British Gas HomeCare has saved me from potential frostbite twice now so I thought I'd tell you a little bit about why I love them but.... Before I start, I am NOT working with British Gas at all on this post (although I have just added in my refer a friend link just in case you do decide to sign up with them). 😇I pay for my British Gas HomeCare cover myself and have done now for a good few years - in fact, I first wrote about them in 2015 when they saved Christmas for us after we woke up on Christmas morning to find we had no heating. They saved me again a couple … [Read more...]
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Christmas in New York – Insta vs Reality….
The year before last, I spent the week before Christmas in New York with Miss Frugal and had the best time! The reality was a bit different from the dream though so I thought I'd share the reality behind some of my photos. From the day I booked our Christmas in New York break everyone I told was been super jealous, telling me how much they'd love to visit New York at Christmas time and how magical it was going to be. I researched, I planned and I got so excited about it that I genuinely was like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for Santa to visit! We knew it was going to be … [Read more...]
Earn easy extra money for Christmas…
Here are five ways to earn some extra money for Christmas!Judging by the number of posts I've seen on social media in the last week that are Christmas-related and the fact that the shops went from Halloween to Christmas even before the 31st of October this year, I'm guessing that Christmas is on a lot of people's minds right now. In the middle of all of the happy Christmas kind of posts though, there have been a few that have focused on the affordability of Christmas which I absolutely get. It's been a tough couple of years and with the ever-rising cost of living then it's not going to … [Read more...]
100 ways to spend time with your family…
Now, more than ever, it's super important that we all take time to relax with our families so I thought I'd share with you 100 ways to spend time with your family to give you some ideas.At the moment, I'm really conscious that lots of you have younger children and some of you will be really struggling for ideas on how to spend time together as a family. I've just spent an hour or so going through my old blog posts to write this bumper list of ideas for you so I really hope it helps you.It's all different for me these days as my two are older now so we have different ways of … [Read more...]
Windfall Homemade Applesauce – easy to make and super tasty….
I'm resharing this post a couple of years after it was first published as I made a batch of applesauce over the weekend with some apples that a lovely friend brought round when she popped in for a cuppa - this time I added some of my lovely apple pie spice mix too and I've saved some to make a batch of Autumn Crumble tarts so I can share some with the friend who gave me the apples.One of my best bargains from the Festival of Thrift this weekend was the big bag of free windfall apples. I was planning to make an apple pie with them but I thought I'd make a batch of homemade applesauce … [Read more...]
10 Self-care when you work from home tips….
Self-care when you work from home is essential! You don't have your usual colleagues around you to keep you sane and to bounce ideas off and your routine can feel like it's all over the place. Today, I've got some tips to share with you to help make your working from home life that little bit more manageable...I've written about what self-care means to me in the past but today I wanted to share more about that and how important it is that you really focus on self-care when you work from home.Working from home in one form or another is pretty much most people's dream job and over … [Read more...]
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