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The combination of salty and sweet works so well together so you won't be surprised that I'm making these reindeer with salty pretzels and chocolate teacakes (both were bargain priced from Aldi). They taste fab, if a bit filthy, together and they look really effective. What you will need: A packet of chocolate Teacakes (or…

The cup was the jar was given to me by my aunt at Christmas about three years ago. It was filled with homemade biscuits and cookie cutters. She knows her audience, my aunt, doesn't she? I don't like my baking goods to be stored in their paper bags because they tend to split when used…

As I mentioned in my Christmas is coming post, Christmas is well and truly on it’s way and it’s time to start getting prepared if you haven’t already. Today’s guest post is from Maggy of RedTedArt and she has a great idea which you can use for lots of your Christmas and crafting projectsHi,I am…

This giveaway is now closed. To find out who won click here. I know, I know, it's cold right? Our kitchen here at Thrifty Towers has dropped to minus three! It does nothing for our social lives, nothing for our waist lines as we stuff ourselves full of food just to feel warmth (or is that…

This post is the first post in a set of two about the pros and cons of buying vintage. My real life friends fall in to two very different camps when it comes to buying vintage. I'd say around per cent love buying vintage and actively try to buy vintage for their homes and wardrobe…

This week here at A Thrifty Mrs is Budget Wardrobe Update Week so far we've talked about swapping clothes and attending swishing events as a way of updating your look on the cheap. Another fab way to be on trend whilst using what you already have or can at least buy very inexpensively is to play around with…

This weekend Mr Thrifty had to buy a new bike (he uses it everyday to commute to work), eeep, a January expenditure that we didn't really need but thankfully he had money set aside because, at twelve years old he knew it could go to the bike heaven in the sky at any moment. One…

I'm no beauty, by a long chalk, but I do go through phases of finding the perfect cream, lotion or potion. So I thought I'd share my current cheap beauty favourites. Ready? Let's go! 1. Superdrug Vitamin E Gentle Eye Cream with SPF 15 £2.99I was told that from the age of 25 you should…

In our old house we had no room. No room whatsoever. No room to move. None. Moving furniture by one inch meant doors were blocked and sunlight was shut out. It was tiny. So we had our television shoved in the corner on a teeny, tiny, low down, flimsy Ikea unit that we bought second…

Introducing Barbara. She may not be vintage (I couldn't wait long enough to source one after I learnt, I needed to get straight on and learn more straight away), she may not be a Pashley but she is my newest friend and cor blimey, does she make me happy. And isn't Mr Thrifty a doll…