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) When I did my weekly shop, I managed to buy a big pack of chicken breasts in the reduced section for £3.20 so I bought them and used them to make some Instant Pot Shredded Chicken. I served some of the chicken to serve with Yorkshire Puds, Actifry roasties and broccoli for a mini roast on Sunday, I added some to some Mexican Bean Quesadillas on … [Read more...]
Change your money mindset….
Today's post is all about how to change your money mindset - until you do this, you're never going to really take control of your money so it's definitely one to read.Having a positive money mindset is so important You control your money, don't let it control you Easier said than done I know but with an up to date monthly budget plan then you should have a really clear idea of where your money is going. Check in on your bank balance every couple of days, if not daily then you'll be in control of your money rather than just burying your head in the sand and letting it control … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {17th September 2021}….
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) Monday night after work, I had some kind of Domestic Goddess moment and made some roasted sweet potato and bean with feta cheese quesadillas and while the sweet potato was roasting, I made a beef ragu type thing to pop in the fridge for tea on Tuesday. All from food that needed using up in the fridge.So Monday night's tea was the … [Read more...]
10 ways to reuse glass jam jars…
In the spirit of being sustainable and reusing as much as you possibly can around the house, I thought you might like to see a few ideas on how to reuse glass jam jars.I actually started this post (if taking two photographs counts as starting a post) a good few months ago now and then forgot all about the idea until this week when I saw a post on Facebook about how the owners of the company who make my favourite brand of jam, Bonne Maman, actually hid a family in Paris during World War 2 as part of the Nazi resistance effort. The story was really heartwarming but potentially (as with … [Read more...]
Are you financially resilient? This is what I do to help me to prepare for a financial crisis….
Let's have a chat today about financial resilience - specifically about what I do to ensure that I'm as financially resilient as I can be and to hopefully give you some ideas on how you can be too!More so than at any other time I can remember, it's so important right now to be financially resilient. I genuinely feel like we're all about to go through some pretty hard times and being as prepared as possible for that is a huge priority for me right now! What is financial resilience? So, first of all, you might be scratching your head and asking yourself what financial resilience even … [Read more...]
Windfall Homemade Applesauce – easy to make and super tasty….
I'm resharing this post a couple of years after it was first published as I made a batch of applesauce over the weekend with some apples that a lovely friend brought round when she popped in for a cuppa - this time I added some of my lovely apple pie spice mix too and I've saved some to make a batch of Autumn Crumble tarts so I can share some with the friend who gave me the apples.One of my best bargains from the Festival of Thrift this weekend was the big bag of free windfall apples. I was planning to make an apple pie with them but I thought I'd make a batch of homemade applesauce … [Read more...]
