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How to defrost a freezer safely….

351651 CommentHow+to+defrost+a+freezer+safely....2019-11-26+10%3A00%3A42Cassandra November 26, 2019 By Cassandra
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I had no idea how to defrost a freezer until this last couple of weeks and you know what, I'd really rather than I hadn't have had to have a crash course in the subject but seeing as I have, I thought I'd share my newfound knowledge with you!You might have seen recently that my fridge freezer decided to have a temporary fit which took a couple of weeks to fix as we needed a special part ordering in. When it was finally fixed, we decided to move all of the food from the other under-counter freezer in the kitchen into the newly fixed freezer so we could give the under-counter one a … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Minced Beef and Onions Recipe….

35151Leave a Comment2019-11-25+10%3A00%3A35Cassandra November 25, 2019 By Cassandra
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My slow cooker mince beef and onions recipe is definitely my most cooked recipe and I only just realised that I'd never shared it with you before - how odd is that? I thought I'd put that right today...Slow cooker mince beef and onions can be made into so many different meals - you can serve it with a jacket potato or some veg, with Yorkshire puddings, dumplings or roasties or make it into a pie with pastry or mash as a topping. It freezes so well that it's a perfect meal to batch cook and it's so easy to make that you can easily just throw it all in the slow … [Read more...]

This time last year…. LA, Beverly Hills and Hollywood….

34927Leave a Comment2019-11-24+10%3A00%3A32Cassandra November 24, 2019 By Cassandra
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Hmmm, posts about LA, Beverly Hills and Hollywood don't really belong on a blog about living a frugal lifestyle, do they?Up until recently, I did kind of agree with that sentiment so even though, we've had some AMAZING holidays over the last couple of years, I haven't really shared all that much on here with you. But, after my post earlier this month, I thought I'd share some photos from last year's trip to LA with you because it was a year ago today that Miss Frugal and I were enjoying the last day of our holiday of a lifetime.I feel like I can genuinely call it a holiday of … [Read more...]

50 DIY Christmas Crafts….

317701 Comment50+DIY+Christmas+Crafts....2019-11-23+10%3A00%3A20Cassandra November 23, 2019 By Cassandra
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I'm sharing some amazing DIY Christmas Crafts with you today so if you're in the mood for some Christmas Crafting, whatever your age or craft ability, there's something here for you.For 11 months of the year, I am NOT a crafter. But then, when Christmas is approaching, I suddenly turn in an obsessed Christmas crafter so today I'm sharing 50, yes 50 of the best DIY Christmas Crafts around!Don’t miss out on future posts like this - receive updates directly to your inbox by email by adding your email address here and hitting subscribe. You can also follow me on Twitter, … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {22 November 2019}….

348771 Comment2019-11-22+08%3A00%3A07Cassandra November 22, 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) You might have read that this year, we're planning to have a much more relaxed … [Read more...]

Festive Homemade Air Plant Terrarium (AKA a plant in a jam jar)…

34783Leave a Comment2019-11-21+10%3A00%3A53Cassandra November 21, 2019 By Cassandra
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Remember how I said I was going to do more crafting in the run-up to Christmas? Well, this little homemade Air Plant Terrarium is the first thing I made after deciding that we were having a handmade Christmas. (I feel like I should probably say at this point that this is a super basic craft that you can make more complicated if you want depending on what you want to use to pop into your little terrarium. I almost feel bad calling it a terrarium. ;-)) I started with this little mini project because I really wanted to make something to get me going but obviously, it's way too early … [Read more...]