Cheap and easy tea-light holders.

Feeling creative today, I looked around the house for inspiration and two glass jars in my kitchen cupboard caught my eye. I knew I could do something with them, but what, exactly? Then I remembered seeing a picture online of some pretty tea-light holders that someone had made. I quickly found some printable music sheets and a bit of ribbon and ten minutes later, hey presto - My little light holders were done! I think they're really cute! (and best of all, they cost nothing!)

I've got my car back.

I just hope the car will be okay now, it drove back from the garage with no problem, s fingers crossed that I don't have any more trouble with it!

Nothing much to blog about today, weather's crap, rainy and very windy, not the type of weather for doing stuff outdoors so I've been in all day, apart from going to work this afternoon. My son gave me some water colour pencils for Christmas, so I might try them out later :o)

Moanday Blues!

My car is back in the garage, our mechanic, Huw, who is usually very good, can't find anything wrong with it, but there is obviously something amiss because the damn engine keeps cutting out, he's changed the plugs, and the filters - whatever the hell they are, and tomorrow he's going the check the 'lines'?? (I know nothing about the workings of a car, I just know how to drive it.) Anyway, here's hoping that he finds something wrong with it tomorrow.

Back at work today, the snow has all gone now, just loads of water on the roads. It's probably a good thing that I'm driving Nigel's car at the minute, it's a four-wheel drive and a good bit safer in these conditions than mine.

Our chickens have started laying again, (they stopped for a while during the snow) and we had six eggs today. We've had our hens for a year now and they've provided us with all the eggs we need. Sometimes we have more than we can eat so I sell them at work and the money comes in useful for extra feed and bedding for them.

Nigel's making tea and I can hear him getting the dishes out, so it sounds like it's just about ready - good, I'm absolutely starving! :o)

Muddy Sunday!

We had a good day today, the sun was shining so we made the most of it by making a start on the allotment. Nigel planted the raspberry canes and I thinned out the strawberry bed. We're going to have two strawberry beds this year so the next job is to get the other bed sorted out and planted up. We had loads of gorgeous strawberries last year despite the army of slugs that invaded the plot. The allotment itself is looking a right mess, the rain has been continuous for god knows how long, so it's like a bog down there - I hope we get some better weather soon so that it has a chance to dry a bit. There's a lot of work that needs to be done down there but at least we did most of the heavy digging last year and we've had tarps over it to stop the weeds from coming back, so it should be easier this year.


I had to pop to the supermarket this afternoon for a few bits and bobs so I went just before closing time in the hope that there might be a few bargains to be had, but it was a bit disappointing, they didn't have much out. I did manage to get three small brown loaves for 20p each and a cucumber for 50p though :o)

Face On!

Today I had to go to the shops as I needed a few bits and pieces. I bought a new lip liner and eye pencil. I don't wear loads of make up but I do wear it every day - I don't go anywhere without my face! I use coconut oil for moisturising , which is really good and very cheap, a bit of foundation, eye pencil and mascara, blusher and lippy - job done!

I have plenty of lippy left and enough blusher to last for a while so I won't need to buy those for a bit, although I'm getting low on foundation. When it seems empty there's actually quite a bit left inside the bottle/tube so I take it apart to make sure I don't waste any. Same with lipstick - there's always quite a bit left in the holder when the stick's worn down, so I use a lip brush to put it on.

I am going to have to get my hair cut soon, it's been ages since I last had it done, but it's going to have to wait until next month because I have my car to tax this month, which is a pain, but it has to be done.

I'm off to de-bobble a jumper now - my de-bobbler is years old, I got it off ebay for a few quid and it's still working well. It's saved many a jumper from the scrap heap so it was definitely a good buy!

My New Blog.

Basically, this is a blog about not spending money, or more accurately, spending as little as possible. I've made the decision to only buy what I need and to get it as cheaply as I can. Why? Firstly because I don't have a huge amount of money to spend and secondly because I'm fed up with the crazy shopping-mad society that we live in. people are always buying stuff, and when they're not buying, they're saving for stuff, and when they're not doing that they're talking about stuff that they want but they can't afford to buy it because they're still paying for the last lot of stuff that they got. What kind of life is that?? I love second-hand shops, I love car boot sales and I love making things, so this blog is mainly about getting things on the cheap or even better, getting them for free!