The Diary of a Frugal Family

Things That Frugal People Don’t (Usually) Do….

281172 Comments2018-04-19+09%3A00%3A51Cassandra April 19, 2018 By Cassandra
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Last week someone left a comment on one of my posts to say that they didn't think that having a holiday was very frugal which is something that I completely disagree with. As I've said many times before, we're all frugal for different reasons - some of us because we want to be, some because it's something we grew up with and some of us are frugal simply because they have no other choice. One thing we all have in common is that we make the best of what we're lucky enough to have and we make sure that we get our money's worth from whatever we do buy. That got me thinking about what … [Read more...]

NCS – the chance of a lifetime for your teenager….

28153Leave a Comment2018-04-18+09%3A00%3A26Cassandra April 18, 2018 By Cassandra
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Being a parent isn't easy and the older my two get, the more I'm thinking about how I can best prepare them for the real world!I've worked very hard to teach them both kids how to manage their own money and have always involved them in family financial decisions. They know how to plan meals and how to cook them which means that as far as budgeting and fending for themselves when they leave home, I think we're pretty much covered and I'm pretty confident that they'll be able to hold their own in the real world in these areas.I'm very aware that the thing I can't teach them myself … [Read more...]

How switching energy suppliers and tariffs saves you money….

280972 Comments2018-04-17+14%3A45%3A23Cassandra April 17, 2018 By Cassandra
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Today I'm going to tell you about how easy it is to switch energy suppliers and hopefully reassure you that it's easy to do, takes no time at all and can give you significant savings on your current energy spend each month.Energy suppliers usually have to up their prices when there are changes in the industry and increases in inflation. When these price hikes get passed on to us - the customers – it makes me think about switching to get the best deal. Switching energy suppliers is probably one of the easiest things you can do to shave some money off your monthly budget but it's often … [Read more...]

‘Things are Looking Up’ Essential Oil Roller – will help with Depression, Stress and Anxiety….

279321 Comment2018-04-17+09%3A00%3A56Cassandra April 17, 2018 By Cassandra
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Today I'm sharing an essential oil roller which I believe will help with depression, stress and anxiety. It's certainly helped me to get through the last couple of weeks which have been pretty awful with my lovely Dad passing away.Over the last year or so, I've been enjoying learning a little bit about essential oils and the effects that they can have on your moods. I've learned that they can be energising (peppermint oil), relaxing and calming (lavender), uplifting (bergamot) as well as stress relieving (frankincense) and my homemade sleep spray using essential oils was such a … [Read more...]

16 Vintage Crochet Patterns…

27702Leave a Comment16+Vintage+Crochet+Patterns...2018-04-14+09%3A00%3A37Cassandra April 14, 2018 By Cassandra
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OK, I'll start this post by holding my hands up and telling you that I cannot crochet to save my life! However, when another blogger offered to share some of her free vintage crochet patterns with you, I thought it was something that might interest a few of you. You might have noticed that over the last month or so, Saturdays have more often than not been round-up posts of some other great content from around the internet. There's a couple of reasons for this which I'll explain now before I get into today's vintage crochet pattern round up. ;-)Firstly, I have lots of ideas for things … [Read more...]

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

278895 Comments2018-04-13+09%3A00%3A43Cassandra April 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.1) This week was my Dad's funeral and whilst I didn't … [Read more...]