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Slimming World Syn Free Pizza….

30100Leave a CommentSlimming+World+Syn+Free+Pizza....2019-01-21+10%3A00%3A15Cassandra January 21, 2019 By Cassandra
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Slimming World Syn free pizza is definitely my new favourite tea! Not only is it Syn free, but it's also cheap to make, quick to prepare and uses whatever you have in your fridge as a topping!It's syn free as you use a Weight Watchers wrap as the base rather than a dough and if you're shaking your head right now and telling yourself that a pizza made with a wrap is not a real pizza then bear with me - I was just as cynical until I tried it! How to make Slimming World Syn free pizza What you need: 1 Weight Watchers wrap (Healthy Extra B Choice) 1 Portion Cheese, grated (Healthy … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {18 January 2019}….

300951 Comment2019-01-18+08%3A00%3A32Cassandra January 18, 2019 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, as always feel that I should 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. ;-)1) Did you catch my batch cooking post on Monday? I somehow managed to cook twelve meals to … [Read more...]

Eight Essential Pinterest Strategy Tips….

287021 Comment2019-01-16+20%3A55%3A36Cassandra January 16, 2019 By Cassandra
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Last year I was lucky enough to spend some time with the lovely Pinterest team at their HQ in San Fransisco! It was a fantastic trip and I learned so much that I came home determined to put everything into practice. I did get started on implementing some of the things I learned but life got in the way and I never got around to most of them - in fact, I didn't have much (any) time for Pinterest for most of last year but it's one area that I do want to focus on in 2019 so I've been reviewing my Pinterest to do list and I thought I'd share some basic Pinterest Strategy Tips to get the … [Read more...]

How to prepare for a No Spend Month….

278151 CommentHow+to+prepare+for+a+No+Spend+Month....2019-01-15+19%3A35%3A26Cassandra January 15, 2019 By Cassandra
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I know lots of people have been having a bit of a no spend month this month but we decided to have our no spend month in February instead so today, I'm sharing a few ideas on how to prepare for a no spend month.Before we start though, these are just ideas to help you prepare - they're not ways to cheat. ;-)There's no point spending a fortune in advance to stop you from spending throughout the month or spending double one day so you can spend nothing the next. To be fair, you absolutely could do that if you wanted to but that's really not going to benefit anyone, is it?The idea … [Read more...]

Batch Cooking – One afternoon, twelve family meals….

300821 Comment2019-01-14+10%3A00%3A46Cassandra January 14, 2019 By Cassandra
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Batch cooking is something I promised myself I'd get better at this year so, on Saturday, I had my first batch cooking session in ages and now have twelve meals in our freezer ready to use - just think how much time that's going to save me. I'm so lucky to have the freezer space I do - we have one freezer as part of the fridge freezer, one under-counter freezer and one big freezer in the garage - but I really could be so much cleverer when it comes to using the space.It's not that I don't already do a lot of batch cooking but usually, I just cook more food than we need and … [Read more...]

How to save money for your children….

30079Leave a CommentHow+to+save+money+for+your+children....2019-01-13+18%3A45%3A22Cassandra January 13, 2019 By Cassandra
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There's no getting away from the fact that being a grown-up is expensive?Which is why I really want to give my children a bit of a head start when they're ready to leave home and fend for themselves. I want to be able to help them buy their first car (when they're about 37 hopefully) and also be able to give them a bit of a boost when they're saving for a deposit on their first home.Helping them both financially when the time comes is something I've always known that I'd do because it's something that my parents did for me. My Mum and Dad didn't buy my first car for me but they might … [Read more...]