Living the good life on a budget.
Hello! Today, at 9:30AM, my Black Friday sale starts over on my Etsy store. If you enter the code BF2020 at the checkout, you will get 20% off everything, including my NEW to do list notepads which arrived yesterday. These would make a fab Secret Santa present 🎅 Click the link and have…
This is a collaborative post. There are many things we monitor before bringing them into use. One of them is to properly inspect your car and it’s tyres before leaving for any road trip or even to spin around. Taking good care of your vehicle tyres can help you achieve a smooth drive and…
Well, August is over! I have to say, it’s been a good month. August has seemed the most normal month in ages. Does that make sense? We have had lots of time outdoors, spent time with our family and had fun. What would normally do in the summer months! It has been more expensive than…
This is a sponsored post. Struggle with sleep is real – for most of us. There is alot that goes on in the mind and sometimes we can’t put it to rest. External environment can really influence us and help us unwind. You don’t really need to spend a fortune to achieve a calm,…
Just a quick note to say Happy Christmas and I hope you have a lovely time with your family. And, if you don’t celebrate, then happy Wednesday! 🙂 xx
This is the third year running that I have written about the Food Bank Advent challenge. It’s such an important topic! I am hoping that you will all join me in this; it can make such a difference to your local community if everyone gets involved. Perhaps you have some of these things in your…
I have been getting ready with my August budget and filling in my brand new budget planner for August 2019. It is now available to download here, so I thought I’d quickly show you what you get in it 🙂 So, the first page is a monthly overview for August: This can be…
Hello January! The start of a new year always brings renewed hope and promise. I love not knowing where the year is going to take us. January should be relatively quiet for The Frugal Cottage household. Although Frugal Toddler is going to have the best time – he’s going to Center Parcs during the month…
Well, Black Friday has arrived. It began in America, as it’s the day after Thanksgiving, but it seems to be bigger and bigger in the UK each year too. Are you planning on shopping the Black Friday deals today? I wrote a post two years ago about how I wasn’t going to take part, apart…
Last year, the UK money bloggers grouped together and decided to do a challenge called the reverse food advent challenge. The idea behind this is so straight forward. A normal advent calendar gives you something every morning. Normally chocolate, though there are so adult ones now containing fancy body stuff, or even gin! But, in a…
