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

Christmas gifts for kid that aren’t toys!

29897Leave a Comment2018-12-16+22%3A51%3A15Cassandra December 16, 2018 By Cassandra
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As the Mum of two teenagers, I know what it's like to look at my children's Christmas wish-lists over the years and have to restrain myself from rolling my eyes at the things they've added.Being completely honest, I have to hold my hands up and say that over the years, I've bought plenty of toys that have been desperately wanted at the time but have then ended up under the bed or at the back of the cupboard after a matter of weeks. I've bought the dolls that cost a fortune and do nothing different from the dolls that don't cost a fortune and spent more money than I care to share on … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {14 December 2018}….

29873Leave a Comment2018-12-14+09%3A00%3A18Cassandra December 14, 2018 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, I do want to 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 - we're frugal so we can afford to do nice things together.1) I have some Christmassy looking Potpourri that … [Read more...]

10 Steps To Planning Your Family’s Financial Future….

298921 Comment2018-12-12+21%3A10%3A43Cassandra December 12, 2018 By Cassandra
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I totally get that the thought of getting your family finances in order can be a bit daunting and it can seem like such a big job that you might be tempted to keep putting it off but it's well worth the time spent getting it sorted. In today's post, we're going to break it down into more manageable steps so you can do it bit by bit and start 2019 in a good place...To me, it's all about understanding your current spending, setting yourself achievable goals and making necessary (not always fun) decisions, you're on the right track to ensuring your family’s future is as financially … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {7 December 2018}….

298362 Comments2018-12-07+09%3A00%3A56Cassandra December 7, 2018 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, I do want to 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 - we're frugal so we can afford to do nice things together.1) We're going for a bit of a homemade Christmas … [Read more...]

5 things to make with my free Christmas poster maker….

26674Leave a Comment2018-12-06+22%3A22%3A26Cassandra December 6, 2018 By Cassandra
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You might have seen that I've relaunched my amazing Christmas poster maker recently and made it even better because now it's a completely FREE Christmas poster maker so you don't have to pay a penny to use it! Today I wanted to share some cool things you could do with it....Make a Family Christmas Traditions Poster First of all, I couldn't write a post about things to do with the poster maker without including the whole reason why I set it up, could I? The whole idea started when people complimented my personalised family Christmas Traditions poster and I wanted to find a way to help … [Read more...]

3 AMAZING Christmas DIY Sugar Scrubs….

2292210 Comments2018-12-05+19%3A57%3A23Cassandra December 5, 2018 By Cassandra
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Last Christmas, my most popular post (other than my 5 minute Nutella Fudge) was my Christmas DIY Sugar Scrubs which so many of you loved. I've just made a batch of my favourite one (candy cane obviously ;-)) and it reminded me that I wanted to reshare this post with you.It's no secret that Miss Frugal loves a good DIY or that she loves her beauty products so you probably won't be surprised to hear that at least once a week, she makes herself a DIY sugar scrub using some sugar, coconut oil and whatever else she fancies adding in.She's brilliant at it and she has a foolproof method … [Read more...]