Try it Tuesday

I read an interesting blog post a few days ago by Sammy Skint about a new frugal laundry liquid.

When I spotted some in our local branch of Savers I decided to take Sammies advice and give it a try.

It really is just as good as she said! I really like both of the scents, rose being a huge favourite of mine and the peach is a lovely fresh fragrance.  They left everything clean, soft and lightly scented even on a 30° wash. Even Hubbies grubby shirt collars were defeated :)

At just £1 per bottle (currently with 20% extra free) I will certainly be stocking up on these fellas.

 If you are near a Tesco or Savers I recommend you give it a go.

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Movie Night with the Tribe

Last night I had a wonderful evening out with my girl pals. We call ourselves a Tribe as we always in touch with each other and support each other in pretty much everything.

As you can probably guess we all had the time of our lives lol.

It's quite funny how a film can change as you get older. We all agreed we still liked the movie Dirty Dancing but also that it's actually quite a dark film with some of its themes. 

It was a great night our though with far to many sweet and tempting treats.

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(Window)Sill Saturday

It's looking pretty full on the windowsill at the moment. Opening and closing the curtains is becoming a high risk activity. 

I have 2 amaryllis from Christmas 2015. They've never flowered and have grown quietly on the windowsill for over a year now. Both have now grown baby plants so I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen in the next few weeks. Will they finally bloom? Will the baby plants? Will both? 

On the left is a little pot of leftover spring bulbs from the planter I made. I thought they'd be a little ahead of the bulbs outside but they are actually pretty close in size. 

The centre pot is the amaryllis I was gifted this Christmas. There is already a bud on the plant and you can almost watch it grow it going to fast. 

The metal tin is full of narcissus. It's the tin I bought for £2 a few years back in a garden centre clearance. Every year it's been a delight to watch bloom. 

Finally I have my mystery plant. It was a gift from my parents but I've quite forgotten what it's called. I love the frilly edge of the leaves. 

 Inside the various soda bottle greenhouses are chilli plants. I'm growing them from the free seeds we were given at the New Forest Show last year.

I'm hoping most of them grow and I can use them for trades on freegle and Facebook. Possibly even for sale.

What's growing on your windowsill?

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Thrifty Thursday

I picked up some lovely bargains this morning in town. The pound shop had all there Christmas bits down to 25p each. I took the opportunity to pick up some cheap toiletries, just the right size for going on holiday. I thought the globe bubble bath was to cute to pass up. They will be stashed for next Christmas.

Clintons have a good sale on at the moment. I picked up a birthday card for Boo with unicorns on it. £4.50 reduced to 99p! 

Waitrose had bags of mixed nuts reduced to clear. I snapped one up for 47p thinking it would be good fun to try cracking them with the girls.

However...

G-man was fascinated by them. I popped them into an empty biscuit tin for him to examine.

For most of the morning they have been tipped in and out of containers, rattled in the tin, lined up and peered at carefully. 

 I feel like I've had my 47p worth from them already and not one has been eaten yet!

I might even invest in some more.

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Try it Tuesday

It was freezing cold this morning on the school run. The girls were fascinated by the iced over puddles and they weren't alone. I spotted a lot of shoes with soggy toes going in from the playground. 

I spent the afternoon planting garlic. I spotted a packet in Wilco yesterday and thought it would be perfect for Try it Tuesday. If they all survive I should get 29 bulbs! I think the entire street will be safe from vampire attacks for the summer.

I also finished off these little fellas. My parents kindly gifted me the tinsel wool and pattern for Christmas. They knit up in a jiffy, but I struggled a little bit with the faces. It took several attempts to get the eyes in the right place, but I'm happy with them now.

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Down by the sea.

We've spent a wonderful afternoon on Hayling Island's seafront. We were playing a family walk to the local duck pond but instead we were invited to join my parents for a nice family walk along the tide line. 

It was a wonderful way to spend a bright winters day. Lots of seashells and treasure were found.

After all our exploring we popped into a local cafe for a bite to eat and a hot cup of tea to warm us up. 

We ended our lovely day with a visit to the arcade. It's just not a visit to Hayling Island without a dabble on the 2p machines.

Tomorrow the girls are back at school, which means it's time to start spring cleaning and pottering in the garden.

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Happy New Year 2017

Happy New Year everyone!  

We've started our year with by making a bit pot of Death soup. It's made from all the loitering veggies in the fridge from the festive period. The odd escapee Brussels sprout, the 3 parsnips that didn't fit in the oven dish,  and the carrots everyone forgot we'd bought etc.

It should really be called New Year soup but Hubby made a comment a few years back that it signified the death of Christmas for him, and naturally the name stuck.

These three little monkeys will make short work of it, whatever it's called. 

I'm looking forward to seeing what each of them have in store for me this year.

We're all tired from seeing the new year in.  This was the first year both of the girls stayed awake to see it. Usually the conk out long before the celebrations.

Our activity for the afternoon is turning our little stash of Christmas cards into next Christmas's gift tags. It's a nice lazy activity to do in front of a movie.

Happy New Year folks.

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