Mighty Money Savers

We have been waiting with bated breath for the Minions.  In fact we are all off to the cinema tomorrow to celebrate Mini turning nine.  He decided ages ago that he was going to go to the cinema with his friends to celebrate his birthday with the Minions, Tesco are also celebrating with lots of free fun activities this weekend and have a fab free minion colouring book that you can print out. On 27th & 28th June Tesco invites you to join the Minion event .  Pop along to your local Extra, or a selected Superstore, with your little Minions for colouring in, treasure hunts and lots more… Family photo opportunity with a life sized cut out Minion and props from the film Creative activity station for the kids with FREE Minions colouring in book Spot the Minions treasure hunt around the store with a chance to WIN a family cinema ticket for 2 Adults & 2 Children (Under 12) FREE cardboard Minion goggles, Haribo sweets and banana and apple samples Event times: Saturday 27

Welcome back.  I have been absent from #Fabulously Frugal for a couple of weeks, so do accept my apologies for tardiness. This week I want to talk about recording your spending or expenditure if we are getting fancy. I have a fab sheet for you to use each month to help, but this month we are going to keep it super simple and record in a notebook EVERY PENNY we spend. Then we are going to take a look at our bank statements and record what we have going out of a regular basis too. Don't worry too much about cutting down your spending at the moment, we really need to get a handle on what you are spending where. Download your copy of our budget sheet here Do you have a post that is about thrifty parenting, decorating or lifestyle.  One that is about frugal food or crafts and art.  or even a post about making the post of what you have, then please do link up.  Each week we make sure we pin the post, feature some on our facebook pages and then we each have