Five frugal things I’ve done this week:
1. Not massively money saving but this morning we walked into town instead of taking the car – only about a mile and a half each way but we saved petrol and car parking and even more importantly, we had a lovely catch up while we were walking.
2. We decided to make some homemade bracelets using the beads we bought off a lovely lady on our local Facebook selling site. The beads were a massive bargain at just £12 for two big bags of them – there are literally hundreds, all as pretty as these:
We’ve now got some last minute Birthday gifts ready and waiting to go in our present bag although I’m not sure Miss Frugal is comfortable giving only a homemade gift so we’ll be buying something to go with it. Homemade present’s are a funny thing aren’t it because sometimes you (or at least I do) feel that homemade gifts aren’t as good as bought gifts even when you know that they’ll be well received.
3. Did you know Boots are doing 3 for 2 on all make up at the minute? Me neither until I went in today to but some foundation as I was running low and saw the posters everywhere. I don’t wear much make up if I’m honest but I do like the Maybelline BB cream so I thought I’d take advantage of the 3 for 2 deal while it was on and buy three instead of one. A great example of how sometimes if you spend more by buying in bulk when there are offers on, you save in the long run.
4. I won’t be buying the kids Easter Eggs or giving them presents instead of eggs this year (although Miss Frugal assures me that all her friends are getting money as an Easter gift). They’re not exactly missing out as they already have a couple of eggs each from our family and I really don’t see why I should give them a present instead. Is that mean?
5. I made macaroni cheese this week for tea which is Master Frugal’s most requested tea. I made double the cheese sauce and I’ve frozen the leftover sauce in one portion pots so he can have it more often without me having to cook it for the whole family. All I need to do is defrost it in the fridge overnight and then heat it up while the pasta is cooking!
What frugal or thrifty things have you done this week?
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Really Great Post!, I have some handmade gift and i feel the same about handmade but at the end i am happy with them and buy something new gifts to present others.
1. I bought cooking bacon from Morrisons for 81p and have just spent some time separating it into meat and fat (not all that easy!) I now have eleven little pots of bacon bits in the freezer for casserole bases, mini quiches, omelettes, etc, at under 8p per pot. And hands that smell of bacon!!!
2. I'm slowly rendering down the fatty bits to make cooking fat. Bacon fat is gorgeous (and free!).
3. I am making my own hot cross(less) buns but I haven't finished costing them out yet. They will be cheaper and much, much nicer than shop bought buns – I know that! 🙂
4. I started Breadline eating on Wednesday.
5. No Easter egg buying this year and the few I were given went straight to grandson.
6. I swapped the deodorant I usually have with one from Aldi and couldn't tell any difference. Given that the latter is less than half the price of the former, it's a swap worth staying with.
I usually give home made gifts and my experience is that they are received in the spirit in which they are given and people love that I spent time and effort making something for them. Sometimes, when you cost time and effort into the price, they suddenly become very expensive gifts!
I did buy easter eggs but waited until late yesterday when Aldi had massively reduced them-and they weren't very expensive to begin with. Spent around £4 for all rather than the usual £12-£15. My doctors increased my medication dose but when I went to collect from the chemist, they tried to charge me twice as they have to if the prescriptions have been printed on two separate sheets. I marched into the medical centre and asked that they reprint them on the same sheet… saving myself another £8.20 in the process 🙂
I had some milk which was approaching use by and a cauliflower in the fridge so I made two portions of cauliflower cheese, only baked one and froze the other in the baking dish ready to cook another time.
Can you please give us your cheese sauce receipe
.Thank you
Can you please give us your cheese sauce receipe
.Thank you
i really look forward to this post each week, i feel the same about handmade gifts but then i am happy to buy something handmade from someone else and give it as a present.
I make alot of food from scratch now; apart from it tasting far better It saves me alot. I've also put a stop to any more Easter eggs, my kids get enough treats as it is.