I find growing my own vegetables at home highly rewarding. I like watching the plants grow over the days, weeks & months, knowing that I’ve helped them along. Personally I always buy seedlings to cut out the step of germinating seeds. They’re still a frugal option as they’re cheap enough, and the crop far outweighs [...]
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Valentines day on a budget
February 5th, 2010
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Fellow frugal fathers and nationwide misers, behold the Frugal Father guide to protecting the moth habitat living within your wallet. First of all the Valetines Day Card. If you are like me and you think cards are a waste of money, that’s too bad. Girls love the bloody things. Fear not though, you can make [...]
Cheap Travel – Staying with friends
January 13th, 2010
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Whether its an overnight stay, a weekend away or perhaps something longer, accommodation makes up a big portion of the total cost of any trip. So why not remove that cost entirely and stay with family or friends? I’m currently on the look out for cheap Aberdeen hotels for the family wedding mentioned in my [...]
Natural born winner
November 19th, 2009
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That’s a nice statement, but not one that I can say applies to me as I’ve never really won anything before! Last week in work was another story though, it started off with me winning £250 of high street vouchers for being the top performer in my dept., and then as if that wasn’t enough [...]
Welcome to the Frugal Father blog
November 16th, 2009
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Welcome to the Frugal Father blog. I have set myself a personal goal of saving £15k by summer 2011, and this blog will be used to post my thoughts and ideas, and to mark my progress. To give you some background, I am starting with £1k in the bank and I currently have a pre-tax [...]
