I love a good Secret Santa with my friends at work but we generally opt for a lower budget because, let's face it, Christmas is expensive enough as it is.We've had a year where we set the budget at £1 per person with the idea being that you had to get the most creative gift that you could for that amount. We got all sorts of gifts from candles to cactus plants dressed up as Santa and it was much more fun than opening the inevitable chocolates, biscuits and alcohol that we would have no doubt seen if we'd had a higher budget.This year, we're going for a slightly higher budget of £5.00 … [Read more...]
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#ThriftyThursday – Five ways with one frame….
My mission for about the last six months has been to find the perfect picture frame for a mini-project that I've had in mind but I've really struggled to find exactly what I wanted - until a couple of weeks ago at the Festival of Thrift in Darlington.I found exactly what I was looking for and for the bargain price of £10 which I was quite pleased with after my long search....I love it and it's perfect for what I have in mind but before I show you my plans for it, I wanted to show you a couple of other things you could do with it!1. Make a posh padded notice board.Follow … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #6….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the last in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny and it's a good one (I can say that without being big headed as I didn't write it)…. Many thanks to Cass for welcoming me over to her blog. I usually write at Me and My Shadow where I share my thrifty finds, recipes and money saving ideas - do pop over and take a look.Here are my top five ideas for free fun this … [Read more...]
Five free things to do this Summer #5….
Well, another week's flown by hasn't it! There's not long left until they're back at school so we're busy packing as much fun as possible in. I loved last week's guest post from Jen as her five free things to do this Summer were completely different to what I would have thought about doing so I've asked another great blogger to share her ideas to see if I can get some more inspiration!Over to you Angela....I’m Angela and I blog at The Life of Spicers. I have a 7 year old daughter (and also a grown up one). The Summer Holidays don’t have to cost a fortune; there are plenty of ideas … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #4….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the fourth post in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny and to change things up a little bit, I've asked a lovely lady you may already know to post her top five free things to do with the kids this Summer….Over to you Jen!Hi Guys and Gals, it is Jen from Mum in the Mad House and A Thrifty Mum and Cass has invited me to share with you five free things that you … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #3….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the third post in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny….Make your own colourful crayons - Gather up all of your broken or old wax crayons and turn them into brilliant fun colourful crayons. If you don't have any then you can buy a new pack for about 30p in most supermarkets. These crayons are fun to make together but even more fun … [Read more...]
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