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) I've been off work this week so I've worked really hard to get my life back into some form of order! I've done a review of my budget and cancelled a few of the extra little monthly things that have crept in since I last did one - no idea what came over me when I ordered a monthly stationery subscription box and I'm nowhere near grown-up … [Read more...]
5 calming & cost free activities for kids….
Today's post is all about calming & cost free activities for kids and is courtesy of my very lovely friend Becky's brand new book, Create Your Own Calm! I pre-ordered my copy of it ages ago so my copy arrived on the day of release last week and I've already given it away and ordered a couple more copies - it's that good!Create Your Own Calm is a fantastic little activity book for kids age 6-12 filled with 50 fun and creative activities to help our kids calm themselves down and manage those BIG emotions such as fear, anger and anxiety more easily. It's written by my … [Read more...]
This month’s pre-loved bargains {September 2020}….
I love a good pre-loved bargain, whether it's from a charity shop, the car boot sale or even from somewhere online so I thought I'd start a bit of a monthly round-up of some of the pre-loved bargains that I buy each month. Here's September's selection.There's nothing I like more than a good rummage through the local charity shops but until this last couple of weeks, I haven't stepped foot inside of one since the start of March. I had a week off work this month though so I decided to have a cheeky little morning wandering around town (not my town, a little one near me has MUCH better … [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 - managaeble 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...]
Autumn fruit crumble tarts to make your mouth water….
These delicious fruit crumble tarts are my favourite thing to make on an Autumn afternoon (or any afternoon for that matter) when I've got friends coming round as they're super simple to make, taste amazing and look pretty impressiveThis recipe for delicious fruit crumble tarts is honestly so flexible as you can use any fruit you want (or even a nice fruity jam at a push) to make them with and they always turn out amazing. You could even make a version at Christmas using mincemeat!How to make homemade fruit crumble tarts For the Pastry: 250g plain flour 125g butter, … [Read more...]
Hello Fresh – overhyped and overpriced?
Everywhere I look right now online, there's an influencer telling me how good Hello Fresh is and how my life will be so much better if I subscribed. I usually just scroll on by but a couple of weeks ago, I was too weak to fight it anymore and I ordered myself a box.(in case you don't know what Hello Fresh is, it's a weekly meal delivery service where you choose your meals and every ingredient you need is delivered all measured out ready to go with a super-easy to follow recipe card) I know what you're thinking - no one who blogs about money saving and living a frugal … [Read more...]
