Special Occasion Spending is something I budget for through the year so my #OccasionalSpending is always accounted for in my spending.There are certain special occasions throughout the year that I know are going to cost me money - family Birthdays and Christmas are the main ones that spring to mind when I think about it.This year for example, I'm pretty sure that Miss Frugal is going to want to go out for a meal on her Birthday with a few of her friends as she's been to a few Birthday meals recently and I know she wants the same. I've got no problem with this but I do know in my … [Read more...]
Slimming World Quiche – the Fully Loaded version…..
Slimming World Quiche has been one of my go-to lunches since I first tried it a couple of years ago and I know I've shared the recipe with you before but today I've made a full on fully loaded version of it and it tasted so ridiculously good that I thought it was worth sharing what I did to make today's so tasty!How to make fully loaded Slimming World Quiche 5 eggs 1 tub fat free cottage cheese 60g grated cheese (I used 2 HEA as I knew it would be 2 days lunches for me – you can use more, less or none at all) Cooked potato 2 cooked potatoes chopped and boiled (I often just cook them … [Read more...]
Visiting Lake Como from Milan….
When we went to Milan recently we decided to have a little day trip to Lake Como as we'd heard it was a must-see for anyone visiting the area. There were plenty of organised trips that we could have booked but we decided to save money and make our own way there on the train.Our hotel shuttle bus dropped us off at Milan Central Station and as we didn't really have a clue where we were going or what we were doing, we headed to the ticket office to buy our tickets and find out where to get the train we needed. The only problem was, when we got there the queue was HUGE! We decided to be … [Read more...]
Five Summer Holiday Sanity Savers….
In my mind, I have a lovely Summer planned which will allow me to successfully juggle my work and my blogging as well as making sure that I have more than enough time to spend with the kids enjoying long lazy days in the sunshine.Whether that actually happens or not is another matter but I'm going to have a good go! ;-)I shared a post last week about how I cope with the Summer Holidays as a working mum and manage working AND family time AND blogging without having a nervous breakdown. I wanted to follow on from that post a little bit this week and share some of the things that I use … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {14th July 2017}….
1) Did you see my homemade sunglasses case on Sunday?It's my first sewing project and I'm over the moon with it just because I know I made it myself!2) I'm a bit of an Ed Sheeran fan, not a mega fan but I do enjoy listening to his music so when the tickets went on sale last Saturday I was determined to get some tickets for me and Mr Frugal to go along. I waited and waited in a queue and finally got to the front and actually managed to get some tickets allocated with a ten minute timer to make the payment before they were released to the next person in the queue.But then I … [Read more...]
10 ways to revamp tired furniture….
Last weekend we had a bit of a mini room makeover in Miss Frugal's bedroom which involved some furniture rearranging, some cheap IKEA furniture and a revamp of some of the things in there It looks really lovely and with a bit of creative thinking, she has a glamorous looking bedroom without the price tag you'd expect!It got me thinking about the different ways you can revamp the furniture in your house on a budget so I thought I'd share some of my ideas with you....1) We revamped our ugly old pine bedside cabinets for the cost of a can of spray paint and it was ridiculously easy to … [Read more...]
