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Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.  Hey! 👐1)  Our tree is up.I've read that it takes around 20 years for a fake Christmas tree to become more sustainable than buying a real one each year and although this one isn't 20 years old, it's about half way there and I love it so much that I can't imagine it not lasting another 10.We did consider a real tree this year but … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.  Hey! 👐1) I sold one of my favourite handbags.I bought it during lockdown as a treat using some of the overtime pay I got from work. It wasn't an easy time for lots of reasons aside from the obvious so I bought this as a real treat for myself and have loved it since.But I've come to realise that it's not practical and I've barely used it … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.  Hey! 👐1) OK, we're going old school today and starting this post with some bargain flowers. These little beauties cost me £1.50  from the flower shop on our village High Street last weekend and have been sitting on my kitchen windowsill ever since.I love that I got a bargain well supporting a small High Street business at the … [Read more...]

Every week (ish) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.  Hey! 👐1) Remember the handbag I bought from the charity shop in our village for a fiver?Well, I've had it on Vinted for ages at what I realise now was a super high price for the Vinted community so this week, I reduced it to £40 and it sold within an hour.It's currently on its way to its new home ready to be loved.Lesson of the … [Read more...]

Every now and again (used to be weekly ;-), maybe it will be again) I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.  Hey! 👐Long time no see!  I've really got out of the habit of taking pictures of what I get up to so you'll have to forgive me as I try and write this post today as I'm pretty sure that I have no pictures of half of the things I'm going to be writing about. ;-)1) I've only gone … [Read more...]

Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.  Hey! 👐Well, it's been a while since I shared a 'five frugal things' post and you know what? I've missed writing these posts more than anything else I missed during my little blogging hiatus these last few months. For years now, these posts have kept me accountable to myself and to saving money and it's become a habit to file my little money-saving … [Read more...]