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15 Basic Money Management Tips….

361911 Comment15+Basic+Money+Management+Tips....2022-05-15+16%3A20%3A43Cassandra May 15, 2022 By Cassandra
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We're going back to basics today with these 15 basic but essential money management tips!Over the last six months as my life has been ridiculously busy and if I'm honest, budgeting has probably been the last thing on my mind most of the time - manageable only because our outgoings were significantly less with the kids on lockdown at home and our income was significantly increased due to all of the overtime I was working. Now we're having to deal with the fact that this is our new normal and our outgoings are creeping back up while the overtime is on the decline so I don't have … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {6th May 2022}….

39576Leave a Comment2022-05-06+08%3A00%3A47Cassandra May 6, 2022 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) It's not often I share a photo of myself on here but I thought I'd share a photo of my new sunglasses which cost me a grand total of £2.43. They started off at £3 in Morrisons but I have a Family and Friends discount card so I get 10% off which was 30p and then, because I bought them as part of my weekly shop and spent over £30 in total then I get … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {29th April 2022}….

394372 Comments2022-04-29+08%3A00%3A48Cassandra April 29, 2022 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) OK, I admit that I'm probably using this as my first thing more because I really really wanted to share my creation with you but let's go with it anyway...I went on a Spring flower arranging course last Saturday and specifically designed my whole arrangement so that I could use several pieces of the pink pussy willow because I have a dried … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {22nd April 2022}….

39435Leave a Comment2022-04-22+07%3A00%3A05Cassandra April 22, 2022 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. I'm back after a break last week (I shared my reason for that here if you fancy a good laugh at my expense) although I'll be honest, I haven't really been out and about too much after my 'accident' and have spent a lot of the last fortnight resting my leg so there's not too many exciting things to share in today's post!Hey! 👐1) First up, I want to give … [Read more...]

10 frugal habits you NEED to learn….

31229Leave a Comment10+frugal+habits+you+NEED+to+learn....2022-04-19+19%3A00%3A17Cassandra April 19, 2022 By Cassandra
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Frugal Habits that will save you money every single day!Obviously, you know that I'm a fan of saving money, right? I'm the first to admit that it's not been particularly easy for me to switch to a frugal mindset and truth be told, I'm probably not as frugal as I could be these days. Over the years though, some of the things I've done have become habits and it's those frugal habits that mean that even when I'm not thinking frugally, I'm still doing OK!These are some of the frugal habits that I didn't do before but I now do automatically: 10 Frugal Habits … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {8th April 2022}….

April 8, 2022 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 big batch of my Butternut Squash Carbonara minus the pasta so basically just the butternut squash sauce-y bit and now have five single servings in my freezer ready to use when I need them. Warning: there is no way that I can make this look pretty as it's basically orange mush but it's an extremely tasty and healthy orange mush so I'm … [Read more...]