Right, unlike last week I'm feeling pretty confident that I'll get to five easily this week!1) Did you see my new meal planner and matching pictures that I made from some cheap Ikea frames and a free wallpaper sample? They're hiding some awful greasy blu tac marks on the kitchen wall so not only do they look great, they've also saved me from having the hassle of painting AND they're giving me a much needed boost in the meal planning department.2) Last Sunday was a great de-clutter day for me. I sorted out all the kids DVDs and took them to our local cash converters where they … [Read more...]
Easy Ways to update your wardrobe on a budget….
As part of our de-cluttering process we had a good old sort through Miss Frugal's wardrobe at the weekend. We were pretty ruthless and got rid of anything that hadn't been worn in a while, anything that she no longer liked and anything that was past it's best.After we'd sorted through every single piece of clothing that she owns, we ended up with two full black sacks to take to the charity shop which seems like a lot but we haven't been through her wardrobe since the start of Winter. Even then, we were much less ruthless that time as we kept lots of things that we probably shouldn't have … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {1st April 2016}….
I'm so pleased it's Friday!After another very long and tiring week, I'm not sure if I actually five frugal things to share with you, let's see if I can make it to five....1) I bought some bags of pre-prepared veg from Tesco reduced section this week reduced to 23p a pack. I managed to make four portions of my favourite spicy butternut squash and sweet potato soup and the rest was used to make a super quick casserole in the slow cooker. I just added the veg, two chicken stock cubes some leftover chicken and a bit of boiling water and popped it on high for two and a half … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {25th March 2016}….
This week has been all about getting everyone better and caught up with sleep ready for a lovely long weekend of doing all of the jobs I've been wanting to get done around the house.1. Mr Frugal knows how much I like Orla Kiely and how much I love upcycled furniture so when he saw that someone was selling this little beauty, he was there like a shot to buy it for me for my Birthday.I have no idea where I'm going to put it but I love it and the fact that it's upcycled means it's a thrifty birthday present which is even better.2. I invested in some new freezer storage containers … [Read more...]
7 ways to clean a burnt pan – easily….
It's no secret that I'm easily distracted so it probably won't come as too much of a surprise that I often very occasionally burn the tea which leaves me with a burnt pan to clean.The fact that my husband refuses to wash my burnt pans (he does all the rest of the pots usually) because I should have been more careful means that I 've become a bit of a 'how to clean a burnt pan' expert! Not something I'm particularly proud of but hey ho!Anyway, after another burnt pan incident last night (not my fault this time as someone came to the door), I thought I'd share a few of my tips with you … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {18th March 2016}….
1) Miss Frugal decided that she was suddenly too old for her beautiful pink and turquoise bedroom and that she wanted to go for an all white look instead. I did have a fair amount of white paint leftover from when we did our hall, stairs and landing so I told her I'd help her if she did most of the work and surprisingly, she agreed! She bought the roller out of her own money and set about painting what she could while I helped out with the higher bits.About half way through it was pretty obvious that the paint we had wasn't going to do the whole room but ,rather than buy more paint, I … [Read more...]
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