The Diary of a Frugal Family

Homemade Blackberry Vinegar….

26233Leave a CommentHomemade+Blackberry+Vinegar....2018-07-16+09%3A00%3A37Cassandra July 16, 2018 By Cassandra
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Homemade blackberry Vinegar is a great way to use up leftover blackberries, which I always have when we go blackberry picking as we never fail to pick more than we need!I bet you're wondering what blackberry vinegar is though, aren't you?Well, it's nothing fancy, it's literally blackberry infused vinegar but it makes an amazing salad dressing and is said to ward off a cold if you drink a teaspoon a day in hot water when you feel the cold coming on. I can vouch for the first one but the second, I suspect is nothing more than an old wives tale although I'll try anything to stop a … [Read more...]

Whipped Pink Lemonade Body Scrub…..

26479Leave a CommentWhipped+Pink+Lemonade+Body+Scrub.....2018-07-15+18%3A10%3A21Cassandra July 15, 2018 By Cassandra
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Miss Frugal loves a good body scrub, as do I, and this one is my favourite so far - whipped pink lemonade body scrub!Honestly, I'm pretty sure we could give The Body Shop a run for their money with all the homemade beauty recipes that we've tried recently. Pinterest has a LOT to answer for - Miss Frugal currently has a very full board that she calls 'DIY recipes to try' and we're working our way through it pin by pin.Today was pink lemonade body scrub but not just any pink lemonade body scrub - this is whipped pink lemonade body scrub and I can guarantee that you're going to like … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {13th July 2018}….

287375 Comments2018-07-13+06%3A00%3A58Cassandra July 13, 2018 By Cassandra
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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.I'm going to be totally honest with you here and tell … [Read more...]

What to do when someone dies….

284131 CommentWhat+to+do+when+someone+dies....2018-07-11+09%3A00%3A35Cassandra July 11, 2018 By Cassandra
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I'm so sorry to keep randomly posting these miserable posts but I wrote a series of them just after my Dad died to keep myself busy and I didn't want to post them in a big chunk so I've spread them about a bit over the last few months. Basically, if it was something I struggled with, I wrote about it so today's post is a list of everyone you need to contact when someone dies.I was a little bit lost when my Dad died as far as getting organised and for a good week or so, aside from registering the death and getting the death certificate, I kind of put my head in the sand and didn't do … [Read more...]

Our half yearly budget review….

284985 CommentsOur+half+yearly+budget+review....2018-07-10+09%3A00%3A26Cassandra July 10, 2018 By Cassandra
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Every six month's or so, we sit down and do a full-on review of our monthly budget review which I usually share a bit about in my weekly five frugal things post but this time, I thought I'd do a whole post about it.Before I start though, I would say that our budget is looking good right now but it's taken years to get to this point from where we were when we started our frugal journey and I'm super proud of us! The healthier our budget starts to look, the more encouraged we are to be frugal and to save even more money because we have a goal in mind to pay off our mortgage in half the … [Read more...]

Eight Essential Pinterest Strategy Tips….

287021 Comment2018-07-07+09%3A00%3A36Cassandra July 7, 2018 By Cassandra
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I have some basic Pinterest Strategy Tips to share with you today following my visit to Pinterest HQ last month!Last month I was lucky enough to spend some time with the amazing team at Pinterest in San Fransisco and I learned so much that I could write a post a month for a year and still have things left to share with you! For today though, I'm going to start with a quick overview of a few things you can do right now to transform your Pinterest strategy and start to see why so many creators love Pinterest so much.Pinterest Strategy Tip 1 - Make sure you have a Pinterest … [Read more...]