Until recently, we've not really been BBQ people.That's kind of a lie as we LOVE a good old BBQ - at someone else's house where we don't have to worry about what direction the wind is going to blow the smoke or whether we're going to poison any visitors (or indeed ourselves) with half cooked meat.Because of this, we've never really had a good BBQ and have usually just relied on the cheap disposable ones because they're cheaper when you consider how few BBQs we have and also, they don't need cleaning afterwards.But this year, our garden is looking nicer than it has for a long time … [Read more...]
Unicorn cupcakes using a cheap kit from Amazon – success or fail?
Today I'm going to share the cheats way to making a batch of super cute unicorn cupcakes!Unicorns are definitely the 'in' thing right now aren't they?I jumped on the bandwagon and made my unicorn fudge, some unicorn bath salts and even some colourful unicorn cookie dough and in my wisdom when I was planning this month's posts, I decided to have a go at making unicorn cupcakes to share with you.My blog post planning process usually takes place once a month and I'll sit down and plan all of the posts I want to share the following month. These are usually random ideas that I haven't … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {10 August 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) My favourite way to start these posts on a Friday … [Read more...]
How much is too much when it comes to vet’s fees….
Our puppy Monty is an absolute menace and as much as I love him, there's no doubt that he's much harder work that our older dog, Buddy and so far, we've had more visits to the vets in his first 9 months or so with us than we've had in Buddy's 9 years!Just to give you some background, we have pet insurance where most things are covered but we do have to pay an excess on each claim. We haven't made a claim yet as all of our treatments have been below the cost of the excess so I wouldn't know how easy it is to actually make a claim.We also pay our vets £16 a month per dog which gives … [Read more...]
Free Cash Envelopes Template….
I'm a huge fan of cash envelopes.They're without a doubt the best way to focus your mind on what you're spending on what and how much money you have left in your budget.I'll hold my hands up and admit that I don't use them every week, I only use them when I feel like we need a bit of a reminder about our spending habits or when we're on a tight budget for whatever reason.This week for example, we're conscious that we have a holiday coming up soon and we're really trying to spend as little as possible and the best way to do that for us is to use our cash envelopes system.I wrote … [Read more...]
Basic Quiche Recipe – perfect for using up leftovers….
My basic quiche recipe is one that I learned from my Mam way back when I used to look forward to her baking days which would always consist of the same things - quiche, corned beef pie and a random cake recipe that she would choose from her Be-Ro cookbook each time.My basic quiche recipe is an adapted version of my Mam's, mainly because I don't make my own pastry.I don't do the whole homemade pastry thing usually for a couple of reasons - 1) ready made pastry is about a million times easier for me and b) it's way less mess and c) there are never enough hours in the day for me as it … [Read more...]
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