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Homemade DIY Exfoliating Salt Scrub….

31787Leave a CommentHomemade+DIY+Exfoliating+Salt+Scrub....2021-03-08+21%3A00%3A10Cassandra March 8, 2021 By Cassandra
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I'm sharing my homemade DIY exfoliating salt scrub with you today and I think you're going to love it! I'm all about a good homemade sugar scrub usually but when I went to make a little batch over the weekend, I realised I didn't have much sugar in the house and I had to make a difficult choice between using the small amount of sugar we had in to make fruit cobbler or to make a sugar scrub. It was a hard decision to make as I do love a good sugar scrub but in the end, the cake won the battle and I ended up using the sugar for that. All wasn't lost though … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {5th March 2021}….

37415Leave a Comment2021-03-05+08%3A00%3A48Cassandra March 5, 2021 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. Hey! 👐1) I not only get to start today's post with a lovely bunch of cheap flowers, but they're also my favourite kind of cheap flowers - tulips!And the reason they were only 59p? Because this little guy was looking a bit worse for wear. 😂He was past saving I'm afraid but the rest of the bunch were perfect! 2) Remember my … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {26th February 2021}….

371371 Comment2021-02-26+08%3A00%3A14Cassandra February 26, 2021 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. Hey! 👐1) I was off work last week and I spent some time going through my monthly subscriptions to see what I could do without and I managed to get rid of a few blog-related ones which I'd previously decided I couldn't live without for one reason or another. I got rid of the company who hosted my ebook for people to download. I just changed the format of it … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {19th February 2021}….

371351 Comment2021-02-19+08%3A00%3A10Cassandra February 19, 2021 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. Hey! 👐1) I've decided to be super prepared for Christmas this year and start putting money aside weekly for our Christmas food shop with one of those Asda Christmas savings cards.I figure if I just put £2 a week on it between now and Christmas then I'll have plenty for our Christmas food shop and yes, I know Christmas is a long way away but I just … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {12th February 2021}….

371332 Comments2021-02-12+08%3A00%3A38Cassandra February 12, 2021 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. Hey! 👐1) I made a hair mask for my hair using some bananas that needed using up and an avocado that was almost past its best!It doesn't look pretty but it really does work so I'll share how I made it tomorrow if I get chance to write it up. 2) Did you see my post yesterday about Shopmium? I'm so late on this one and I know most of you will … [Read more...]

You are loved, because… {Free Printable Valentines Card Template}

36208Leave a Comment2021-02-07+10%3A00%3A34Cassandra February 7, 2021 By Cassandra
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Why not print out this free printable Valentine's Day card so you can show the one you love just how much you love them this Valentine's Day.I've seen lots of people this week calling out that they're not a fan of Valentine's Day as it gets more and more commercial every year. I absolutely agree about the commercialism but at the same time, I do like the sentiment of the day so I thought I'd make a printable Valentine's cards so you can show your love without buying a card if that goes against what you believe in. The cards are super cute and you can personalise them by … [Read more...]