The Diary of a Frugal Family | Living a Fabulously Frugal Family Life

Don’t Rush Your Home….

45955Leave a CommentDon%27t+Rush+Your+Home....2026-07-12+10%3A58%3A36Cassandra July 12, 2026 By Cassandra
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When we moved into this house, we could easily have gone shopping and bought everything we needed in one go. It would certainly have been quicker, and within a few weeks every room would probably have looked finished. There would have been furniture in every corner, pictures on every wall and accessories on every shelf and although there's absolutely nothing wrong with decorating like that, I don't think our house would have felt like ours in the way it does if that's what we'd done. We've chosen to take our time decorating and furnishing our new house. There are still shelves … [Read more...]

Five little things that have saved us money this week {10th July 2026}….

45848Leave a Comment2026-07-10+09%3A36%3A28Cassandra July 10, 2026 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five small things we’ve done to save a bit of money, make life easier or help us spend more intentionally. None of them are usually huge on their own, but that’s kind of the point. Those small choices add up over time and give us more room for the things that really matter — whether that’s days out, holidays, home projects, treats we’ll actually enjoy or just a bit more breathing space in the budget.1) Right, just one garden one for you today and then we'll move swiftly on. 😁Someone knocked on our door this week and asked if we would be OK with them taking … [Read more...]

The £1 Question I Ask Before Buying Almost Anything….

45931Leave a Comment2026-07-06+16%3A41%3A22Cassandra July 6, 2026 By Cassandra
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We all have little phrases that we say without really thinking about them, and one of mine used to be, "It's only a pound." Whether I was standing in the supermarket, ordering a coffee or shopping online, I'd regularly find myself justifying spending a little bit extra because, after all, it was only £1 and what difference was that going to make in the grand scheme of things. 💰A pound on its own really doesn't feel like much. Spending an extra pound on a meal deal, upgrading to a branded product, adding next-day delivery or treating yourself to something at the checkout doesn't … [Read more...]

Overnight Oats – what’s all the fuss about?

2095915 Comments2026-07-06+10%3A02%3A46Cassandra July 6, 2026 By Cassandra
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For the longest time, I was convinced I wouldn't like overnight oats.The name just made me think of cold, soggy porridge that had been forgotten about in the fridge overnight. It didn't sound remotely appealing and, despite hearing people rave about them for years, I never felt tempted to give them a go.But I needed to get better at breakfast and in order to do that, I needed to be able to just grab something from the fridge and eat it as I knew I just wouldn't bother if it wasn't easy as I've never been a breakfast person. I gave them a try, and I couldn't have been more … [Read more...]

Getting back to being me…

45836Leave a CommentGetting+back+to+being+me...2026-07-05+09%3A54%3A46Cassandra July 5, 2026 By Cassandra
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I sit down at the start of every month and write down a few things I'd like to achieve or do over the coming weeks. Last weekend, I was thinking about July, I realised that every set of monthly intentions I've written so far this year has been centred around getting through the month while I was unwell or recovering from surgery.This month, though, they're not.That's when it suddenly dawned on me that, physically, I feel better than I have in well over a year.Looking back, I've spent so much of the last year feeling unwell, waiting for appointments, having surgery and then … [Read more...]

Basic Quiche Recipe – perfect for using up leftovers….

289602 Comments2026-07-04+08%3A01%3A47Cassandra July 4, 2026 By Cassandra
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My basic quiche recipe is one that I learned from my Mam years ago. I always used to look forward to her baking days because they were wonderfully predictable. There would almost always be a quiche, a corned beef pie and a cake chosen from her well-thumbed Be-Ro cookbook.I can still picture her standing in the kitchen with that cookbook open on the worktop, deciding which cake to make while the quiche and corned beef pie were already well underway. Looking back, I think those baking days are probably the reason I still love making simple, homemade food now. They're some of my happiest … [Read more...]