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...]
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...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {10th 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) OK, now we're properly into September, I thought we'd be good to start talking about a Christmas every now and again?I'm not planning on going overboard so don't worry but some of the things I want to make as gifts do need a bit of prep in advance like the homemade Limoncello that I started making last weekend. I bought a 35cl … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {3rd 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) I dyed my hair using some hair dye that cost me £10 for two boxes which is an absolute bargain compared to how much I'd pay if I was getting it done in a salon. I've probably been dying my hair for about a year now for no other reason other than I woke up one day and felt like a change. 😂 This is the hair dye that I use - … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {27th August 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! 👐I think today's round up kind of sums up life at the moment for me - I'm still really focused on saving money where I can (even more so than ever at the moment to be fair) but I do have more spare money in my budget so right now, it's less about spending as little as possible on everything and more making sure I get a good deal for everything I do … [Read more...]
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