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Free Printable Girl Power Wall Art….

31106Leave a CommentFree+Printable+Girl+Power+Wall+Art....2019-06-09+08%3A18%3A01Cassandra June 9, 2019 By Cassandra
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Today I've got some super pretty free printable Girl Power wall art prints for you to print out. They look amazing when they're framed - even in the cheap certificate style frames you can pick up in the pound shop.When I sat down last month to write out some of the ideas for blog content this month, I thought about what we had going on in June and top of my list was Miss Frugal leaving school. To celebrate that, I thought it might be nice to do a few posts around encouraging our children to be the best they can as they grow up and this was my first idea... The … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {7 June 2019}….

309432 Comments2019-06-07+07%3A00%3A21Cassandra June 7, 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 though, as always feel that I should say that being frugal to me is about getting the best value for our money - it's not about doing without for us or about not having nice things. We all have different financial situations and we're all frugal for different reasons. ;-)1) Last weekend, I went to see Take That at the Riverside Stadium in … [Read more...]

How a humble ice cube tray revolutionised my meal planning….

30883Leave a Comment2019-06-06+09%3A00%3A44Cassandra June 6, 2019 By Cassandra
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Today I'm going to tell you how a £1 ice cube tray has revolutionised* my meal planning.(*Ok, maybe revolutionised is a bit strong - I should probably go with improved rather a lot although that doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?. ;-))Not long ago, when I shared my post about how to build a frugal pantry, I mentioned that I used ice cube trays in my freezer to help with my meal planning and prep and I got lots* of messages asking me to reveal my secret.(*Ok, I got two messages about it and one only mentioned the ice cubes tray thing as a PS.)Basically, I have about … [Read more...]

Upcycled magnetic baking tray memo board….

30932Leave a Comment2019-06-05+09%3A00%3A20Cassandra June 5, 2019 By Cassandra
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This magnetic baking tray memo board is my new favourite thing! I made it in about five minutes (if you don’t count the time for the paint and varnish to dry) and it looks so cute on my kitchen shelf.It’s one of the few crafty things that I’ve ever made that looks in reality like it did in my head which is a huge win for me!I treated myself to a couple of new baking trays recently and rather than get rid of my old baking trays, I wanted to see if there was anything else I could do with them. Aside from using them as a makeshift one-man sledge in the snow, I had no … [Read more...]

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

31006Leave a Comment2019-06-04+09%3A00%3A20Cassandra June 4, 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...This is the third post in my new series on here where I'm going to be sharing three ideas each month that will help you to make some extra money without too much effort. If you just choose one to do each month then you should be £50 better off by the end of the month and I'm sure you can work out for yourself that if you do all three then that's a massive £150 extra that you'll see in your bank account!Some ideas will be … [Read more...]

#MealPlanningMonday – the one where the slow cooker works overtime….

309921 Comment2019-06-03+09%3A00%3A20Cassandra June 3, 2019 By Cassandra
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This week is going to be one of those week's where there simply aren't enough hours in the day!First up, let me share this week’s meal plan with you: Monday Today, I'm going to be reheating the amazing Goulash that I made yesterday using a recipe from the Pinch of Nom cookbook. Unfortunately, I can't share the recipe as it's obviously not mine but if you do get chance to get hold of the cookbook then you'll find it on page 140 and I guarantee you won't regret it!Just in case you were wondering why I was reheating it, I made it yesterday as I had plenty of time to spend … [Read more...]