In last week's five frugal things post, I shared one of our favourite family meals and how it cost around £5 to cook enough minced beef and onions for four large portions which is more than enough to feed a family. Macaroni cheese has always been a family favourite meal for us and at one point, I pretty much cooked it weekly as every time I wrote a meal plan, the kids asked me to make sure that this was on there. I cooked it because everyone enjoyed it but I loved that it was a quick and easy, budget meal that made me look like a great cook as every plate was empty at the … [Read more...]
#OldSchool Meal Planning Monday {17th March 2025}….
As part of my frugal reset, I've been sharing our weekly meal plans on here again and I'll be honest, I've really enjoyed the old school blog posts again along with the accountability that I get from sharing something with you all! I know that our little meal plan board is really starting to work now in our house as last weekend I forgot what we were due to have for tea when we were out and suggested we bought a family sized pie from a little butchers on the high street and one of the kids pointed out that we were supposed to be having Hunters Chicken. 😁I'll take … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {15th March 2025}….
Every week (ish) 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! 👐1) Last Saturday's planned tea was BBQ pulled pork with jacket potatoes.A few years ago, I would have 100% cooked this meal from scratch but over the last few years I've got more and more relaxed with my meal planning and the last couple of times we've had pulled pork, I've actually bought it ready made from the shop. I know, … [Read more...]
Super Cute Unicorn Bath Salts DIY….
If you're a unicorn fan then you're going to love this cute little unicorn bath salts DIY but even if you're not a lover of all things unicorn, stick around because you can use any colours you like to make these!I didn't set out to make unicorn bath salts at all this morning! In fact, I was actually having a quick tidy out of my baking cupboard when I came across the colours I used a while ago to make this amazing no-bake unicorn fudge...I'll do anything to get out of a cupboard tidy so I thought I'd try and make something else with the colours I'd bought for the fudge and … [Read more...]
4 Steps to Sandal Ready Feet….
It's not long before the sun starts to shine on us a little more and we start unpacking the shorts and sandals that haven't seen the light of day since last Summer and I don't know about you, but my feet definitely aren't sandal ready just yet so I'm starting my 'get sandal ready routine' right now! 😂Before we start, I promise there aren't going to be any horrible pictures of feet in this post! I'm going to tell you the four steps I follow to make sure I have sandal ready feet in time for Summer but without sharing any awful foot photos because let's face it, no one needs … [Read more...]
No council tax this month or next?
**I shared this post in 2021 but our council tax bill came today for the next twelve months and it reminded me that it might be a good idea to share it again**Unless you opt to pay your council tax over twelve months rather than the usual ten, February and March are the months of the year when you don't have to pay. That means there's no council tax to pay this month or next month for many of us. What are you planning to use your 'free' council tax money for?I love the months where we don't pay council tax because the amount we pay seems ridiculously high - we … [Read more...]
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