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2021 in review: a year of twists, turns, dead ends and success

Last year required a lot of resilience. Yet through it, I got serious with ETFs, wrote another book and developed a website. Yah!

This February, we are tightening our belts (hopefully literally) and embracing Frugal February! We’re back to basics and going to enjoy it.

Make this pancake mix in a jar for your next camping holiday (or any excuse).

Use solar energy by going to bed earlier every night.

You know what it’s like – people are coming over for drinks, or you need to go to a happy

Chocolate cake. Yum. Yum. Yum. It is so evocative. And so decadent. It is something my kids never tire of

Happy Easter! Did you have a good long weekend. Well, we certainly did in the Ms Frugal Ears household. And

Sometimes it is the little frugal things you do that add up without you realising it. So it was that

This week I went shopping. I really went shopping. For the first time in months I used a shopping trolley