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Alright my little Christmas pudding? It is officially December and I know a lot of you refuse to start your Christmas shopping until now. So here at A Thrifty Mrs, I’ve put together two budget friendly Christmas gift guides to give you pointers and ideas. This one is in the price bracket of £5 –…

This is a weird one for me, I’m a huge fan of writing and receiving letters. I’m a natural born card sender, stubbed your toe? I have a card for that very occasion. I love the swish and plonk noise a letter or card makes as it slips through my letterbox and down onto the…

If you’re big on Christmas (and let’s face it lots of us are) you may find yourself poor come January which is why I think it is important to discuss your Christmas budget within the family. Make sure you’re not poor in the bleak mid-winter because of your Christmas celebrations. If you set your limits…

Can you believe it is almost is almost gone and advent is just around the corner. I’ve rounded up the best of free printable advent calendars to be found right now. Printing out something like an advent calendar needn’t be expensive with modern printers and many of these calendars can be used time and time…

Christmas cards, a big fat goose, outdoor lights, crackers, Brussels sprouts, photo sessions with the family, dozens of cocktails parties – which of these (national, international or family) traditions really mean something to you and which are traditions you take part in purely for the sake of conforming to tradition? If a tradition means nothing but…

On Wednesday I brought you my thrifty gift guide for items over £10 (check it out here), today is the turn of items priced over £5 and up to £10. I’ve tried to feature items from both high street shops and hand crafted items and small businesses from the UK. Thrifty Gift Guide £5 – £10…

If you know a small person with an obsession for the film Frozen, then you can’t go far wrong in nipping down to Poundworld to see their range of Disney Frozen merchandise. I nipped into my local store over the weekend to pick up some lip balm but stumbled across a huge Frozen display right…

Last year our house was full of tradespeople and come Christmas our house wasn’t in a secure enough state for us to leave it unattended. So sadly we couldn’t journey down south to spend the festive period with family as planned.Our Christmas was spent on a building site and despite some SERIOUS reservations before hand…

In the past few months I have sat down with 5 separate families to talk about their relationships with Christmas and money. Their responses have been interesting, emotional, frank and I hope helpful to some of you. I’m sure you can appreciate my keeping their identities anonymous and assigning them different names for the purpose…

Here are a few more sweet ideas for gifts all coming in at very thrifty price points.Penguin Purse, £2 in store at PrimarkKnow someone who is a fan of the John Lewis penguin advert? This purse will be an absolute winner with them!Patterned iPad case,  in store at PoundlandGot a tech lover in your family?…