Frugal people tend to ask a lot of questions, sometimes quite unusual questions. Here are a couple you may be able to help with. Melsy from Auckland asks, “Have just joined your site and spent a good part of the day reading all the money saving tips – so many of us out there […]
New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 is not until August but we thought we would pass on some oily rag tips on how to look fashionable without high cost. In fact we would not be at all surprised to see a “Frugal Fashions” category slinking down the cat-walk at this year’s event – such is the […]
The nation is gripped with a right royal occasion, and what an occasion it is! The William, Kate and George show has everything a fairy tale could hope to have: a charming couple, a bouncy baby, pomp, pageantry, secret locations and traditional welcomes by bare buttocked warriors. We can’t let the hysteria go by […]
There is something to like about giant pumpkins. The thing we most like is that growing giant pumpkins is a great way to get families and communities excited about gardening! This year was our first attempt at growing a whopper pumpkin and although it made an impressive sight in the garden, it was a […]