With a blog name like mine, you’ll understand that I’m a big fan of Aldi. An Aldi opened in Ely in March last year, so now it is even easier to shop there. Their Lacura skin care and beauty products have a great reputation, so I was thrilled when they got in touch to ask if I’d like to test out some products. I was sent the Aldi Lacura Anti-fatigue face mask, Lacura Nutri Build-up
If you’re not happy with the service you receive from your bank, or your loyalty isn’t rewarded, then why stay with them? A year ago, I decided to switch to First Direct because they were offering a £125 incentive – brilliant. Three months after opening the account (and having my salary paid into it and two direct debits coming out of it), £125 landed in my account. Effectively, for doing nothing. The switching process is simple,
You’ve just washed your hair, but it still feels greasy and heavy? That’s because there’s a build up of product in your hair weighing it down. So what should you do? You can buy expensive product removal shampoos, such as Toni and Guy Cleanse shampoo for £5.99 or Bumble and Bumble Sunday shampoo for £17, but there’s a much cheaper alternative and you probably have it in your house already. Use bicarbonate of soda
When Sarah tweeted this question, I was in my element. I get a thrill from saving money, and recently my tastes have changed from accepting Aldi quality for Aldi prices, to wanting Harrods quality for Aldi’s prices. Living a more frugal lifestyle doesn’t involve sitting at home in the dark, wrapped up in blankets because you don’t want to put the heating on (although this does sound very familiar) – you can manage to save
The cost of food seems to be ever increasing and week by week we are spending more and more on our food shop. It would be great to set a budget of £20 per week and be done with it, but it doesn’t work out like that. Knowing how to set a realistic food budget will enable you to ensure that you’re sticking to it. A food budget doesn’t necessarily have to be limiting –
Last night I attended one of many Tesco Exclusive Free Food Evenings. I had only found out about it the day before, thanks to Hotukdeals, and I was very pleased to find that my local store was offering 6 dates over the next 3 weeks. Wasting no time, I booked a place for myself, Tony and my Dad to attend yesterday. Tesco describe the event very well on their site: Come and explore our delicious
This edition is a. late and b. has some cheeky extras thrown in, because I struck gold in a few other shops and it cover more than one week’s car boot sale finds. Up first, we have the few cheeky non-boot sale finds. Thanks to my new diet and exercise regime, as well as everyone on Twitter being into it, I decided to buy some protein powder from Holland and Barrett. Not only was their
It’s Sunday, which can only mean one thing – boot sale day! The sun was shining, bacon sandwiches had been consumed and I had 5 crispy £10 notes in my wallet from last month’s £10 per day challenge, ready to spend on Things to make me rich. And today did not disappoint. We found a stall selling Coke glasses, and being big fans, we wanted to snap them up. We had agreed a deal for
