Thrifty Home

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Scrabble sets at Sainsburys

If you don’t play Scrabble for free online, you may be interested to know that right now Sainburys is selling the original boxed games at a fraction of the usual retail price. The board-games are £4.84, down from £19.99. Image … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty1 March 13, 2009

Personal Finance

Miss Thrifty’s Mortgage Masterplan (cough)

In a couple of posts last autumn, I wrote about the challenges of trying to remortgage when you are, well, anyone right now. I found that as the weeks passed, lenders’ demands of their mortgage customers became increasingly unrealistic. Firstdirect … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty5 March 12, 2009

Thrifty Beauty

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Nicky Clarke Hair Styling Set

Argos is doing a good deal on this Nicky Clarke Dryer & Straightener Gift Box: £24.99, reduced from £69.99. The straighteners are ceramic-coated and heat to 200 degrees in 30 seconds; the products come in a matching leather-look box. The … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty4 March 6, 2009

Thrifty Home

This website gets you cheap Amazon deals

Apnoti.com is worth checking out: the idea behind this free service is as clever as it is simple. You copy and paste the URL of the bestest item from your Amazon wishlist into the box provided, along with your e-mail … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty0 March 4, 2009

Thrifty Home

Rent a room – and get cashback

Nice Room is a company that provides what I suppose could be termed fully-serviced flatshares. When you rent a room in one of their houses or apartments, all your household bills are thrown in and you also get a rapid … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty1 March 3, 2009

Thrifty 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 … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty2 February 27, 2009

Thrifty 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, … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty18 February 23, 2009

Thrifty Home

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 … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty3 February 20, 2009

Personal Finance

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 … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty13 February 17, 2009

Thrifty Food, Thrifty Home

(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… … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty2 February 16, 2009

Personal Finance

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 … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty5 February 16, 2009

Personal Finance

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: … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty4 February 13, 2009

Thrifty 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) … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty0 February 12, 2009

Thrifty 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 … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty10 February 11, 2009

Thrifty 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 … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty0 February 6, 2009

Personal Finance

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:

Miss Thrifty3 February 3, 2009