As you might know, I've been trying to lose weight this year and was doing pretty well until (a) my motivation vanished and (b) I went on an all inclusive holiday and put some of what I'd lost back on again which was expected but demoralising all the same.Monday is the day I've had in my head to get back on track so I'm getting prepared with my Slimming World meal plan and my new little gadget, the Fitbit Blaze is ready to help me get my motivation back.When I opened the box and first saw the Fitbit blaze, I must admit that it looked very much like an Apple Watch although I now … [Read more...]
Review: Vrissaki Beach Hotel, Protaras….
First of all, I just want to put it out there that I paid for our holiday to the Vrissaki Beach Hotel and until I got home and thought about what a great time we'd had, I had no intention of reviewing our stay or the hotel itself so this might seem like a bit of an odd review as I probably don't have photos to match everything that I'm going to say! ;-)(Can you tell I'm not a travel blogger?)We booked our holiday to the Vrissaki Beach Hotel in Protaras through First Choice holidays and paid £546 in total for the two of us for four nights. I didn't specifically want to go to Cyprus … [Read more...]
Strawberry lemonade Kool Aid cupcakes!….
We have a shop near us that sells American sweets and a couple of weeks ago, there was much excitement from the kids (and maybe me) when they started to stock Kool Aid drinks sachets. They weren't expensive so we stocked up on some flavours thinking we'd be back for more in no time - we bought strawberry lemonade, grape, pineapple, lemonade and one I can't remember the flavour of but I know it was bright green when we made it up.When we started to make the first one I was more than a little horrified at the amount of sugar you have to put in! For a small sachet of Kool Aid … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {13th May 2016}….
1) My best buy of the week is a book of vouchers that I've been hearing about for ages now in our local area. The book costs £24.99 and is basically filled with over 400 vouchers for local businesses (mainly foodie, days out and activities but with some health and beauty too) offering buy one get one free or 50% off. I bought it from our local shop but I've seen them around in lots of local businesses - I've just never taken the time to actually look at a copy because of the initial price.Each company has three vouchers in the book that can be used anytime up until the end of January … [Read more...]
10 random frugal habits that will improve your life (or at least your bank balance)….
Whatever being frugal means to you and whatever your reasons are for trying to live a more frugal life, there are certain habits you can adopt that will help you along the way. Here's just a few of them....Make sure you know what your monthly budget is and review it regularly and keep a close eye on your bank balance so you know there are no nasty surprises and you can check that you're still within your budget - the earlier you find out about any problems or overspends, the more time you have to put it right before it impacts you.Regularly check to make sure you're on the best … [Read more...]
How I manage my Work:Life:Blog balance….
I love blogging and all of the opportunities that it brings us as a family but if I let it, it could very easily take over my life as there's always something that I could be doing.I also love my job which is fun, challenging and not too badly paid for what I do.And it goes without saying that more than anything, I love my family. My family mean everything to me and spending time with them is my main priority at all times.So how do I manage my blogging and working life so that they don't impact my family life?It's not always easy I can tell you that but I manage and lately, … [Read more...]
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