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Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  I bought some lovely cushions on sale a few weeks ago from Dunelm Mill.  They were reduced to £2 each and they were so pretty that I bought them intending to use them in my little living room makeover.  As pretty as they were though, they just didn't go with anything else so I gave them to Miss Frugal to use on her bed as she loves girly cushions.  The only problem is that the cushions she has have started taking over her bed so she ends up throwing them all on the floor every night and I end up nagging at her to pick them up again the next day. … [Read more...]

I've been a but absent this week as we've all had a cold (again!) which has led to a tired and slightly grumpy family.  We've not done too bad though.... Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  If you're a regular here then you might have seen the seasonal bucket lists that I write every few months - a regular entry on there has been to clean out my garage but as it was so full of junk, we knew it was going to be a nightmare to clear it out.  We found out that the council will collect junk quite cheaply - 6 items for a £18 but when we looked at what we had we realised that the cost was … [Read more...]

Half term is not usually one of the frugal-est (is that a word) weeks of the year but I don't think we've done too badly this week. Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  Miss Frugal isn't growing that much so she hasn't grown out of many clothes but her taste has changed so much since she started secondary school so we had a sort through of her wardrobe this week.  Because she's quite small, she's still got clothes that we bought for her in Year 5 so you can imagine that her taste has changed massively now that she's as a much more sophisticated (;-)) Year 7 girl.  We photographed what … [Read more...]

I meant to start doing a 'Five Frugal things....' post every week but last week wasn't great for us as we were hit with a tummy bug that wiped us out but we're on the mend now so here I am again to share with you all five frugal things that I've done this week. Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  This is something I do every week but only realised what a habit it was when Master Frugal told me that he knew it was Sunday because the washing machine was on.  Basically, I try to only wash on a Sunday and I do one white wash, one dark load and one colour load.  By waiting until I have a … [Read more...]

I bet you all do lots of frugal money saving things on a daily basis without even thinking about it!  They're just things that make complete sense to you and you do them without even thinking about it aren't they? But sometimes, until someone points something out to you, it doesn't even occur to you so I thought I'd do a post each week to share some of the frugal things I've done that week with you all. Five frugal things I've done this week: 1.  I've redecorated Master Frugal's bedroom on a budget with a little inspiration from Pinterest and Facebook, specifically the Homeclick Facebook … [Read more...]