A year ago we went along to a local priory for a quick look around and ended up signing up for an English Heritage annual family membership.The decision to join English Heritage was definitely a spur of the moment decision but it's turned out to be a good one as we've had so much fun with it and as far as value for money is concerned, the membership ended up paying for itself within about three weeks if I remember rightly!Our favourite property by far is Whitby Abbey and we've visited there about five times over the course of the year using our membership. We even went on Halloween … [Read more...]
Homemade gifts – thoughtful and thrifty or tight and cheap?
I want to know how you really feel about homemade presents - is it really the thought that counts or would you feel a little disappointed getting a homemade gift from someone.I think that in some camps there's a bit of a misconception that by giving a homemade gift, you're being a bit tight and trying to save money by doing so (I'm in no way referring to a rather aggressive Facebook thread I read a few days ago here ;-)) whereas in my experience, homemade gifts can, and often do, cost more than a smellies set that you can pick up randomly in the 3 for 2 at Boots.Here's where I'm … [Read more...]
Small things that make me smile {September 2016}….
September's my least favourite month of the year to be honest as it's the anniversary of when my brother died and the anniversary of when my Mam found out just how ill she was the year later. I've also struggled with going back to work this month after being off for most of the Summer ill and we've had all of the usual stress of going back to school and the various bugs and dramas that come with it.So, all in all, it's been a funny old month with more than it's fair share of lows but I think the lows have made us spend more time together and enjoy each other's company more than … [Read more...]
How easy is it to change energy suppliers?
I'm always recommending that if someone wants to save money then one of the first things to do (after meal planning obviously ;-)) is to change energy suppliers for all of their utilities because the chances are that (a) they're not on the best deal they could be on and (b) there's usually some cashback to be earned for switching.I know from the replies I've had to this advice that lots of you go on to change energy suppliers and save money every single month but more of you decide that it's too much hassle and that the savings aren't worth the effort. And I totally get that.But what … [Read more...]
The Festival of Thrift 2016….
Last weekend was our annual family trip to the Festival of Thrift which is an amazing festival held in the North East every September all about living sustainably with style which is right up my street.We go to the Festival of Thrift every year and I've always had an amazing day so I was really looking forward to visiting again although this year I didn't book into any of the classes or workshops as I wasn't sure if I'd be up to joining in with them when they were released over the Summer. I totally wished I had booked a couple though as the jam making and upcycling ones looked like so … [Read more...]
Homemade emoji biscuits….
A couple of weeks ago we were at the Trafford centre and we walked past a stand selling emoji biscuits. Maybe it was because they were the last two left but they didn't look too emoji like and both kids couldn't stop laughing at the pathetic-ness of them (totally a word).A photo posted by UK Thrifty Family Blogger (@frugalfamily) on Sep 14, 2016 at 12:14am PDTMiss Frugal decided that she could do a better job so this weekend, we decided to have a go at making our own emoji biscuits and I'm quite pleased with the results!For the biscuits, I used our trusty three … [Read more...]
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