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Review: Eco Thrifty Living Book….

319821 CommentReview%3A+Eco+Thrifty+Living+Book....2019-08-17+09%3A00%3A08Cassandra August 17, 2019 By Cassandra
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It's not often I do a book review on here but then again, it's not often that a blogger friend writes a book that could have literally been written for me.Eco Thrifty Living is written by Zoe Morrison, who writes a popular blog by the same name. It's a blog that I've read myself for years and have already learned such a lot from so when I found out that Zoe was writing a book, I couldn't wait to read it.Zoe very kindly sent me a copy of her book over to have a read through and I'm so pleased that she did as I thoroughly enjoyed it. I know I would when I read the first … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {16 August 2019}….

318392 Comments2019-08-16+07%3A00%3A56Cassandra August 16, 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) I love when I can start one of these posts with a good bargain bunch of … [Read more...]

Essential Oil Mermaid Bath Bombs….

28368Leave a CommentEssential+Oil+Mermaid+Bath+Bombs....2019-08-15+21%3A30%3A14Cassandra August 15, 2019 By Cassandra
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I'm loving sharing my little DIY projects with you lately and I've been dying to share the essential oil mermaid bath bombs with you since Miss Frugal made them a few weeks ago.Miss Frugal went through a bit of a phase where she'd spend most of her pocket money in Lush on those expensive bath bombs that they sell for anywhere between £3 and £5!I have a rule where I try not to interfere with what the kids want to spend their own money on because I don't think they'll learn if they're simply doing what I tell them to do when it comes to money. Does that make sense?So even … [Read more...]

Review: 9/11 Museum, New York…

319142 CommentsReview%3A+9%2F11+Museum%2C+New+York...2019-08-14+09%3A00%3A40Cassandra August 14, 2019 By Cassandra
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Visiting the 9/11 museum in New York was one of the most sobering experiences of my life and it took me a while to process the things I saw and heard in there.The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed sixI've been wanting to tell you about our visit to the 9/11 museum in New York for a while but every time I started to write up a review, I stopped because I don't think any words could ever convey the emotion … [Read more...]

Free Budget Planner just for you…

319431 CommentFree+Budget+Planner+just+for+you...2019-08-13+08%3A30%3A30Cassandra August 13, 2019 By Cassandra
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Did you know that I have a totally free budget planner just for you to download and use to plan your monthly budget?I created a basic version using Google Docs when I first started blogging because I got quite a few requests for a free budget planner and ever since then, it's been linked in my menu bar right up there ^^^ at the top of the page. (If you haven't spotted it then you're probably missing out on some other amazing resources (I get that I could well be biased here) like my free personalised poster maker, my cleaning recipes, my much-neglected food section and even … [Read more...]

Chocolate Packed Lunch Cake (between 9p and 11p per slice)….

31886Leave a Comment2019-08-12+09%3A00%3A09Cassandra August 12, 2019 By Cassandra
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I've shared a couple of versions of my packed lunch cake over the years but I thought I'd share the cake I've just made with you as it was not only super tasty but at 11p per slice, it's really good value.I first started making this when my two were in junior school as the rules guidelines set by the school at that time were that chocolate and bought cakes were frowned upon but a little piece of homemade cake was acceptable if it was part of a healthy and nutritious packed lunch. I wanted to make something that was a small-ish portion size, that could be cooked in bulk at the … [Read more...]