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. 1) Master Frugal is taking GCSE Food Tech and some of the ingredients he is asked to take in are a bit random but so far, we've had a lot of them in the house already so haven't had to spend a fortune like some parents might have had to do. Monday's recipe needed no less than six different herbs and spiced and we had every single one of them in our cupboard - good … [Read more...]
Homemade Wood Polish to make your home shine….
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 lovely dark wood bannisters which can look quite grubby quite quickly thanks to the kids often grubby hands so they need a regular wipe down and polish to keep them looking as lovely as I want them to.I really love my homemade cleaning spray but for my bannisters, 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 … [Read more...]
Here’s the one BIG thing you should teach your children about money…
There are so many lessons that we need to teach our children about money but today, I'm going to tell you what I think is the single most important lesson that you need to teach them. It's the foundation for so many other money lessons that you'll teach them throughout the years.Teaching children about money can, and should, start from an early age and over the years, there's going to be lots of specific money lessons that you can teach them but the foundation to many of those lessons is this one: You may have to wait to buy something that you want. No matter how much you want … [Read more...]
10 frugal habits you NEED to learn….
Obviously, you know that I'm a fan of saving money, right? I'm the first to admit that it's not been particularly easy for me to switch to a frugal mindset and truth be told, I'm probably not as frugal as I could be these days. Over the years though, some of the things I've done have become habits and it's those frugal habits that mean that even when I'm not thinking frugally, I'm still doing OK!These are some of the frugal habits that I didn't do before but I now do automatically: 10 Frugal Habits you need to learn! Meal planning Meal planning is the one … [Read more...]
Homemade Chilli Cheese Breadsticks Recipe….
Chilli cheese breadsticks are my new favourite snack!A while ago, I shared my favourite homemade breadsticks recipe with you and today I wanted to share a slight variation on that recipe - Chilli cheese breadsticks! The chilli cheese version are softer than the regular breadsticks that I make which makes them even better for dipping in soups, tomato soup especially. Chilli Cheese breadsticks They're made using the same bread base recipe so I won't repeat it again as you can just pop over and get the recipe from here if you fancy trying these chilli cheese breadsticks. You … [Read more...]
Five Free Things to do in Middlesbrough….
I often find myself googling 'free things to do in' whatever place I'm visiting so I thought I'd start a series of blog posts featuring free things to do in various parts of the country. I'm starting today with free things to do in Middlesbrough.I feel like Middlesbrough gets a bit of a bad deal when it comes to people's opinions of what it's like to live there. Yes, it's an industrial town and yes, people who live in Middlesbrough are often referred to as Smoggies and yes, it's more often than not somewhere near the top of any 'worst place to live' lists but there's a lot … [Read more...]
