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1) This week I made a batch of our homemade Febreze to give the curtains and carpets a nice little refresh.It really is lovely and refreshing and is a great alternative to the shop bought versions which cost a lot more than my budget version!Make your own here.2) This week I cancelled Miss Frugal's mobile phone contract and switched to a great PAYG deal with EE. For £15 every 30 days she'll get 4GB data, unlimited texts and 250 minutes. Her current contract is £23.99 a month so that's a saving of £8 a month for double the data and believe me, that girl can get through … [Read more...]

1) We have a vegetable patch!It's not a huge patch but we've claimed a small corner of the garden where we've planted carrots, sweetcorn, lettuce and spring onions in a raised bed that we built,  I've also moved my herb pot over to that corner along with two tomato plants and a chilli plant.2) We went to a BBQ at the weekend and decided to take something different to the usual burgers and sausages that everyone usually takes so we made a zesty green been and feta rice salad using some leftover rice and some random things from the fridge.I'll be sharing the recipe for this … [Read more...]

1) The kids broke up for school this week and I haven't felt the need to fill the days with trips out or activities that I think they'll enjoy.  Instead we've spent absolutely no money and had a chilled out start to the holidays with a couple of evening trips to the beach, an afternoon fruit picking and a picnic at Richmond Castle thanks to our English Heritage membership.2) Talking of fruit picking, I made some delicious strawberry muffins with the leftover strawberries which I shared with you all yesterday.  Muffins are a great way to use up any leftover fruit that you have and I … [Read more...]

1) I had to buy the last of Master Frugal's new school uniform this week and although it's pretty hard to save money when most of it is compulsory, I did manage to save a little bit. I have no idea why he needs both a short and long sleeved top along with a hoody but I was a good parent and bought them all along with the school socks! I drew the line at the shorts and the tracksuit bottoms as the PE teacher told me that he'd never wear the tracksuit bottoms and any shorts were OK as long as they were black.  He has a pair of black nike shorts that he's going to wear and a pair of plain black … [Read more...]

1) I'm quite proud of my first one this week although it's not something that I've personally done.  When I was shopping the other day I picked up a bag of Maltesers for us to share when we were watching a film that night.  Miss Frugal looked at the bag and then wandered off for a few seconds, coming back with a box of Maltesers instead.  She pointed out that as the box was on special offer that I would get more for my money if I bought the box which was more sweets for the same amount of money.2) I bought a new pack of microfibre cloths from Tesco this week - 4 for a £1 which I think is a … [Read more...]

1) I've finally finished my garden table and chairs which started out as a tatty set that we've had for the last few Summers.  I bought some Valspar garden paint from B&Q and painted the table and two benches with that pot and then I bought a few of the tester sized pots to paint the chairs.  I might be biased but I think it looks amazing!The paint goes on really well and much better than the tin of paint I bought from Cuprinol which I bought in Ivory originally to do the chairs.  It just wouldn't cover the first chair despite a couple of coats which is fine as it was a dark wood … [Read more...]