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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…

It seems a lot of you were excited about the Sound Asleep Pillow that I was giving away on this post and loads you entered both here and on my Facebook page.With the help of random.org a winner has been selected. Stand by, hold on to your hats, be careful not to fall off any seats…

Now, get that glow-in-the-dark stuff you can buy in supermarkets out of your head. This is the real stuff. This is the ultimate. The best picallili ever.Katrina from Windsor Deli over in Australia and I got into a little Twitter conversation about jams, chutneys etc and she very sweetly sent me jams, cordial and picallili…

On my previous post I mentioned my 'wonderboard'. Lots of you wanted to know more about it judging from my inbox!It's a simple wipe clean whiteboard from Tesco which cost just  including four pens. I attached some magnetic strips that I already had (from ebay) to the sides with superglue but you can buy already…

Ooops, so, I missed a few weeks of The 52MMM Challenge there didn't I? Please forgive me. I was ill and then I was busy catching up on what I'd missed at work whilst I was ill so hadn't had time to catch up on the challenge without feeling pressured and well, that's not what The…

Our front door seems to let in gale force winds. A lot of the time I find myself stuck to the wall by the sheer force of the wind. Or perhaps that's just Mr Thrifty's backside? Hmmm.No, honestly we do get a lot of wind gusting in under the door from the park. We put…

Over the weekend, as you may have read here, Mr Thrifty and our family took off to a beautiful seaview cottage in Whitby to celebrate my mother in law's birthday. We did lots of mooching about, up and down hills and pottering in and out of pretty shops and art galleries. Whilst I was drooling…

Christmas is coming. I'm sorry, it is, it is. My birthday is just before Christmas, so I'm not really one for celebrating months in advance (we don't tend to put our tree up until the 23rd) but I am the kind of person who buys gifts, food, drink and fiddly little bits months in advance.…