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15 Basic Money Management Tips….

36191Leave a Comment15+Basic+Money+Management+Tips....2020-09-22+09%3A00%3A43Cassandra September 22, 2020 By Cassandra
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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….

26160Leave a Comment2020-09-20+07%3A00%3A27Cassandra September 20, 2020 By Cassandra
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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?

361581 Comment2020-09-19+10%3A54%3A31Cassandra September 19, 2020 By Cassandra
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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...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {18th September 2020}….

361211 Comment2020-09-18+07%3A01%3A17Cassandra September 18, 2020 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! 👐Ugh, it's been one of those weeks this week! I'm pretty much done in and ready to hibernate this weekend with absolutely no plans to do anything other than watch TV shows on Netflix and Hayu that don't require any brain cells at all. 1) You will NEVER guess what? I've finally painted the wall behind my bed which, if you've … [Read more...]

Make a Free Personalised Autumn Family Favourites Poster….

29381Leave a Comment2020-09-13+10%3A00%3A54Cassandra September 13, 2020 By Cassandra
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It's been a while since I shared an idea for something to make with our FREE personalised poster maker so today, as I'm sat here contemplating the fact that it looks very Autumnal outside my house today, I thought I'd share an idea for an Autumn Family Favourites poster.For those of you who don't know, the poster maker tool is right here! I know it's had a few issues lately and I'm so sorry that it took me longer than expected to get it fixed due to the current state of play in the world but it's back up and running now which is brilliant as it's just in time for the busiest time … [Read more...]

10 tips for teaching a teenager to drive…

36080Leave a Comment2020-09-09+09%3A00%3A03Cassandra September 9, 2020 By Cassandra
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Teaching a teenager to drive is not an easy task so today, I thought I'd share some of my tips in case you ever find yourself in that position! I never thought I'd be sharing a post filled with tips to help you if you're teaching a teenager to drive! Genuinely, I'm not the best driver in the world myself and I never had any intention of teaching my own teens to drive. But then Lockdown happened!Miss Frugal was desperate to learn to drive as soon as she turned 17 last September but after a couple of lessons with a local firm, she lost all enthusiasm and was reluctant to book more lessons … [Read more...]