Budget Wisely During the Cost of Living Crisis

Posted in Budgeting, Lifestyle

The cost of living crisis is a reality for many households right now. No matter your financial situation, learning how to budget wisely can help you survive this difficult time.

Saving Money When Times are Tough

Posted in Food, Home, Lifestyle

The news is awash daily about the cost of living crisis and I’m sure everyone is starting to notice the increases in food, fuel, and utility costs. Inflation is currently over 10% and rising. I calculated that just our monthly

Baking and Home Education

Posted in Children, Food, Home, Lifestyle

Baking and cooking from scratch are important life skills that also offer an opportunity for children to learn by reading, weighing, and making themselves.

Home Educating & Bulk Cooking

Posted in Children, Financial Fast, Food, Home, Lifestyle, Recipe Gallery

The past month has been hectic, in part due to having made a pretty big decision regarding Gabriel’s education. After a few months at Cylch we became unhappy with how he felt about schooling, the effect upon him, and the

Growing Pains and Disposable Fashion

Posted in Children, Food, Lifestyle

I’ve decided the biggest growing pains in a little one if the cost on the wallet of new shoes! Clothes are easy, I can make them, buy them second hand, or pick up bits with good resale value in the

Making Meat Stretch & Cheap Cuts of Meat

Posted in Children, Food, Recipe Gallery

If you are a meat eater you can’t have helped but notice increasing prices recently, in fact all food has shot up in price. There is a combination of reasons. A poor wheat crop last year (which has a knock

2016 Round-Up – What a Year!

Posted in Children, Financial Fast, Food, Home, Lifestyle

Well, 2016 was not the best one for us financially, and it took quite an emotional strain as well. With all the extra expenses of an unplanned house move our budget went way off course. We also had a lot

How to save money on Christmas Shopping

Posted in Lifestyle

This is it! The shop shelves are bulging and the queues are getting longer at the checkout. The way some people act at this time of year you’d think civilisation was about to collapse and they were stocking up for

It’s One Thing After Another so Back to Meal Planning!

Posted in Children, Financial Fast, Food

Just as things start to even out again financially the car decided it would be a good time to break. I took it in as I knew we needed to replace the front tyres before Winter, but also found a

New Home and Frugal Fast Reboot

Posted in Food

Well, sorry for the blog posts lacking recently, but we ended up moving home somewhat sooner than planned as we lost all clean water at the old house, and did so in complete chaos. In keeping with the landlord’s complete

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