I'm pretty sure I've told you the story about how I came to own a Volkswagon Beetle that's older than my grown up children but I'm going to tell you again because I love how I came to own my lovely little bug. And once I've told you how I got the car, I'm going to tell you how we gave her a glow up on a budget.Basically, we bought a new family car last Summer but it had a couple of bits that needed to be fixed so the week after we bought it, we took it back to the garage for a couple of hours to get the jobs done. I dropped my partner, Big A - back off at the garage to pick up … [Read more...]
#OldSchool Meal Planning Monday {14th April}….
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!Meal planning makes me feel more organised and saves me time and money, every single week. Whenever anyone used to ask me for my biggest money saving tip, it was always meal planning. It's a way to save money pretty much as soon as you start doing it and gives you the opportunity to flex your budget up and down depending on how much money you have … [Read more...]
Eggstra Easy Easter Cupcakes {with a free Easter Cupcake Topper Printable}….
See what I did there with the title. ;-) I wanted to make some fancy Easter cupcakes to share with you today - the plan was that would wow you with my cooking prowess but the reality was very different. The cakes didn't look anything like they were meant to so I thought I'd share a few easy Easter cupcake ideas with you instead.Now, these ideas aren't necessarily Pinterest worthy but they taste amazing, they're easy to make and they have a definite Easter theme so let's just go with it...First up, the recipe I use for my cupcakes (they're all chocolate today) is a simple one that I … [Read more...]
Chocolate Easter Egg Cheesecakes….
Chocolate Easter Egg Cheesecakes are my new favourite thing!I had no idea that such an amazing thing as chocolate Easter Egg Cheesecakes even existed until someone brought some into work a month or so ago but since then, I've been meaning to have a go at making my own version to share with the kids! These were so easy to make yet they look and taste absolutely AMAZING! How to make amazing show-stopping chocolate Easter egg cheesecakes Maltesers Bunny Easter egg cheesecakeI crushed a pack of Maltesers up and added that to a third of today's … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {12th April 2025}….
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! 
1) Daffodils are one of my favourite two flowers and at this time of year, they're in abundance everywhere you look where I live which makes me very happy! They're also a frequent visitor to the yellow sticker section of the flower department in the supermarket too. Look at the giant bunch I found in Tesco last weekend for £1.25...It's … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {5th April 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) And another week of Spring brings another bunch of bargain Spring flowers...These tulips were a bargain at 88p and I love having them brightening up my living room! To me, tulips really represent Spring to me so I love having them in our house. 2) Our hoover isn't as powerful as it used to be even though we've … [Read more...]
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