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

How I’m making the most of my week off work….

36985Leave a Comment2021-01-16+23%3A02%3A49Cassandra January 16, 2021 By Cassandra
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Right, I'm going all old-school blogger for the next week!I have a week off work for the first time in so long and I really plan to make the most of it to tick off my ever-growing to-do list. There's so much that I've been wanting to get done but I've just not had the time or the inclination since even before the start of the first lockdown almost a year ago. I might be off work but I suspect I'm going to be even busier than usual with everything I've got planned.So for one week only, I thought I'd go all old-school on you and blog every day with an update on what I've been up … [Read more...]

How to make your own homemade Scouring Powder….

36939Leave a Comment2021-01-16+10%3A00%3A49Cassandra January 16, 2021 By Cassandra
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This DIY homemade scouring powder is the perfect addition to your homemade cleaning kit - and if you don't already have one then it's a great thing to start off with as it's easy to make and super effective!I remember when I was younger, my mam always used scouring powder on the oven, the taps and to clean the grout in the tiles around the bath. I'm 99% sure she bought it rather than made it but I definitely remember she was a huge fan of it. 😂 What is scouring powder? In case you're wondering, it's an abrasive powder that you can use to scrub hard surfaces to remove stubborn … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {15th January 2021}….

368311 Comment2021-01-15+09%3A00%3A14Cassandra January 15, 2021 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. Hey! 👐1) It's been a while since I started one of these posts with a reduced price bunch of flowers, hasn't it? I've not really been able to get to the shops as much as I used to be able to thanks to what's going on in the world right now so I haven't really managed to get my hands on any bargain flowers for what feels like forever!This week … [Read more...]

Kids Morning Routine Checklist {Free Printable}….

36902Leave a Comment2021-01-13+10%3A00%3A33Cassandra January 13, 2021 By Cassandra
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I know I'm not the only one struggling at the moment with the lack of routine at the moment and I know that if we're feeling this way then kids across the country will be feeling it too. I thought a kids morning routine checklist might help some of your little people to cope with 2021 life a little better.I am super lucky as I can still head into work when I need to which is often based on the quality of my Wifi at home and on those days, my routine is exactly as it always has been other than the fact I don't have to get up as early as there's so much less traffic on the … [Read more...]

How to use up Leftover Baileys Irish Cream….

400210 Comments2021-01-10+10%3A00%3A41Cassandra January 10, 2021 By Cassandra
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If ever you find yourself with any leftover Baileys Irish Cream then this is exactly the recipe you need!So, I've called this post 'What to do with leftover Baileys' but in our house, the bottle of Baileys is actually bought more to make this cake than to drink as it's been a family tradition for a good 10 years now and it's not Christmas unless we have this as dessert at least once!I've had a look through my photos over the years to see if I have some good ones but I really don't - mainly because this takes minutes to make so I always make it right before we eat it and it's always … [Read more...]

DIY Reusable Make-Up Wipes….

30156Leave a CommentDIY+Reusable+Make-Up+Wipes....2021-01-09+12%3A30%3A42Cassandra January 9, 2021 By Cassandra
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Many of us are trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle and these little DIY reusable make-up wipes are just what you need to help you achieve that!I bought some reusable and sustainable make-up wipes from the Festival of Thrift a while ago and loved them but they weren't something that I could recreate myself as they were basically little crochet circles and I absolutely can't crochet - despite numerous attempts to teach myself.I've been trying to think of a way to make some reusable make-up wipes for a while and I thought I'd found the solution which was fab, except for … [Read more...]