Monthly Archives: February 2009

  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: February 27, 2009
  • Category: Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Free Marcus Wareing Cookbook

Are you in the UK? If you are, buy tomorrow’s Sunday Telegraph – and get a free hardback cookbook by tip-top Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing! Full details of the offer can be found here. The only catch is that you … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 18
  • Posted: February 23, 2009
  • Category: Wedding

Fake wedding cake – hmmm!

UPDATE: If you are visiting from MSN Smart Spending, welcome to Miss Thrifty! My passion for fashion knows no bounds, but neither does my craving for saving…  Bargains ahoy!  Please have a look around; if you like what you see, … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: February 20, 2009
  • Category: House & Garden

FRIDAY BARGAINS: darned fine garden tools

One of the shocks about turning grown-up is finding out just how expensive all this stuff is. Window boxes, I could cope with. But since we moved into a house with a bona fide garden, I’ve been regularly horrified by … Continue reading

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Why I love debt

Let’s just make this clear: I don’t love all debts. I don’t love yours; you can keep them! But in truth, mine will always have a special place in my heart. This is why. It’s fair to say that over … Continue reading

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(Late) Friday Bargains: Flowers & More from Morrisons

I must apologise for the extremely late running of Friday Bargains. This is because I was out on the razzle when I should have been posting. It’s all come good though: I was moping around Morrisons at the weekend and… … Continue reading

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This is not a credit card blog!

Every week I get a number of e-mails like this one: Dear Site Owner, My name is [name redacted]. We would like to say that your blog is well-written and it contains lots of useful and up-to-date information. We really … Continue reading

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I have a chum!

Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to Frugaller at The Year of Living Frugally. You see this map above? It’s also in the left-hand sidebar, when you scroll down a bit. This is the World of Personal Finance Bloggers: … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: February 12, 2009
  • Category: Fashion

THEOUTNET.COM: The Miss Thrifty Verdict

Ha! I’m turning into the frugal online version of Arlene Philips. Yesterday I gave Chiconomise the once over; today I’m turning my gimlet gaze upon the new online venture from Natalie Massenet, the businesswoman behind the super-expensive (and rather splendid) … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 10
  • Posted: February 11, 2009
  • Category: Fashion

Chiconomise: the Miss Thrifty verdict

Now then. Do you remember when I wrote about Chiconomise at the end of last year? It’s the new online venture from Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry. I promised to update you after I’d checked it out. As I noted back … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: February 6, 2009
  • Category: Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Free pizza!

Okay, two things: i) Yes, this is my second recent post about Orange. They aren’t paying me (honest, guv!) but they have the Miss Thrifty thumbs up right now. Because I like pizza. ii) The voucher is here. From the … Continue reading

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Ways to make money from your house

With property prices falling faster than Gordon Brown’s facial expression, I’ve been thinking about ways to make money from your house. Three ideas spring to mind:

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