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Candy Cane Spoons….

2293814 CommentsCandy+Cane+Spoons....2025-11-18+11%3A00%3A46Cassandra November 18, 2025 By Cassandra
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If you’re planning a cosy Christmas movie night or making snowman soup with the kids, these candy cane spoons are such a fun little extra. They melt into hot chocolate beautifully, add a lovely minty sweetness and look so festive on a Christmas Eve drinks tray. They’re surprisingly easy to make too, which is probably why they’ve become one of my favourite little homemade treats to whip up at this time of year. 😊I was so pleased with the way my candy cane spoons came out. It’s not often that something I picture in my head turns out exactly the way I hoped, but these cute little … [Read more...]

Super Cute Unicorn Bath Salts DIY….

268191 CommentSuper+Cute+Unicorn+Bath+Salts+DIY....2025-11-17+12%3A01%3A54Cassandra November 17, 2025 By Cassandra
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If you’re a unicorn fan then you’re going to love this cute little unicorn-coloured bath salts DIY. And even if unicorns aren’t your thing, stick around because you can use absolutely any colours you like to make these. 😊I didn’t wake up planning to make unicorn bath salts at all. I was actually meant to be tidying out my baking cupboard when I found the gel food colourings I used for my no-bake unicorn fudge a while ago. And because I’ll do anything to avoid tidying a cupboard, I decided to see what else I could make with them.Bath salts were pretty much the only … [Read more...]

This month’s pre-loved bargains {November 2025}….

44330Leave a Comment2025-11-16+11%3A49%3A50Cassandra November 16, 2025 By Cassandra
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You all know that I love a good pre-loved bargain, whether it's from a charity shop, the car boot sale or even from somewhere online and so I love to do a monthly post dedicated to sharing some of my bargains with you!I love the first two bargains that I'm sharing with you today - they both came from Iceland when we visited last month!We were having a wander around Reyjavik, looking for a hot dog stand if I'm honest, when we spotted a couple of charity shops next door to each other. The first one we went in just felt a bit posh and nothing had prices on it and I always … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {15th November 2025}….

44491Leave a Comment2025-11-15+16%3A02%3A27Cassandra November 15, 2025 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during the previous 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!I don't know about you but I always find November to be one of those months where my spending can really creep up without me realising - I start to rely on the heating more as the weather turns, there's more pressure to spend with Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Christmas is approaching ridiculously quickly. That all means that I'm trying to be … [Read more...]

Tips and tricks to make hiring a car stress free….

November 10, 2025 By Cassandra
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Whenever we travel anywhere, we like to hire a car. To us, it's the cheapest way to get out and about and really explore the area that we're in which is our aim whenever we go somewhere new and we're pretty confident now when it comes to hiring a car so I thought it might help to share a few of our tips to make our car hire experience as stress free as possible. We've never had any issues with our car hire experiences but we've been behind more people than you would think in a queue waiting for our turn when picking up a car and have seen so many dramas because people aren't … [Read more...]

A Budget-Friendly Christmas: Making the Holidays Feel Magical Without Overspending….

November 10, 2025 By Cassandra
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Christmas is such a lovely time of year – full of warmth, joy, and a bit of sparkle – but it can also be expensive. Between presents, food, decorations and all those little extras, the costs soon start to creep up. Add the pressure to make everything perfect and it’s easy to lose sight of what really matters. The truth is, a special Christmas doesn’t have to cost a fortune. The best parts are usually the ones that don’t cost much at all – laughter, cosy nights in, and those little traditions that mean something to your family. A homemade gift, a shared meal, or a night of board games and hot … [Read more...]