Saving Money

Once again the weather seems to be grabbing the headlines.  This time because it is windy!  This year has been quite erratic for weather.  We had lots of snow in March, then beautiful sunshine for about two months in June and July, and now it is hurricanes.  It serves to remind me that I need […]

I’m writing this late on Sunday evening.  It has been a great day!  I took the kids out running with me whilst my husband went on a mega bike ride this morning.  After that I went to Aldi for the food shop.  The best bit, however, was spending the afternoon at our friends’ house.  They

As the title says I’ve decided to make this week’s post a bit of a roundup  from my Frugal Friday Five posts so far.  Although I think I have done many good things each week the following are, in my opinion,  the best frugal ideas I have had so far.   Packing a picnic –

For the first time since I made meal planning a regular feature, we have a “normal” week.  With the semi-chaos that has been the summer holidays it is almost quite nice to have the structure and routine back.  We are going to be busy though.  My husband and I both work part time, my eldest

First week back at work for me this week!  For the first time since I was at university, I am part time again.  It makes me so happy to have the extra time at home with my family but when we made this choice we knew that it would leave things a little tight money