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Super smooth lips – the frugal way….

1615119 CommentsSuper+smooth+lips+-+the+frugal+way....2025-11-20+18%3A41%3A49Cassandra November 20, 2025 By Cassandra
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Today is all about how this amazing homemade lip scrub can give you super smooth lips without the usual price tag!We’ve all heard about the benefits of exfoliating our body and face, haven’t we? But our lips are one of those areas we tend to forget about completely. A gentle lip scrub can make such a difference though. It removes the dead, dry skin sitting on the surface and leaves your lips feeling soft and smooth again. And as if that wasn’t enough, smooth lips make your lipsticks, liners and glosses last so much longer because they adhere to a soft surface rather than catching on dry … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {15th November 2025}….

44491Leave a Comment2025-11-15+16%3A02%3A27Cassandra November 15, 2025 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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!I don't know about you but I always find November to be one of those months where my spending can really creep up without me realising - I start to rely on the heating more as the weather turns, there's more pressure to spend with Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Christmas is approaching ridiculously quickly. That all means that I'm trying to be … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {8th November 2025}….

44484Leave a Comment2025-11-08+12%3A13%3A36Cassandra November 8, 2025 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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!Did you miss me last week? 😁I've not been very well lately so I spent most of the last couple of weeks in the house resting up and relaxing which means that money saving has taken a back seat if I'm honest although spending as much time doing nothing as I have has given me lots of time to think about my life and my own general well-being and the … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {25th October 2025}….

October 25, 2025 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) I thought I'd start this week by sharing one of my staple meals for this time of year - corned beef hash. I made a big batch of this overnight on Monday night in the slow cooker and it did a small tea for me on Tuesday, two nightshift meals on Tuesday and Wednesday, a tupperware bowl filled with enough for a meal for Master Frugal (who, at 20, is … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {18th October 2025}….

October 18, 2025 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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) What better way to start a post than to share some bargain flowers that I got this week...I love having fresh flowers in the house and a bargain bunch is so much prettier than a full price bunch if you ask me. 😁These beauties were reduced from £6 to £1.66 and they're just the thing to cheer up my post-holiday blues this … [Read more...]

Cheap draught-proofing hacks for cosy nights in….

October 13, 2025 By Cassandra
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There’s nothing better than a cosy autumn night at home – fluffy socks on, a warm drink in hand, and maybe a film on the TV. But nothing ruins the mood quicker than a chilly draught sneaking in under the doors or rattling through the windows and our new house has plenty of 'problem' areas so I've been doing a bit of research around the things we can do to specifically fix any draughts. We know that the house has lots of things that we need to do to get it to where we want it to be but we have been honest with ourselves and acknowledged that we won't get all jobs done straight away. … [Read more...]