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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…

I like a little luxury in life and as we know usually, luxury costs. Not just in the purse region but it also, it costs the earth.Despite being married to an eco fanatic there is one thing that I won't scrimp on and I'm aware it has an impact on the planet. I feel tres…

I was bullied at school and I was bullied in a place of work until I politely told them to get knotted. Now I suppose this is my way of telling the blog bitches to get knotted, to sod off and get a bloody life. I thought long and hard about posting this, wondered if…

I'll get to the question in a moment but first picture this. You're on your way back from the strange shop round the corner where the man tells you that your card has been declined when it hasn't (every single time *sigh*), when you spot a beautiful piece of furniture in someones front garden. You…

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…

Do you read Heat or Heatworld? Well if you don't dash over there now and read my article on catwalk 2011 styles on a budget.  I'm an avid reader of Vogue, Elle and Lula and can be found lusting over the catwalk styles that are akin to art for me. Like Carrie Bradshaw, they feed me (but…