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Homemade Febreze for under 20p a bottle….

1696220 Comments2021-05-16+11%3A00%3A38Cassandra May 16, 2021 By Cassandra
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I've been making homemade Febreze for years now and often share in my weekly Five Frugal Things posts when I've made up a new batch but today, I'm going to update and reshare the original post when I told you about it for a couple of reasons. Let me tell you why...The first reason is simply that I treated myself to a new spray bottle as the one I used to use was looking more than a bit grubby and I just wanted to show off the prettiness of it although it's shiny white with shiny rose gold lettering on it so definitely doesn't photo as well as I wanted it to. 😂. And … [Read more...]

Super Tasty Homemade Mini Cheddars….

29459Leave a CommentSuper+Tasty+Homemade+Mini+Cheddars....2021-05-15+19%3A15%3A22Cassandra May 15, 2021 By Cassandra
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Homemade mini cheddars are on the menu today and seeing as it's the third time in two weeks that I've made them I thought I'd share the recipe with you. 😂I don't know about anyone else who's currently working from home but I'm finding that I'm spending a significant amount of time with my head in the fridge looking for a 'quick snack' so I'm trying to be better prepared for snacking. That means more homemade muffins, veggies and homemade homous, lots of fruit and the newest addition to my snack repertoire - these homemade mini cheddars.I made them originally to use up … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things I’m going to to this weekend {14th May 2021}….

378561 Comment2021-05-14+07%3A14%3A40Cassandra May 14, 2021 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. This week, I'm going to do things a bit differently and tell you five things I have on my to-do list this weekend because I'm planning a bit of a life admin weekend. 😂1) I know my car insurance is coming up for renewal in the next month as I've had an email to say my renewal quote is ready to be viewed so I'll have a look at that and then have a search about … [Read more...]

Five things you can cut from your budget to save BIG…

31231Leave a Comment2021-05-11+09%3A00%3A37Cassandra May 11, 2021 By Cassandra
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Today, I'm sharing five things you can cut from your budget to save BIG! 1. Subscriptions This is kind of an obvious one but if you go through your bank statement with a fine tooth comb, I bet you'll find a subscription or two that you can cancel. Lots of us have them whether it's Netflix, Apple Music, a gym, a magazine subscription or one of any numerous other things that you pay on a regular basis.It's so easy to sign up for things these days with a handy 'pay monthly' option that makes something so much more attractive than if you were paying it in a one-off … [Read more...]

Wild Garlic Pesto…

35672Leave a CommentWild+Garlic+Pesto...2021-05-10+09%3A00%3A44Cassandra May 10, 2021 By Cassandra
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Wild garlic is one of the easiest foods to forage for because it's found in pretty much every area of woodland from late Winter to early Summer and this fresh wild garlic pesto recipe is the perfect recipe to make with it!If you go for a walk right about now and you go anywhere near a field or some woodland then the chances are that you're going to come across some wild garlic growing and if you do, then I have the perfect recipe for you. This wild garlic pesto is a great twist on traditional pesto and I'm pretty sure you're going to love it.In case you're wondering, this is … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {7th May 2021}….

378542 Comments2021-05-07+06%3A56%3A21Cassandra May 7, 2021 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. Hey! 👐1) I've decided to go back to online shopping as I feel like I have more control of what goes in my basket when I do that - shopping when a teenager or two decided to join me is a risky business lately. 😂I've been thinking about it for a while but someone told me about the Tesco Delivery Saver which costs £7.99 a month and gives you … [Read more...]