These Bored jars could well save your sanity this Summer!Sick of hearing the kids say 'I'm bored'? Had enough of them playing on electronics all day? Going loopy at the thought of having to entertain them for another day?Well, this post could be just what you need!I've written about bored jars a few times over the years since I started blogging and last week, I realised that I had one that was appropriate for pretty much any child from a tot to a teenager. It's because I've relied on them so much as my children were growing up because I can't stand hearing … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {30th July 2021}….
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. Hey! 👐1) Last night was supposed to be Instant Pot chicken and rice for tea using some shredded chicken from the freezer but I popped into M&S to take something back and I found some bargains...I moved the Instant Pot chicken and rice to Sunday which means I won't need to buy a joint of meat as I was planning and we had gammon and pineapple last … [Read more...]
This month’s pre-loved bargains {July 2021}….
You all know that I love a good pre-loved bargain, whether it's from a charity shop, the car boot sale or even from somewhere online and this is my monthly post to share some of my bargains with you!I know I say this pretty much every month but I genuinely love buying second hand (here are 8 reasons why I think buying second-hand clothes is the future) but this month, I thought I'd share some of my Vinted buys as I've mentioned a few times that I've been using Vinted to sell some stuff but not shared many of the bargains that I've bought on there.I can't remember if I already told … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {23rd July 2021}….
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. Hey! 👐1) I love chopped pineapple but it's not the cheapest thing in the world to buy when you buy the ready prepared fresh pineapple chunks so this week, I decided to have a go at chopping my own up into chunks.I know, it's not rocket science that it's cheaper to prep your own but for some reason, I just always thought it was too much hassle to … [Read more...]
10 Self-care when you work from home tips….
Self-care when you work from home is essential! You don't have your usual colleagues around you to keep you sane and to bounce ideas off and your routine can feel like it's all over the place. Today, I've got some tips to share with you to help make your working from home life that little bit more manageable...I've written about what self-care means to me in the past but today I wanted to share more about that and how important it is that you really focus on self-care when you work from home.Working from home in one form or another is pretty much most people's dream job and over … [Read more...]
Mexican Pasta Salad….
Mexican Pasta Salad is one of our new family favourites - it's super easy to make and easy to adapt to whatever you have in the house that needs using up...Last Summer, I made the most amazing homemade potato salad - in fact. I'm pretty sure that I called it the best potato salad you'd ever taste at the time and I still stand by that claim! 😂 I was making a batch of it last week and when I realised that I had a bit of the mayo and sour cream sauce mix leftover so I decided to try and make some sort of spicy pasta using some leftover pasta that I had in the fridge.I … [Read more...]
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