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Super Cute Unicorn Bath Salts DIY….

268191 CommentSuper+Cute+Unicorn+Bath+Salts+DIY....2019-08-10+20%3A00%3A54Cassandra August 10, 2019 By Cassandra
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If you're a unicorn fan then you're going to love this cute little unicorn bath salts DIY but even if you're not a lover of all things unicorn, stick around because you can use any colours you like to make these!I didn't set out to make unicorn bath salts at all this morning! In fact, I was actually having a quick tidy out of my baking cupboard when I came across the colours I used a while ago to make this amazing no-bake unicorn fudge....I'm easily distracted so I got them out to try and think of something else I could make with the colours I'd bought and my eyes settled on … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {9 August 2019}….

317153 Comments2019-08-09+07%3A00%3A55Cassandra August 9, 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 spilt nail varnish on my favourite quilt cover and since them, I've had my eye on … [Read more...]

Eco Egg Review…

318372 CommentsEco+Egg+Review...2019-08-08+09%3A00%3A50Cassandra August 8, 2019 By Cassandra
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OK, it's been a while since I've done any reviews on here but when I got an email from the My Place Play Cafe offering to send me an Eco Egg, I decided it sounded intriguing enough to try and replied back with a yes please rather than my usual no thanks.Before I start, I should say that the reason I don't do too many reviews these days is that I'm really trying to cut down on 'stuff' in general. We're trying to be more sustainable and one way I decided to do this was to say no to reviewing things that I didn't need (or at least really, really want) when I was offered it.It's my … [Read more...]

Three things I won’t give up to save money….

31120Leave a Comment2019-08-07+09%3A00%3A55Cassandra August 7, 2019 By Cassandra
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Is there anything you wouldn't give up to save money?That's a pretty tongue in cheek title because there's actually nothing that I wouldn't give up if it was a choice between that or paying my bills and feeding my family.But if I look at my current situation, which is debt free and trying to save for our emergency fund whilst overpaying our mortgage each month, there are things in my life that I won't give up without a fight...Giving these three things up would obviously give us more money to put towards our goals each month and would build up the emergency fund and pay down … [Read more...]

Our Long Term Money Plan….

317801 CommentOur+Long+Term+Money+Plan....2019-08-06+09%3A00%3A16Cassandra August 6, 2019 By Cassandra
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As much as I love my job, I have no intention of working until I'm too old to enjoy my retirement. Mr Frugal feels exactly the same, so a couple of weeks ago, we sat down and had a good talk about money and what our hopes were for the future.I wanted to share our plans with you to show what we achieved in the space of an hour sat on the settee with a cup of tea because I don't think We'd like to be able to retire at 60 ideally which means that we need to really up our game as far as our financial planning is concerned. I've been doing some research and I've found out that … [Read more...]

What we ate last week {5 August 2019}….

317981 Comment2019-08-05+09%3A00%3A04Cassandra August 5, 2019 By Cassandra
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I posted our meal plan last week over on Meal Planning Made Easy and today, I thought I'd do something a bit different and show you how well we did at sticking to it.Monday Planned - Homemade pizza / Actually had - Homemade pizzaThat's a ready-made pizza base to save time and mess and yes, there are crisps on the top as Master Frugal decided to make his own version of a nacho pizza we had on holiday a while ago. Tuesday Planned - Teriyaki Beef Stir Fry / / Actually had - Teriyaki Beef Stir FryThis was unbelievably amazing although I must admit that this is from a meal kit … [Read more...]