Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing - The Cheapskates way to living the good life

Our school Home and School committee does a lot of fundraising throughout the year so that the kids have great playground equipment, extra t...

We spent yesterday at the annual Weetbix Billycart Grandprix. The kids each enter a school team and they have an absolute ball. I'm sure...

Today I feel like spring has come early it's so sunny and bright. Sunshine is such a mood lifter isn't it? I get so energised on sun...

Friday is usually my day out with Mum. I really look forward to it (actually I really look forward to morning tea). Today I am at home. Thom...

I have had a particularly busy couple of week, what with one thing and another but really HOW could I forget to do the grocery shopping? I d...

Hello Cheapskaters it's a new week and it's going to be fantastic, I have already had some great money, time and energy savings (and...

We have had a long and very sad week here. Early on Sunday morning we lost an old and very dear family friend and while he had been ill for ...

It has been a very muddled week here in the Armstrong household. I had a very busy week planned with lots of work to be done and appointment...

Stayed in bed for an extra half hour this morning. Saved on gas (didn't turn the heater on) and electricity (no lights on either). When ...

In case you’ve missed it I’ve been in bed, ill, with the flu for over a week. Hmm. While I’ve been lying, quietly and meekly suffering on my...

So far these holidays have been very, very frugal for us. Everything we have done (and we have done plenty) has been free or very low cost. ...

Oh boy am I a fantastic mother. Well according to our 4 overnight guests I am. I snuck out of bed early this morning (and it was very cold) ...

Boy they come around fast! We are into week two of the holidays already and with the weather being so miserable, cold and wet (not complaini...

Well it's chilly but oh, so sunny this morning, almost like a mid-summer morning. It's true what they say about sunshine affecting m...

As it is the first of June today I've started the great grocery challenge. A look through the pantry and freezer and I am certain that w...

Balmy Brisbane has been my base for the last two days and the sunshine and warmth were bliss after chilly and damp Melbourne. I met two of o...

In our house the mending pile just breeds. No matter how often it's done, or how much is done there always seems to be more. Perhaps I s...

Just as I was putting foil over the top of the casserole I was getting ready for the oven tonight Hannah came into the kitchen and stopped n...

*Hannah and I hit a couple of garage sales today. We had a list of things we were looking for jeans for her, a larger food processor for me,...

We have rain today and it is quite cool, cool enough to make we want soup. Soup is my very favourite winter warmer food and it's easy to...