I'd say that Miss Frugal is a pretty typical 13 year old right now.She's permanently attached to her phone or her iPad and seems to be in constant contact with her friends be it on Messenger, Instagram or Facetime.  If you ask her then she'll tell you she loves school but isn't keen on the lessons part of it (?!?) and the only reason that she enjoys it is because of her friends.She loves clothes although while the weather's so miserable she's more often than not in a pair of pyjamas when she's at home and she has a bit of a makeup obsession that she funds mostly by using her … [Read more...]

I've recently had 'the talk' with Miss Frugal.Not the birds and the bees talk, that was years ago and to be fair that was more her sharing her horror with me about what someone had told her at school and me putting her straight on a few things that she's heard.No, the talk we had was about the dangers of the internet and social media because, as much as I hate it, I've come to realise that I can't monitor everything that she does and even if I could, there are plenty of ways that she could get around my rules if she wanted to seeing as she can access the internet in so many different … [Read more...]

I’ve read lots of blog posts and social media updates over the last few weeks where people have been sharing their word of the year - the word that represents something they want to focus on in 2016.I'm a big fan of having a word of the year (last year I had more than one) and I’ve really enjoyed reading and hearing about what everyone else had chosen for their word as well as being inspired by the reasons everyone has for picking their own particular words.I didn't have to think very hard about my word for 2016 as it's something that's been playing on my mind for a little while … [Read more...]