The Diary of a Frugal Family | Living a Fabulously Frugal Family Life

What I ate in a week – Slimming World Style….

306351 Comment2019-04-22+09%3A00%3A39Cassandra April 22, 2019 By Cassandra
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I thought I'd do a bit of a 'What I ate in a week' post today but with a Slimming World twist as I'm at the stage where I need a bit of extra motivation to keep at it and I feel like this could do the trick!I haven't included everything I've eaten though, you're just going to get my evening meals. I've done a week's worth of Slimming World packed lunches in the past though if you want to check that out.Day one - SaturdayI made a homemade Slimming World Doner Kebab for tea on Saturday but because everyone was at the football, I left it on the keep warm function of the slow … [Read more...]

Sunday Snapshot: The Inspiring Painted Ladies….

30700Leave a Comment2019-04-21+09%3A00%3A27Cassandra April 21, 2019 By Cassandra
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Have you ever looked through your camera roll on your phone and found a photo that's just too good not to share? It might be because it makes you smile as you remember a happy memory or because you're proud of how good the photo turned out.Sunday Snapshot is my new weekly feature where I plan to share a photo I love with you...I love this photo for so many reasons - most of which have absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the photo!Let me introduce you to the 'Painted Ladies' - they're a row of colourful houses in San Francisco that have featured in all sorts of TV … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {19 April 2019}….

306135 Comments2019-04-19+07%3A00%3A51Cassandra April 19, 2019 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life.Before I start though, as always feel that I should say that being frugal to me is about getting the best value for our money - it's not about doing without for us or about not having nice things. We all have different financial situations and we're all frugal for different reasons. ;-)1) Did you see this week's meal plan over on Instagram earlier in the … [Read more...]

Things That Frugal People Don’t (Usually) Do….

281174 Comments2019-04-17+19%3A46%3A51Cassandra April 17, 2019 By Cassandra
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{I'm re-sharing this post today as I've seen some super negative comments on Instagram this week where people have been judging others for the way they choose to spend their money - not on my posts in case you're wondering but I just hate seeing people be judged for spending their hard earned money how they want to spend it so I thought I'd dust off this post and get on my soapbox again}Last week someone left a comment on one of my posts to say that they didn't think that having a holiday was very frugal which is something that I completely disagree with. As I've said many times … [Read more...]

My experience of a breech baby….

30657Leave a CommentMy+experience+of+a+breech+baby....2019-04-15+20%3A09%3A24Cassandra April 15, 2019 By Cassandra
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I don't think I've ever gone into much detail about the pregnancy dramas I had with Miss Frugal so today, I thought I'd share a little bit about my experience.I first became aware that Miss Frugal was breech about 32 weeks but at that point, it wasn't a huge drama as there was still plenty of time for her to turn around naturally. She was still laid feet first at 36 weeks so I was given an appointment at the hospital for an external cephalic version an ECV).For those of you who don't know, an ECV is basically where the doctor tries to turn the baby into a head-down … [Read more...]

Chocolate Easter Egg Cheesecakes….

30659Leave a CommentChocolate+Easter+Egg+Cheesecakes....2019-04-15+09%3A00%3A26Cassandra April 15, 2019 By Cassandra
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Chocolate Easter Egg Cheesecakes are my new favourite thing!I had no idea that such an amazing thing existed until someone brought some into work a month or so ago and since then, I've been meaning to have a go at making my own version to share with the kids! These were so easy to make yet they look and taste absolutely AMAZING! How to make amazing show-stopping chocolate Easter egg cheesecakes 3 Easter eggs 8 digestive biscuits (I personally like to use the chocolate digestives) 50g butter/margarine 340g full fat cream cheese (the exact amount in a large tub … [Read more...]