1) I've made a batch of my amazing candy cane spoons this week ready to go with my snowman soup which I make each year. They look amazing and are great to stir any hot chocolate with!I had a bit of a thing with candy canes last year and made everything from candy cane vodka to candy cane body scrub! I even tried to make a candy cane wreath too but that went a bit wrong!2) I was in Morrisons one night this week when the team were reducing the flowers and plants that were past their best and after being pushed aside by the 'professional' bargain hunters and witnessing one such pro … [Read more...]
Homemade Bird Feeder in a mug – the Christmas version….
This is the time of year when birds struggle to find food as the ground is hard, thanks to the icy temperatures we're seeing. That means it's the perfect time to make my cute little homemade bird feeder!Remember last year when I shared our cute little homemade bird feeder in a mug?Well, it went down a storm with our feathered friends and we seem to have made some new friends who are now regular visitors. I made another batch today and used some of it to make a couple of Christmas themed bird feeders which look fab hanging around the garden...The only ingredients for … [Read more...]
Christmas Waffle Recipe….
This amazing Christmas Waffle Recipe genuinely tastes of Christmas and I guarantee you're going to love it if you try it!Life is generally too busy for us to manage to have a sit-down family breakfast but every now and again, we manage a Sunday morning where we're all at home with no friends sleeping over and no work commitments. Those mornings are my favourite Sunday mornings because I just potter about the kitchen in my pyjamas and take my time making a lovely family breakfast for us all to enjoy together.We managed one of those mornings yesterday and this is what I … [Read more...]
How (not to) organise a photo wall or photo shelf….
We've had an amazing year for travel this year as a family and I really wanted to print out some of our photos to showcase some of our adventures. Jen suggested a photo shelf on the back wall of my kitchen would be nice so off I popped to IKEA to pick up a couple of them and some photo frames to use on the shelf.I love, love, love how it looks now but I'll be honest, it did take me a week and a couple of attempts to get it right! I thought you might like to see the step by step process in case you want to make your own photo shelf or wall....(Top tip - before following these … [Read more...]
Girls Christmas Shopping Day in London….
We're huge fans of rail travel and over the years, I've shared so many of our train journeys with you. Last weekend was one of my favourite train journeys yet...Miss Frugal and I, along with one of her friends, decided to have a bit of a cheeky Christmas shopping day in London to mark the start of December. The men of the house decided that a shopping day in London was definitely not something they wanted to do so they stayed at home and did boy stuff (not sure what but it involved football, gaming and McDonalds).You might think we were a bit mad braving London on the first weekend … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {8 December 2017}….
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas so we've gone all festive for this week's five frugal things post...1) Master Frugal has asked us to buy him for Christmas is an Xbox game and whilst I have no problem buying it for him for Christmas, I did ask him if he had any old games that he didn't play on anymore that I could take back to get it a bit cheaper. At this age, with only two presents on his wishlist, he knows he's getting it so I don't feel like I ruined a surprise of anything and the games he gave me to take back meant that I bought the game for just £8 which just means he gets … [Read more...]
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