A reset day is a day that you take to basically get your life in order, sort out those niggly problems that have been annoying you and tackle any jobs that you've been putting off. In theory, at the end of a reset day, you should feel a lot more in control of life in general and I was in need of a bit of that myself last weekend so Sunday was dedicated to my own reset day.I've been feeling a bit meh lately, nothing too serious but since I hurt my knee a while ago I haven't been able to do any real exercise which I know has impacted me which seems mad when I think about it as I've never … [Read more...]
15 Basic Money Management Tips….
We're going back to basics today with these 15 basic but essential money management tips!Over the last six months as my life has been ridiculously busy and if I'm honest, budgeting has probably been the last thing on my mind most of the time - manageable only because our outgoings were significantly less with the kids on lockdown at home and our income was significantly increased due to all of the overtime I was working. Now we're having to deal with the fact that this is our new normal and our outgoings are creeping back up while the overtime is on the decline so I don't have … [Read more...]
Homemade Spicy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe….
This homemade Spicy Arrabbiata Sauce recipe had really upped my meal planning game this year! If you've seen any of my meal plans on Meal Planning Made Easy for the last couple of weeks then you'll probably have seen that a new regular on our meal plan is Prawn Pasta with a spicy arrabbiata sauce. It's a bit of a twist on my homemade tomato sauce recipe which I've been making in bulk for years now as it's so versatile and brilliant to batch cook and freeze so you always have some in the freezer. Basically, spicy arrabbiata sauce is just tomato sauce with a kick! It … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {6th May 2022}….
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 not often I share a photo of myself on here but I thought I'd share a photo of my new sunglasses which cost me a grand total of £2.43. They started off at £3 in Morrisons but I have a Family and Friends discount card so I get 10% off which was 30p and then, because I bought them as part of my weekly shop and spent over £30 in total then I get … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {29th April 2022}….
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) OK, I admit that I'm probably using this as my first thing more because I really really wanted to share my creation with you but let's go with it anyway...I went on a Spring flower arranging course last Saturday and specifically designed my whole arrangement so that I could use several pieces of the pink pussy willow because I have a dried … [Read more...]
Here’s the one BIG thing you should teach your children about money…
There are so many lessons that we need to teach our children about money but today, I'm going to tell you what I think is the single most important lesson that you need to teach them. It's the foundation for so many other money lessons that you'll teach them throughout the years.It's nothing complicated and it's nothing that we, as grown-ups absolutely understand that this is the key to being financially savvy even when we can't actually stick to it ourselves. 😂I genuinely believe that teaching children about money can, and should, start from an early age and over the … [Read more...]
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