The Diary of a Frugal Family | Living a Fabulously Frugal Family Life

Pink Gin Gummy Bears….

31513Leave a CommentPink+Gin+Gummy+Bears....2019-07-11+09%3A00%3A10Cassandra July 11, 2019 By Cassandra
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These pink gin gummy bears were absolutely not planned but they went down a storm with my friends so they were a happy 'accident'.Basically, my plan was to have a second go at making some fruit juice gummy bears after I completely messed up the first attempt by calculating my liquid:gelatin ratio. I got as far as getting the orange juice out of the fridge and the gummy bear moulds out of the cupboard and then it all went wrong.I ended up pouring myself a drink of the orange juice and deciding to make pink gin gummy bears instead as they sounded much more fun to make (and … [Read more...]

Make a personalised Summer Holiday Bucket List for your Family….

31394Leave a Comment2019-07-10+09%3A00%3A31Cassandra July 10, 2019 By Cassandra
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I can't believe that the kids break up from school in a couple of weeks! That means that parents up and down the country have started to think about how they're going to entertain the kids for the long Summer break which also means that now is a great time for me to share this idea for you to make a personalised Summer Holiday Bucket List for your family.The Summer Holidays are a bit different for us these days. Miss Frugal left school last month and has plans to (hopefully) get a job over Summer so she can earn some money before starting college in September and both she … [Read more...]

3 super easy ways to make £50 this month (July 2019)….

31324Leave a Comment2019-07-09+09%3A00%3A05Cassandra July 9, 2019 By Cassandra
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Do you want to make some extra money this month? Today I'm sharing three super easy ways that could earn you at least £50 by the end of this month...This is the fourth post in my blog series about how you can make some extra money without too much effort. If you just choose one to do each month then you should be £50 better off by the end of the month and obviously, do all three and you're quids in with an extra £150 in your pocket.Some ideas will be easy, some will need more effort but whichever you pick, you'll be glad you did when you see your savings start to mount … [Read more...]

#MealPlanningMonday – the super frugal week….

31522Leave a Comment2019-07-08+09%3A00%3A11Cassandra July 8, 2019 By Cassandra
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This week's meal plan is super-frugal, or at least it is to us.I'm not going to lie, this last month or so has been ridiculous for unexpected expenses so we're really trying hard to cut our costs in any way possible this month and one way we're doing that is with our meal plans.I worked out this week's meal plan, as you always should, based on what we had in to use up and I didn't add in any meals that we didn't have at least one ingredient in the house already. I thought this week, I'd share the logic in why I chose the meals I did by telling you what I already had in and … [Read more...]

Wynyard Hall Gardens in the Summer…

315701 CommentWynyard+Hall+Gardens+in+the+Summer...2019-07-07+09%3A00%3A50Cassandra July 7, 2019 By Cassandra
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A couple of years ago, I shared some photos from our visit to the lovely Wynyard Hall gardens but because of the time of year we visited, the gardens weren't at their best. Today, I wanted to share some pictures of the gardens in the Summer...A couple of week's ago on Instagram, I shared a post about how much I'm enjoying taking photos of all things plants and flowers lately. It appears that Miss Frugal not only read this post but actually took note because yesterday, she actually got up early and suggested that we head to Wynyard Hall Gardens for the morning - just the two of … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {5 July 2019}….

31156Leave a Comment2019-07-05+09%3A00%3A15Cassandra July 5, 2019 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, as always feel that I should 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. ;-)1) I made Spanish Chicken this week for the first time and I decided to use chicken … [Read more...]