In the spirit of being sustainable and reusing as much as you possibly can around the house, I thought you might like to see a few ideas on how to reuse glass jam jars.I actually started this post (if taking two photographs counts as starting a post) a good few months ago now and then forgot all about the idea until this week when I saw a post on Facebook about how the owners of the company who make my favourite brand of jam, Bonne Maman, actually hid a family in Paris during World War 2 as part of the Nazi resistance effort. The story was really heartwarming but potentially (as with … [Read more...]

Does anyone else buy random things after seeing them advertised on Social Media?I realised a little while ago that I'm like an advertisers dream right now as I've bought things recently that I may not have even known existed if it hadn't been for Facebook and its advertising algorithms that somehow know what I want before I even know myself.  Then Instagram joined the party and started targeting me with some pretty accurate ad targeting so I changed the name of this series to Social Media made me buy it.(To be clear: none of these items are sponsored or gifted, they're all … [Read more...]

Did you catch last week's five frugal things post? I mentioned that I'd treated myself to a Hello Fresh meal prep box after seeing an offer where the first box was 50% off and the next three were 35% off.  I'm so easily influenced but I thought I'd track the meals we got in our box and share them with you.To be clear, I bought my Hello Fresh box myself. 😇I've used Hello Fresh before during lockdown (again, I bought the boxes myself and wasn't working with them) and shared what I thought of them in general (Hello Fresh, overhyped and overpriced?) so I won't go into all the … [Read more...]

If you're in the market to buy secondhand furniture for any reason then this is the post for you! Here's seven of the best places to check out!I feel like I've come a full circle when it comes to furniture in that when I bought my first house, it was genuinely a spur-of-the-moment decision as there was an opportunity that I couldn't miss. That meant that I didn't have much money so it was furnished with hand-me-downs and secondhand furniture which didn't always match my personal style or preference but it was OK because I was so happy to be a homeowner at 20.Then I moved house and … [Read more...]

OK, I'm not sure how this has happened but it looks like I've never shared my super easy banana pancakes recipe with you! Obviously, I'm going to put that right today but I should warn you that the photos aren't the greatest as they're actually stills taken from a Tik Tok video I was making yesterday.I decided to have a go at making a Tik Tok video yesterday morning and because I had no clue what I was doing and didn't have anyone around to help hold my phone, I knew I was going to have to cook whatever recipe I chose with just one hand so I picked the simplest recipe that I … [Read more...]

My Kindle Unlimited Subscription is one of the best things I've ever signed up for and I keep saying I'm going to dedicate a whole post to it and today, I'm finally getting around to it!Every now and again, in one of my weekly five frugal things posts or on Instagram, I share how I've filled my Kindle up with a stack of new books and every time, I get at least a couple of emails or DMs asking me how it works so much so I'm going to pop everything into this post so I can just share the link to that. I'm all about working smarter and not harder at the minute! … [Read more...]