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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…

Meal planning seems to divide people. Some folk think it is for boring people who can’t live spontaneously and some love the weird sense of satisfaction and freedom they get from knowing supper is planned. As you may have guessed I’m in that second group. I feel our household works better when we stick to…

This giveaway is now closed. The winner was announced here. Thank you.Today I'm going to show you a cheerful piece of furniture that I made over recently. I'm making it my mission to inject colour into Thrifty Towers and I dong that by making over cheap pieces of furniture with some vintage inspired paint from Crown…

No, I'm not giving away some of those hideous teddies but I am giving away something from me to you. Recently my giveaways have been from fantastic sponsors but I thought it was time to you give you something from moi.Nothing too special, just a small selection of tiny, pretty and useful things that I…

Hello, hello, hi, hello and happy Tuesday to you all. Recently the folk over at The Handpicked Collection sent me a copy of Thrifty Chic: Interior Style on a Shoestring by Liz Bauwens and Alexandra Campbell to have a flick through and I'm not sure if I should thank them or bill them for the…