A lot of our family Christmas traditions have come from mine or Mr Frugal's childhood and we've carried them on with our own children because of the memories they gave us when we were young. But we've also introduced a lot of our own traditions, some of which are only possible now because of the internet.Christmas is all about family and we all love anything that helps make it that bit more magical - over the years we've found a few sites that we go back to year after year so I thought I'd share our favourite three ones with you:NORAD Tracks Santa We love tracking Santa on Christmas … [Read more...]
Listography – my five favourite Christmas family traditions….
After a bit of a snotty and sneezy start to December (and end to November for that matter), I'm only now starting to feel a little bit of Christmas spirit and I finally feel ready to start enjoying our usual family build up to Christmas which is usually filled with lots of family traditions - both new and old.So, when the lovely Kate from Kate takes 5 offered to loan me Listography for the week, I thought it would be a nice idea to share some of our family traditions with you....Finding the best Christmas lights in the neighbourhood We usually all wrap up warm one evening and go for a … [Read more...]
Why aren’t there more photographs of you Mummy?
I know I'm not alone in this but I don't like having my photo taken and like many of you, I'm much more comfortable being the person behind the camera which is where you can usually find me.I love taking photos and I always have a camera within my reach, whether it's my phone camera or one of my three cameras (they're all good for different things so I NEED them all - honestly). I have literally thousands of photos and the kids are so used to me taking photos of them that they know just to get on with what they're doing and let me click away.I've been a bit obsessed with recording … [Read more...]
Homemade Cinnamon stick tree decorations….
We've gone for a bit of a change this year with a red and gold colour schemed tree in place of the usual lilac and silver ornaments that we use and surprisingly (because I loved the old colours), I really like it. It feels a lot more traditional and makes me want to fill it with lovely rustic style decorations so I'm on a mission to make some this month.The first decorations I've made to hang on there are some lovely cinnamon stick decorations that took me minutes to make but look and smell great on the tree. Cinnamon sticks aren't very expensive and I've just had a quick look online at … [Read more...]
20 Christmas moneysaving ideas that you probably know you should be doing but don’t….
My favourite kind of money saving is the kind that doesn't take much effort or involve big changes - just a bit of common sense and sometimes a reminder of things that I know I really should be doing anyway but for one reason or another I'm not.Just in case you're the same as me, I thought I'd share my top twenty Christmas money saving ideas....If you're not going to be visiting someone until after Christmas, buy their presents in the Boxing Day sale - you can save a fortune. Check your store loyalty cards and use whatever points you have to buy presents / Christmas food. Tesco are … [Read more...]
This year’s letters to Santa made me cry….
Just to clarify, I'm not seriously ill or anything. I just have a viral infection that antibiotics are sorting out but it comes with a nasty cough that's been making me sick and I think it's worried them. … [Read more...]
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