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April 21, 2017 $5 Friday

$5 Friday: Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Chocolate cake. Yum.  Yum.  Yum.  It is so evocative.  And so decadent.  It is something my kids never tire of

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September 24, 2016 Financial / Food / Frugal

$50 a week grocery challenge

I have a new challenge – can I survive on only $50 a week groceries for one adult and two

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Pinterest style graphic with final bake and a cauliflower
September 2, 2016 $5 Friday

$5 Friday: Cauliflower gratin

My housemate begged me to teach her how to make cauliflower gratin.  My mum had made it as a side

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August 26, 2016 $5 Friday

Homemade muesli bars

It is hard sometimes to find healthy lunchbox snacks that your kids will eat and that which don’t contain nuts.

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August 5, 2016 $5 Friday / Uncategorized

$5 Friday: Sticky chicken wings

At the height of summer it seems like everyone is trying to give away plums.  Well, not me because my

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July 22, 2016 $5 Friday / Uncategorized

$5 Friday: cloud bread

Do you have a breadmaker sitting in the back of your cupboard gathering dust?  If so, my challenge for you

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June 17, 2016 $5 Friday

$5 Friday: Nana Irene’s apple pie

Last year on the winter solstice my boys and I headed out to the country, to a town at the edge

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March 11, 2016 $5 Friday / Uncategorized

$5 Friday: Hot Chippie bake

What a crazy week!  Internet down and a busy few weeks at work. Which explains why Friday’s post is on

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November 6, 2015 Uncategorized

Rose fairy cakes

Melbourne Cup Day.  An excuse for a get together, and in my case, an office get together.  I volunteered to

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July 17, 2015 $5 Friday

$5 Friday: Baby Crescent Moons

On Wednesday, I went to a #frugal15 lunch with a group of fellow frugalistas.  And not having much in the

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Author of The Joyful Frugalista, host of The Joyful Frugalista podcast, founder of The Joyful Business Club and living large yet frugally.

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Family cruise time. We've just finished a three da Family cruise time. We've just finished a three day 1980s cruise, and are about to embark on a Pacific adventure. Being financially secure means you have $$$ to live with joy and create some happy memories. Yes there are a lot of cheaper ways to holiday, and you don't need to go on holidays just to spend time with family. But being in a good financial position does mean you can save for special times. My kids went be young forever. We've had a lot of fun. 

Our budget includes holidays. Each fortnight we put an amount aside into a special holidays account, and we use that for all our holiday expenses. The best part of a holiday? Coming home without a credit card hangover. 

#frugallife #cruising_australia #cruise @pocruises #pacificadventure
Boom! Some days you wonder if your message matter Boom!  Some days you wonder if your message matters, and then suddenly, you get a phone call from a journalist to say @Havas  has put out a report about how 67% of Australians think being joyfully frugal is a good thing.

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Feeling posh:) Abundance is a mindset. You don't h Feeling posh:) Abundance is a mindset. You don't have to spend a lot of money to live well. What are you grateful for? I'm grateful for my sparkly new tiara (bought for a charity event, and I'm determined to wear it more than once).
Lest we forget. Lest we forget.
I've been baking! Feeling very virtuous, although I've been baking!

Feeling very virtuous, although a bit tired. And fresh baked hot cross  buns with butter that melts into them are the best.

What are you baking over Easter?

#hotcrossbuns #easter #homebaking #frugallife #thejoyfulfrugalista
With tech job layoffs and high inflation, how do y With tech job layoffs and high inflation, how do you talk to your kids about money? I shared some thoughts in this article for @Money Magazine Australia, with wisdom from Helen Baker at @On Your Own Two Feet https://zurl.co/4NyH
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