1) Miss Frugal decided that she was suddenly too old for her beautiful pink and turquoise bedroom and that she wanted to go for an all white look instead. I did have a fair amount of white paint leftover from when we did our hall, stairs and landing so I told her I'd help her if she did most of the work and surprisingly, she agreed! She bought the roller out of her own money and set about painting what she could while I helped out with the higher bits.About half way through it was pretty obvious that the paint we had wasn't going to do the whole room but ,rather than buy more paint, I … [Read more...]
Let me show you just how far you can stretch a gammon joint….
Gammon was pretty much the first meat that Master Fussy-Eater Frugal would eat and even now, it's still one of his favourite meals. It's also really versatile so we tend to buy a small gammon joint every week and although we love a good old mid-week roast dinner, I do try and mix it up a little bit - especially with the leftovers that we always have. I thought you might like to see how far you can stretch a gammon joint by showing what I've made with ours.Before I go on to what we do with our gammon joint, I should really recommend that you always buy the next joint of meat you can … [Read more...]
My blogging photography essentials – everything from cameras to lenses and from apps to editing…..
As a mum, taking photos is something that I do frequently and often more often than not, I just point and shoot without any thought for what's going to make a good photo. My aim with these photos is simply to capture a moment and I just use whatever camera is nearest to me (usually my iphone) and literally just point and shoot.It's a whole different ball game though when I think of myself as a blogger and the fact that there are pictures I take specifically to share on here with you all. Obviously, you see lots of my spur of the moment shots as well but some of the pictures I take as a … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {11th March 2016}….
I'm a bit late this week aren't I?It's just been one of those weeks this week and I've had so much going on that even as I'm starting to write this post, I'm not sure that I'll manage to find five frugal things that I've done.Fingers crossed....1) I was tempted to treat myself to a new handbag this week to cheer myself up (trust me, it was very much needed) but instead I used my Boots Advantage points to buy myself a lovely little Ted Baker makeup bag for free.2) Ready made jars of sauce aren't always a bad thing - especially when this come with this free curry … [Read more...]
8 of my greatest parenting fails….
Have you seen the 'On This Day' app on Facebook that sends you a message every day to remind you of what you were doing on the same day in previous years? I love the idea of it and the statuses and photos that I've posted in years gone by regularly make me smile as they remind me of moments I'd all but forgotten.There have been a few lately though that have brought back memories of some of my less than brilliant parenting moments and I thought I'd sacrifice my parenting pride and share a few of them here with you today...Please try not to judge me, especially for number 1 and 6! … [Read more...]
Review: Retro Slushie Maker….
I remember asking Santa for a Mr Frosty every year between the ages of around 6 and 12 but for some reason, he was never in my pile of presents on Christmas morning. I never gave up hope though and one Christmas many year later, my patience was rewarded when Mr Frugal presented me with a Mr Frosty and a bag of ice!I couldn't wait to get started at making the amazing slushies that I'd dreamed about as a child so decided have a Christmas morning slushie which wasn't as great an experience as I'd hoped for. For starters, the handle you turned to crush the ice was so stiff that I had red … [Read more...]
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