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

Is FOMO messing with your budget?

29066Leave a CommentIs+FOMO+messing+with+your+budget%3F2018-08-21+09%3A00%3A48Cassandra August 21, 2018 By Cassandra
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FOMO = Fear of missing out!FOMO might be an acronym that many of us had to Google in order to understand what on earth our children were talking about (or is that just me?) but it's actually a very real thing that may have been messing with your budget for years.Let's look at a couple of examples so you see what I mean...A group of your friends are going to the cinema to see a film and out for a meal or drink afterwards. You're a bit skint but don't want to be the only one going so you go along even though you could really use the money elsewhere.Your friend's hen night … [Read more...]

Chilli, Mango and Lime Salsa….

27574Leave a CommentChilli%2C+Mango+and+Lime+Salsa....2018-08-20+19%3A30%3A30Cassandra August 20, 2018 By Cassandra
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This Chilli, Mango and Lime Salsa is amazing and is a super fresh alternative to traditional tomato-based salsa.Miss Frugal is a huge mango and avocado fan so they're always top of my list when I go shopping. She's not been feeling that great over the last couple of days so when I went to make tea last night, I realised that there was a mango and an avocado left in there that were about to reach that stage where they're past their best.I was making cajun chicken for tea so I thought I'd make some sort of salsa with them as I had a couple of tired looking spring onions in too and I … [Read more...]

Get the Most out of your Pinterest Business Account….

29057Leave a Comment2018-08-19+09%3A00%3A45Cassandra August 19, 2018 By Cassandra
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Right, it's time I shared some more of the things I learned after my trip to Pinterest in June so today's post is all about how to get the most of your Pinterest Business account.First up, just to be clear, if you're a creator who shares pins on Pinterest to promote your blog, website or product then you absolutely should have a Pinterest Business account. If you haven't already, upgrade your account here and then go to your settings section to claim your website which will unlock more analytics and pro tools than a normal account.Once you're all set, there are certain things you … [Read more...]

10 ways to have fun at the beach this Summer (whatever the weather)….

290602 Comments2018-08-17+19%3A29%3A54Cassandra August 17, 2018 By Cassandra
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We live about two minutes drive from the beach so it's only natural that it's one of our favourite places to visit as a family. There's so much more you can do at the beach other than just building sandcastles and paddling in the sea so today, I'm going to share 10 ways you can have fun at the beach...Be an Artist Channel your creative side by taking a sketch pad and some pencils and just drawing whatever you see or if sketching isn't your thing then get all artistic with seashells, seaweed and driftwood by making giant art in the sand.We've done this so many times in the past … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {17 August 2018}….

288801 Comment2018-08-17+18%3A02%3A10Cassandra August 17, 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) The very wise people in my Spend Less, Live Better … [Read more...]

Bedroom makeover plans….

290471 CommentBedroom+makeover+plans....2018-08-16+20%3A10%3A47Cassandra August 16, 2018 By Cassandra
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It probably won't surprise people who know me when I say that I love a good old list writing session. ;-)A couple of years ago, I wrote a list of things that I wanted to do around the house to get it looking the way I wanted it to look because, as much as I love our house, I feel like a lot of the things we have are things we bought based on the cost and function rather than because it was something we genuinely wanted to have in our house. Does that make sense?I knew there were things I wanted to change so I literally just wrote a huge long list and started to work through it. Some … [Read more...]