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Are you excited about Christmas but worried about making a tight budget work? Check back tomorrow as I'll be launching my new series 12 Thrifty Days of Christmas.Over a period of 12 consecutive days I will be covering all elements of budget friendly festivities from gift ideas, parties, budgeting, food and drink, expectations and much,…

I know to some of you this might sound pretty basic but there are a lot of the things in the world which seem basic when it explained to one and a revelation to others. Just like mathematics.Don't throw out your Christmas card envelopes and make it your resolution for not to throw out any…

Whilst trying to understand how or why Furbies (I mean, really?) are making a comeback, I stumbled across a 3 for 2 toy sale at Argos and thought it might be an idea to let you know. It appears there are around 4500 toys included in the deal and it runs until 01/10/13 so there…

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…

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…

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…