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I was frustrated by something over the weekend and all I wanted to do was spend, spend, spend. But I didn’t because I knew I’d regret it, in the end all I bought was some suncream and paint for our back garden (HOW EXPENSIVE?). So here are 6 things I wanted to buy this weekend…

I’m in the office more and more often these days and jim jams just won’t cut it as professional work wear. So I’m tracking down the best of budget friendly work wear. Prices range from £4.00 up to £28.00 with the majority under £20, so hopefully updating your work wardrobe won’t break the bank! 1.…

I don’t have a huge wardrobe of clothes (nor do I want one) so I try to make what I have work in multiple ways for different events. When buying a new piece (new to me or brand new) I take time to consider if it will be valuable to my wardrobe and the ways…

New shoes are right up there with booking a holiday, passing your driving test and finding out they are actually, finally going to make that long promised third 3 Men and a...film, i.e. all good reasons to find yourself hysterically happy. But three pairs of shoes for under £30? Pass me even more of that…

 Keep your eyes peeled for the discount code below! As you may know I run adverts in the sidebar of my blog, the money I make from it is put back into new designs, photography doodahs and costs. I love offering affordable ways to promote blogs and businesses and I'm so pleased to hear from…

If you're in this part of the world and not already firmly attached to your winter coat then you're a hardier woman than me. It's winter and it is cold, there are ways to deal with that and one of them is a coat. The snag with coats can be that they're expensive and not everyone…

Bonjour ladies and gents (do we have any gents?) So, you know how I like me a good bit of cleaning? Aaaaand you know how I like cleaning to be simple? Well obviously Argos have been reading my blog because they want to make cleaning just that bit easier for one of my readers. So m'dears…

When Mr Thrifty and I were daaaan sarf last weekend we stopped by the lovely Sarah's circus themed 30th birthday party and naturally used the occasion to bust out a spot of fancy dress. Because we have a teeny tiny car and had to pack pillows, duvet (Travelodge/needs must) and effectively 6 billion changes of…

My newsletter had a quiet, little, 'soft launch' on Boxing Day but later this week, to launch this beast in full A Thrifty Mrs thrift-o-rama style, the next issue of my free newsletter will feature a fab slow cooker giveaway!The A Thrifty Mrs newsletter will send news, thrifty tips (from not only me but folks…

As you may have read, I recently broke my beloved DSLR (actually more accurately the wind broke my beloved DSLR) so when the the folks over at Lomography offered me a Diana F+ camera to play around with I lept at the chance to get creative. They sent me over a CMYK Diana F+  to…