After posting about N’s super-glam and ladylike flat in Chelsea, I had to bring the tone down, didn’t I? I couldn’t resist… It’s so easy to make your own toilet cleaner that, when I received my latest delivery of household … Continue reading
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British Gas has kindly provided the prizes for my latest giveaway – to win a £50 gift box packed with household goodies. (Well, I’ve been fairly quiet these past couple of weeks, so thought I would come back with a … Continue reading
Read the rest of this articleYou can get spare parts for just about everything these days, but Miss Thrifty reader Emily has a wee problem. (Did I just write that? Oh dear, I think I did.) Her question: Please help Miss Thrifty – moved into … Continue reading
Read the rest of this articleFrugal 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
Read the rest of this articleMy household bills are streamlined; up until now, the one exception has been our broadband internet. We’ve been with BT since moving in two years ago, with the broadband costing around £20 a month. When our contract expired, BT’s semi-coherent … Continue reading
Read the rest of this articleFor one reason and another I’ve ended up with nine wooden chopping boards, which works out at four-and-a-half chopping boards per member of my household. I only went out and bought one of them (the first one) but I’m a … Continue reading
Read the rest of this articleHey! My post about our forthcoming Thrifty Roadtrip has just made Editor’s Pick at the 35th Money Hacks Carnival! Thanks to My Two Dollars for organising a great carnival this week, with lots of pictures of steam trains. You can’t go … Continue reading
Read the rest of this articleYes, I know I’m really late to the party. I’d read all about Freecycle, which reduces waste by encouraging people to post their unwanted items online, and pass them on. But I hadn’t really paid much attention, because (a) … Continue reading
Read the rest of this articleDoesn’t this book look marvellous? Make Do And Mend was published in the UK in 1943, by the Ministry of Information, at a time when food and clothes were rationed. The Make Do And Mend slogan summed up British life … Continue reading
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A label maven with a beady eye for bargains and a craving for saving, Miss Thrifty lives in Yorkshire, UK. And no, you won’t find her on a “homestead”, harnessing energy via a mini wind turbine and washing clothes with homemade soapflakes and a hand-cranked mangle.
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