Yearly Archives: 2009

Festival of Frugality #200: The Fireworks Night Edition

Welcome to the (gasp) 200th edition of the Festival of Frugality! It is a milestone that calls for celebrations; hence all these fireworks. Actually, it’s the perfect time of year for a fireworks display. Diwali took place at the weekend; … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: October 17, 2009
  • Category: Food

SIMPLE PLEASURES: Large leaf tea in a Cath Kidston mug.

Life has been so busy recently. It’s good busy rather than bad busy – bustling, rather than overloaded – but I am finding that right now, what I really treasure is “me time”. On a Saturday morning I like to … Continue reading

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BeTheMiddleman.com – save money on estate agents’ fees

Here in Yorkshire there are plenty of entrepreneurs, plenty of people with big ideas and plenty of enthusiasm for saving cash. That’s a winning combination, in my book. It gives rise to super-thrifty initiatives such as BeTheMiddleman.com, a new property … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 13
  • Posted: October 6, 2009
  • Category: House & Garden

Ripening green tomatoes, the 1940s way.

It’s getting nippy, isn’t it? The tomato plants in our back garden were still laden with unripened fruit, and I didn’t want to waste it. So this evening I went outside and picked it all in (left). This year we … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 2
  • Posted: October 1, 2009
  • Category: Food

Frugal Grandma’s Thrifty Lemon Tips

Frugal Grandma spotted the Six Thrifty Uses For A Lemon post, and kindly forwarded a couple of tips of her own. They have a lemon+saucepan theme: When you boil a Christmas pudding – or any pudding come to that – … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: September 24, 2009
  • Category: House & Garden

Tampon ghosts and other WTF? top tips

Following my last post about love it! magazine, I’ve been directed to a rather splendid collection of top tips over at the Hero of Switzerland blog. My favourites are the “talking point” party decorations (left), the giftwrapped stones and the … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: September 21, 2009
  • Category: House & Garden

The most amazing money saving tips EVER!

Oooh, hello love it! magazine! You are looking classy as ever, I see, with your v. special blend of apocalyptic/bawdy real-life tales. And all of it for peanuts! This is one of the many magazines that Sue (my lovely next … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 0
  • Posted: September 17, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

Money Supermarket Competition: Win £500

The price comparison site Money Supermarket is running a video competition called Let’s Have The Savings! The winner gets £500 prize money. To enter, you have to make a short video of yourself as you embark on a fun way … Continue reading

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Carnival Procession

Blog carnivals: I loves them! Other personal finance bloggers were kind enough to feature some recent Miss Thrifty posts in carnivals last week. Cleaning silver – this one’s a beauty was featured in the 23rd Carnival of Pecuniary Delights, over … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 1
  • Posted: September 8, 2009
  • Category: Fashion

Hey Jo B? Mauricio? Hope you haven’t spent your Threadless vouchers yet…

…Because I just received this: Hi! I wanted to get in touch with you because I work in the PR department of Threadless. We saw your post of a Threadless Tee giveaway and we’re so excited that your readers love … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 31
  • Posted: September 2, 2009
  • Category: Competitions

GIVEAWAY: Win Threadless tees!

Threadless makes great T-shirts and posts them around the world. So when a new voucher codes website got in touch, proffering Threadless freebies for Miss Thrifty readers, my inner hipster sat up straight. Here’s the deal: 1. Visit the website: … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 6
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  • Category: Going Out

Our Thrifty Wedding Anniversary: Harrogate Turkish Baths

Here at Thrifty Towers we recently celebrated four years of wedded bliss. It feels like a lot longer than four years – is that a good thing or a bad thing? This year we wanted to go somewhere fun to … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 16
  • Posted: August 28, 2009
  • Category: Food

Six Thrifty Uses for a Lemon

One of the most popular posts on Miss Thrifty is the Make Do and Mend post, which features some of the choicest nuggest from the Ministry of Information’s wartime compendium of household tips. Those nice people at John Lewis have … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 8
  • Posted: August 27, 2009
  • Category: House & Garden

Vax vacuum cleaners reduced by more than £100

I like Vax. Their products aren’t wildly expensive – a snip, compared to the spendy Dyson range – but their vacuum cleaners and hoovers upright models are very sturdy. Our vac is a Vax, kindly donated by Frugal Grandma’s next … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 5
  • Posted: August 14, 2009
  • Category: House & Garden

UPDATE: Cath Kidston Wallpaper – The Thrifty Version

Back in March I wrote about the joys of Cath Kidston wallpaper – and how places such as Focus DIY sell rolls of paper that are “very similar” to the original versions, but a lot cheaper (taps nose conspiratorially).   It … Continue reading

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  • By: Miss Thrifty
  • Comments: 3
  • Posted: August 10, 2009
  • Category: Staying In

Bill Amberg Penguin Classics books – for a snip

I was in The Works earlier today. You know The Works: the discount bookstore chain, which also sells stationery, world maps and various super-cheap nicknacks.  The one I went into today, in Harrogate, was selling plastic mini-skateboards. It also held an extensive … Continue reading

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