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What Self-Care means to me….

30200Leave a CommentWhat+Self-Care+means+to+me....2019-02-06+10%3A00%3A51Cassandra February 6, 2019 By Cassandra
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Self-care seems to be a bit of a buzz word lately so I thought I'd take a few minutes to share what self-care means to me.Before I do though, let me get you up to speed with the last twelve months of my life in case you've missed all the drama so you know exactly why self-care is so important to me personally.First off, my Dad passed away last March after a very difficult six months and then we had a near miss with Master Frugal who got quite poorly in September and spent almost a week in the hospital. Both events almost had me on my knees processing everything that happened and … [Read more...]

How Intentional Spending can change your life….

30209Leave a Comment2019-02-05+10%3A00%3A45Cassandra February 5, 2019 By Cassandra
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Have you heard of intentional spending before? It's something I first wrote about back in 2016 but it's been on my mind quite a bit lately so I thought I'd share some more thoughts on what intentional spending means to me and how I make it work for our family so we can do more of the things we love to do.Basically, intentional spending (to us anyway) is about consciously thinking about what we spend our disposable income on and allowing ourselves to spend our money on the things that will make us feel fulfilled and happy - either individually or as a family. We cut … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto (Slimming World Syn Free)….

301601 Comment2019-02-04+10%3A00%3A11Cassandra February 4, 2019 By Cassandra
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This recipe for Instant Pot mushroom risotto is my new favourite meal!* It's super tasty, super cheap, easy to make and as if that wasn't enough, it's also syn free so perfect for anyone following Slimming World.*(I know, I said this last week too but I'm very fickle and easy to please. ;-))Every time I share an Instant Pot recipe on here or over on Instagram, someone asks me what an Instant Pot is and I promise I'm going to write a post about it but basically it's a pressure cooker that also moonlights as a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a steamer, a yoghurt maker with saute and … [Read more...]

Romantic Rose Petal and Vanilla Sugar Scrub….

238988 Comments2019-02-03+16%3A40%3A45Cassandra February 3, 2019 By Cassandra
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I've just made a small batch of this amazing rose petal and vanilla sugar scrub using some rose petals that I got for 50p in the reduced section at Tesco and it reminded me how lovely it was to use so I thought I'd share it again with you all.One of my friends gave me some lovely dried rose petals a little while ago when I was planning to make some pretty candles as Christmas gifts. I never got around to making the candles so the rose petals have just been sat in my cupboard gathering dust until Miss Frugal came across them the other day.Naturally, the first thing she … [Read more...]

My Weight Loss Journey – Week 2 {2 February 2019}….

30177Leave a Comment2019-02-02+12%3A19%3A52Cassandra February 2, 2019 By Cassandra
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The second week of my weight loss journey was definitely more of a struggle than the first week! When I wrote my post last week I felt super motivated - a loss of 4lbs in my first week was a fantastic boost and I was over the moon and ready for a super successful second week.I was convinced that week two was going to be just as successful and had high hopes of matching my first week's loss but my willpower left the building around teatime on Saturday when I decided that a couple of extra grams of cheese on my Slimming World Syn Free Pizza wouldn't hurt anyone. In … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {1 February 2019}….

301633 Comments2019-02-01+08%3A00%3A28Cassandra February 1, 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) It's been a while since I started one of these posts with some bargain flowers but I … [Read more...]