This year, living sustainable life has become as important to me as living a frugal life with my family so today, I thought I'd share a few easy ways that you can help you start living a sustainable life with your family.Lots of the ideas below are super easy to implement into your own lifestyle without any impact on your budget and some of them will even reduce your monthly bills which is an added bonus! Reduce your energy usage This is a good one because not only does is it the right thing to do as far as living a sustainable life, it also saves you money. We all know the things … [Read more...]
How we reduced our water comsumption….
Over the years, our water bill seems to have got progressively higher and I think I accepted the increases thinking that it was something I had little control over. Don't get me wrong, I did a few of the obvious things to reduce the water we use (no hosepipe use, only washing a full load, no dishwasher, water saving devices in the toilets are the main changes) but it never really made much of a difference to the amount we were charged on our bill so I just continued as we were and accepted that our bill was always going to be a bit higher than I would have liked it to be.Then … [Read more...]
Spiced root vegetable soup – just what you need to warm you up….
I love, love, love soup and this spiced root vegetable soup is just perfect on days like today (and any other kind of day for that matter).I got my soup maker a couple of years ago now and I can honestly say that what my husband thought was going to be one of those gadgets that gather dust has turned out to be my most used thing in the kitchen!I've tried all sorts of soup recipes with varying degrees of success (FYI - Broccoli in a soup is not the way to go) and my favourite ones are the kind of soups that have a slight kick to them to warm your tummy when it's cold out.For a long … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {26 October 2018}….
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, I do want to 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 - we're frugal so we can afford to do nice things together.1) I'm not sure if you've ever read my post … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {19 October 2018}….
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, I do want to 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 - we're frugal so we can afford to do nice things together.1) I just had to call British Airways about my … [Read more...]
3 Ingredient DIY Natural Face Cleanser…
Today I wanted to share my amazing 3 Ingredient DIY Natural Face Cleanser with you. This homemade DIY facial cleanser will not only lift impurities from the surface of your skin but will also leave your face feeling soft and rehydrated.You can spend an absolute fortune on skin care these days and there's no denying that the ranges of expensive products that you can buy will no doubt do wonders for your skin - or at least they should do if all the claims of scientific research and promises of youthful looking skin are to be believed. ;-)But can homemade do the same job? Can you … [Read more...]
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