even more money? 1) Check Your Receipts Always have a scan … [Read more...]
What’s all this about a new Tesco Clubcard PLUS?
I'm all for a good store loyalty scheme but when I found out that the new Tesco Clubcard PLUS was going to be one that I would have to pay for, I was more than a little shocked.To me, a loyalty card is about a store rewarding me for shopping with them, not me paying them so my first thoughts about the Tesco Clubcard PLUS were absolutely not happening.I've since done a bit more research and it does look like it could pay for itself for some families, including us. With that in mind, I thought I'd share with you today why we may actually sign up for the monthly subscription. What is … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {11 October 2019}….
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, as always feel that I should 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. ;-)1) Guess what? I've got some super cheap flowers to share with you!I got two … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {4 October 2019}….
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, as always feel that I should 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. ;-) 1) A cheeky pay increase First up this week, we've had some good news financially - Mr … [Read more...]
