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...]
This week’s meal plan – the one with all the shortcuts….
This week is going to be one of the busiest weeks we've had in a long time which is really saying something considering how mad our lives have been recently. In the past, I might have been tempted to not bother with a meal plan and just wing it but that never works well for me (or my bank balance) so I'm going for a meal plan with a difference this week.Every day this week, I'll be getting in from work about half-past four and every single day, I'll be going back out again at some point as I have pretty much everything from a parents night to a works do and from a football match to a spa … [Read more...]
How to up your #Shelfie game….
If you follow me on Instagram then you'll probably already know how much I love a good bunch of bargain flowers and at least once a week I stalk the reduced section of our local supermarkets to see if I can find a good deal. If you time it right, you can get some gorgeous flowers that will look fab for a good week for just a pound or two.I often see some great reductions on houseplants too but I've always avoided them in the past because I don't have the best record with managing to keep houseplants alive! But last year, I couldn't resist this little guy for £1.50 so I popped him in my … [Read more...]
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