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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 comes the time to reveal the winners of the eve Fashion Swap prizes.Names were counted up and added to random Drum Roll Please... And the winners are... Winner of prize no1. (Pair of VIP tickets to the eve Fashion Swap) The Coffee Lady andWinner of prize no1. (£50 House of Fraser gift card) Mrs_eddieizzard Congratulations…

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…

Looking for frugal living tips that actually work? Check out some of the best and easiest ways of living on a budget below - Frugal Meals I've spoken about it before and bored you to death about the merits of meal planning but it works, it really does. We plan our meals every Saturday morning.…

I already have these shoes in a brown and cream combo, I was actually about to give them to charity or take them to a swap because having never worn them, I'd convinced myself they didn't fit or were uncomfortable but I said to myself 'hold on woman, give them another try before you fling…