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Why we hired a tutor for our teenager….

306531 Comment2019-04-11+19%3A59%3A02Cassandra April 11, 2019 By Cassandra
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I mentioned in a post recently that we'd hired a tutor for our 16-year-old to help her study for her exams and a couple of people commented or messaged me to ask me to share a bit more about why and how we did it so that's exactly what I thought I'd do today.Miss Frugal has always been a good student who got good grades in most of her lessons and was pretty much on track for achieving the quite high targets that she's been stuck with throughout her time at secondary school thanks to some pretty good SATs scores that I never really agreed with but that's a whole other story.Around … [Read more...]

When was the last time you did a monthly budget review?

30575Leave a Comment2019-04-11+09%3A00%3A14Cassandra April 11, 2019 By Cassandra
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We do a full monthly budget review at least every six months but more often than not, we'll try and do it every three months so we can keep a close eye on what's happening with our money and make changes if we need to.I thought I'd take you through the process and give you a bit of an update on our budget today as it must be a good year or so since I've shared something like this. First up, I always print out two copies of my free monthly budget planner which you can find here. There are two versions to choose from - a plain and a pretty version but obviously, I always … [Read more...]

3 super easy ways to make £50 this month (April 2019)….

30601Leave a Comment2019-04-09+09%3A00%3A47Cassandra April 9, 2019 By Cassandra
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Do you want to make some extra money this month? Today I'm sharing three super easy ways that could earn you at least £50 by the end of this month...Do you know that if you could make an extra £50 every month between now and Christmas then you'd have £450 in time for Christmas? Or even an extra £200 in time for your Summer holidays? I thought I'd start a new monthly series on here where I'll share three ideas each month that will help you to make some extra money that month. If you just choose one each month then you should be £50 better off by the end … [Read more...]

Five ways to use up leftover hard-boiled eggs….

305222 Comments2019-04-08+09%3A00%3A04Cassandra April 8, 2019 By Cassandra
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Did you know that a hard-boiled egg is safe to eat for you to seven days after it's been cooked?* I had no idea that they lasted that long until I started researching some ideas for what leftover hard-boiled eggs could be used for since I shared my post last Monday about how to colour eggs naturally.** According to this post, a hard-boiled egg will last for up to seven days in the fridge as long as the shell is still on it. If you peel it before popping it in the fridge then it's only good for up to five days. **Hard boiling and poaching eggs have shown to be the … [Read more...]

Review: Fitbit Charge 3 Special Edition….

306191 Comment2019-04-07+09%3A00%3A46Cassandra April 7, 2019 By Cassandra
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Mr Frugal bought me the Fitbit Charge 3 as part of my Birthday present a few weeks ago and because I love it so much, I thought I'd share a bit of a review of it with you.(To be clear, he bought it himself, this isn't an ad in any way)I've been saying for ages that I'd like a Fitbit but they seem quite expensive for what they are (or so I thought) and I just couldn't bring myself to buy one for myself so you can imagine how pleased I was to wake up on my Birthday to this little beauty!It's lavender and rose gold which is perfect for me - so perfect that Mr Frugal said he was … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week and a mini life update….

304072 Comments2019-04-05+07%3A00%3A19Cassandra April 5, 2019 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.Before I start with today's five frugal things, I thought I'd give you a mini life update...You might already know that at the end of last year, I got some news about my job that was pretty big. It meant that I was going to be travelling just shy of 40 miles to get to work instead of my previous 12 miles each way. That's 80 miles a day sat in my car!It's not … [Read more...]