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Welcome to the last 'Five Frugal Things I've done this week' post of 2015.This week I'm not going to tell you any of the frugal things I've been up to and it's not just because I can't think of five to share with you. ;-)It's actually because I want to tell you about five of the frugal things that I plan to do in 2016....1. I'm going to continue to plan our meals on a weekly basis and more importantly, I'm going to stick to the plan more than I have done this year.  When I don't plan our meals I spend more when I go shopping so I need to make sure that I'm consistent with this to … [Read more...]

 The week before Christmas is a time that I find hard to be frugal and not be tempted by all the goodies in the shops that I know I really don't need and I do buy things that I wouldn't normally buy - it is Christmas after all....1. I tried to make some wall art for an extra Christmas surprise for Miss Frugal's little quote wall in her bedroom and it turned out really well - the only problem was that she came downstairs as I was finishing it off and fell in love with it so she ended up taking it back upstairs with her!The 'Throw Kindness Like Confetti' picture image was … [Read more...]

  1. You're going to laugh at me for my first frugal act of the week this week!  Years ago, Mr Frugal and I used to buy each other expensive cards for Christmas and because I'm a hoarder I always used to save them.  Anyway, one year I got them all out and noticed a theme - they all said something like 'To the one I love' or To Someone Special', they all had a cute picture on the front and they all had practically the same message written inside.  Oh yeah, and they all cost a small fortune!So that year, we decided not to send each other a card but to simply swap cards from … [Read more...]

I've been busy this week trying to get as much as possible done for Christmas because I like to be all ready for the 1st December so I'm free to enjoy the month of December without any stress or rushing about.  I have to get things done as early as possible because I have so little time free in December between work, school events and other Christmas nights out and fun!1. I've had a trial run of the no-cook fudge that I want to make as a gift for my lovely team at work - they're all lovely people to work with and are really understanding if I have a poorly child or I need to leave early … [Read more...]

1.  We don't go to the chip shop very often but when we do go Miss Frugal loves the curry sauce from there, in fact the curry sauce is probably the only reason she likes having a cheeky chippy tea.  When I was shopping last week I found some Bisto curry sauce granules that I just have to add boiling water to and chip shop style curry sauce appears. ;-)  And before you say it, I know it's filled with crap but she'd be having it from the chip shop at a pound a time and this only costs 99p for 10 portions.  It has a long sell by date so it'll last for lots of chippy tea treats to come!2. … [Read more...]

1. You might remember from last week's post that we had a cheeky weekend away?  Well we had a great time and I'm pleased to say that it was the sort of weekend where we didn't really spend any more money than we would have at home.  Apart from our entrance fee to the Gretna Green museum, we used our English Heritage cards to visit Carlisle Castle and spent the rest of the time using the facilities at the holiday park where we were staying.We didn't eat out at all as the kitchen had everything I needed to cook just as well as I could at home.  We didn't even go for a drink or to the … [Read more...]