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An easy way to manage your money with Plum…

366931 Comment2020-11-24+08%3A00%3A39Cassandra November 24, 2020 By Cassandra
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2020 hasn't been an easy year all round for most of us and I know that lots of peoples finances have taken a bit of a battering so, over the next few weeks, I'm going to share a few ways that you can hit the ground running in 2021 with some easy tools to help you manage your money. First up, I'm going to tell you all about how to manage your money with Plum!*For transparency, I'm not being paid for this post but I have included my affiliate link which means that if you do sign up to try Plum then I'll receive a small payment. I hope you know by now that I wouldn't share something … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {20th November 2020}….

365711 Comment2020-11-20+08%3A00%3A58Cassandra November 20, 2020 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) Right, earlier this week I shared my Mexican Style Mince recipe which I used to make a pasta bake and some Instant Pot enchiladas. What I didn't share in the post was the way I also upgraded some almost stale ciabatta bread when i was cooking the last batch.All I did was slice the ciabatta and layer it on top of the mince mix as it … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {13th November 2020}….

365111 Comment2020-11-13+08%3A00%3A34Cassandra November 13, 2020 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 done a bit of Christmas prep this week and cashed in some of my vouchers from Swagbucks so I now have a good amount sitting in my Amazon account and a gift card ready to go on the Boots website along with around £50 worth of Boots Advantage Points.I made myself a list of things that I know I want to get for the kids for Christmas but … [Read more...]

Six ways to use Lockdown 2.0 to sort your finances out….

35734Leave a Comment2020-11-10+10%3A00%3A00Cassandra November 10, 2020 By Cassandra
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Why not use Lockdown to sort your finances out?So, the UK is now back in Lockdown for the next four weeks and I don't know about you guys but I'm planning to use some of the time that I'm going to have on my hand to make a bit of extra money. If you want to join me and sort your finances out over the next month then here are six ideas on how you can do it. 1. Sort your finances out with a monthly budget review OK, I say this all the time but if you don't have an accurate monthly budget then you don't know where you're going wrong or what you're doing right. How can you sort … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {6th November 2020}….

36488Leave a Comment2020-11-06+08%3A00%3A53Cassandra November 6, 2020 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) So, there wasn't much in the way of trick or treating last weekend so I made some lovely Halloween bark with the sweets we had leftover.We did bag some up for the neighbours kids rather than keep it all for ourselves. 🌈2) It's been a long week this week so I'm planning a bit of a pamper night tonight! I made a batch of my … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {30th October 2020}….

364861 Comment2020-10-30+08%3A00%3A13Cassandra October 30, 2020 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) A couple of years ago, I shared some 'No Trick or Treating' posters for those of you who aren't keen on trick or treating for whatever reason and I know I always wheel them out in one form or another at this time of year but this year, sadly, I'm sharing them as I've printed them out for my own front door.I originally made them for people … [Read more...]