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Hosting a dinner party or a braai for a special occasion can be an exciting time but it can also be a source fret and worry when it comes to deciding what to cook for your guests! Preparing a salad bar for your special occasion can add a bit of flair and excitement to your […]
Chic Mamas Do Care Durban is a South African based, not-for-profit organisation raising funds to support early childhood development projects, through the sale of quality, pre-loved clothing. The Chic Mamas Do Care Durban team are passionate about giving little children in their communities, the best possible start in life. They are currently involved with three preschools; […]
Encore Clothing is an online consignment boutique for women’s upmarket clothing, started in 2017 by Johannesburg-based legal professional turned entrepreneur, Lara Rocchi, who found a gap in the pre-loved clothing market. The online clothing concept was an idea sparked by a problem that Lara faced herself when she left her legal career and wished to […]
The Frugal Shoppa App recently launched in South Africa. Meet your personal shopping assistant that helps you spend your money smarter and stay on budget as you shop for your monthly groceries. As an avid budgeter, especially when it comes to our monthly grocery shop, I’m excited to tell you more about the Frugal Shoppa […]
One of our local charities has 2 huge recycling banks. Aware of how much paper and cardboard we regularly used to put into our wheelie bin, I decided to change that. Fast forward a few months, and I’m so glad that we started to recycle our paper waste, for so many reasons. For one, we […]
While I do enjoy shopping, I’m not too keen on spending too much money on clothes, if I can help it. Sure, I do, like everyone else, buy new clothes from time to time, but I tend to shop seasonal sales mostly and I also buy second-hand. If I can, I will also look for […]
We just love our lemon tree. It’s producing more and more lemons each year, thriving and growing in leaps and bounds. It’s an absolute joy having fresh lemons when you need them, and we’re so fortunate that the tree yields such large and fleshy lemons. Not only does this mean we don’t have to buy […]
If you’ve been following my blog for a little while now, you’ll know that I normally stay away from ready-made meals (unless they’re on reduced), or ready-to cook or bake premixes as we prefer to cook all our meals from scratch. But the other day as I was doing my month-end shopping at Spar, this […]
Each year after Easter Sunday, we always have quite a few hard-boiled eggs left over. After all, there’s only so much we can consume on the day. But nothing goes to waste in our household, if I can help it, and so we continue to enjoy our colourful Easter eggs throughout the week as an […]
We love dyeing Easter eggs each year! This is such fun and oh-so-easy, even for the youngest members of your family! It doesn’t cost much but the results can be amazing. I just love having a bowl of colourful Easter eggs on our table over the Easter weekend. To start, I bought a variety of […]
As a cheaper and much healthier alternative to chocolate Easter eggs, have you tried Easter egg decoupage? Easter eggs decoupage is such an easy project, that doesn’t cost a whole lot and can provide several hours of fun for the whole family over the Easter weekend. We enjoy decorating quite a few Easter eggs […]
One of the easiest and most popular herbs to grow in your garden has to be Basil. It’s great in salads, pasta dishes, as a pizza topping and of course, as the main ingredient in basil pesto. I just love having fresh basil in the garden during summer. Basil is super easy to grow, […]
If you are looking for a pet lodge for your furkids for the upcoming holidays, Best Friends Pet Lodge may very well be the ideal holiday resort for your dog(s) that you’ve been looking for. They are based 20 minutes from Midrand, in the beautiful mountains between Hennops River and Hartbeespoort dam – a lovely […]
Everyone loves items on reduced! Especially grocery items. Checkers usually has quite a few items on 50% less, and sometimes even more, on most days. I’m sure you’ve seen them at Checkers and may have even bought some items (if not, have a look at my blog post Reduced to Clear Items at Checkers to […]
Grapes are still in season at this time of year. They are plentiful and extremely affordable when buying in bulk! You can buy a whole box of grapes (1.5kg) for just over R20.00! This is the time when we make quite a few jars of delicious grape konfyt, and we enjoy it throughout the year. […]
As one of Ecoegg South Africa’s brand ambassadors, I’m very excited to share with you my review of the Ecoegg Instant Stain Remover. I just love trying new household products, especially eco-friendly products. So I’m sure you can imagine my excitement when I received, not only my very own Ecoegg Laundry Egg by Ecoegg South […]