Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing - The Cheapskates way to living the good life

As a follow-on from this afternoon's blog post, Corinna asked if I could share exactly what I used, and what you would need and where to...

I've been a tad busy lately, and so the Christmas soaps have just been made, but not from my usual recipe, that takes six weeks to cure...

We have a saying in our family, "Family business". In our family, family business covers the why of the choices we make (not ne...

My Christmas gift shopping is done! Everything I had on my list to buy, has been bought - and all within my gift budget too. It took a bi...

I'm thrilled to be a part of the Crafty Mums Co-op, and I'm bursting this morning because today is the first ever Crafty Mum's ...

It's just one meal, on one day of the year. Christmas Dinner is just one meal during the year and yet if we let it, this one meal ca...

November may seem like a strange time for a pantry challenge, but I think it's the perfect time. For most of us, we need to make room ...

So I was quickly scrolling through Facebook  a few days ago. and a post popped up that Wendy had commented on. I assume I saw it because We...

The nightly news preview flashed across the TV screen, and within minutes my inbox and Facebook had started to fill up with doom and gloom. ...

It's Friday already. This week has flown by, and yet every morning when I've woken up, I've wished it was the weekend. Not s...

Last week I challenged Cheapskaters, in the weekly newsletter , to trim 10 per cent from their grocery budget. This week's challeng...

And now it's time to restock, so this morning I hit Australian Butcher in Boronia and bought some meat. I spent $110.65 and bought eno...

For plump, fluffy, clump-free  rice every time simply rinse the dry rice before cooking.  I worked with a lovely Chinese lady way before ...

With starting the Christmas baking, a trip to Hindustan Imports was on the to-do list for today. We were right out of glace cherries, slive...

We've had two glorious days here this week. I've put washing out, washed windows, washed doonas ready to pack away for the summer...

This is today's recipe from the Cheapskates Club. Hannah and I made it on Sunday for Father's Day afternoon tea and it disappeared i...

This topic was brought to mind earlier this week when I was listening to ABC radio and they were talking about food security, and just how ...

AJ came home last night with a nasty cough and a sore throat. Straight away I went to the cupboard and took the jar of Manuka honey, and g...