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) I have a couple of dry skin patches on my face that have really flared up this … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Homemade Wood Polish….
Over the last year or so I've been experimenting more and more with homemade cleaning products. Today, I'm sharing my latest creation - homemade DIY wood polish.I have a lovely vintage dark wood dining room table which can look quite grubby quite quickly so as well as the usual wipe down after meals, it also needs a regular polish. I really love my homemade cleaning spray but I wanted something that would leave a little bit of a shine on the wood so I tried adding some olive oil to the mix.I had a disaster with the first batch as I put way too much olive oil into the mix which made the … [Read more...]
What Self-Care means to me….
Self-care seems to be a bit of a buzz word lately so I thought I'd take a few minutes to share what self-care means to me.Before I do though, let me get you up to speed with the last twelve months of my life in case you've missed all the drama so you know exactly why self-care is so important to me personally.First off, my Dad passed away last March after a very difficult six months and then we had a near miss with Master Frugal who got quite poorly in September and spent almost a week in the hospital. Both events almost had me on my knees processing everything that happened and … [Read more...]
How Intentional Spending can change your life….
Have you heard of intentional spending before? It's something I first wrote about back in 2016 but it's been on my mind quite a bit lately so I thought I'd share some more thoughts on what intentional spending means to me and how I make it work for our family so we can do more of the things we love to do.Basically, intentional spending (to us anyway) is about consciously thinking about what we spend our disposable income on and allowing ourselves to spend our money on the things that will make us feel fulfilled and happy - either individually or as a family. We cut … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto (Slimming World Syn Free)….
This recipe for Instant Pot mushroom risotto is my new favourite meal!* It's super tasty, super cheap, easy to make and as if that wasn't enough, it's also syn free so perfect for anyone following Slimming World.*(I know, I said this last week too but I'm very fickle and easy to please. ;-))Every time I share an Instant Pot recipe on here or over on Instagram, someone asks me what an Instant Pot is and I promise I'm going to write a post about it but basically it's a pressure cooker that also moonlights as a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a steamer, a yoghurt maker with saute and … [Read more...]
Romantic Rose Petal and Vanilla Sugar Scrub….
I've just made a small batch of this amazing rose petal and vanilla sugar scrub using some rose petals that I got for 50p in the reduced section at Tesco and it reminded me how lovely it was to use so I thought I'd share it again with you all.One of my friends gave me some lovely dried rose petals a little while ago when I was planning to make some pretty candles as Christmas gifts. I never got around to making the candles so the rose petals have just been sat in my cupboard gathering dust until Miss Frugal came across them the other day.Naturally, the first thing she … [Read more...]
