I've just discovered a disturbing fact about Miss Frugal!She can make herself cry convincingly - in any situation - in less than 20 seconds!This newly discovered talent does worry me a little as I'm never going to know if she's genuinely upset about something or if she's just faking it. But at the same time, I'm secretly a little proud having just watched her in action.She's just done it when her Dad said we might be too busy to take her ice skating at the weekend. Her eyes welled up and her bottom lip shook as she explained that it was OK if we didn't take her, she understood … [Read more...]
Contact Santa for free….
Even though Miss Frugal is no longer a believer, she's been really good helping us keep the magic of Santa alive for her brother. Which means that I get at least one extra year of both of them taking part in all of our Santa traditions ;-)We've started our festive season by writing our letters to Santa - currently hanging on the tree in our special felt envelopes addressed to Santa but we will be sending them off to Santa in the next couple of days because he probably won't have time to pop by our house before the big day to see what we've asked for!We use the Royal Mail Santa … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – filled giant Yorkshire puddings….
Another busy week this week - we have something planned for every night and I'm shattered just thinking about it! Meals are going to have to even quicker and easier so we can fit them in ;-)Monday - Filled Yorkshire puddings (see below).Tuesday - I'm out for tea with my friends for work as someone's leaving this week and seeing as Mr Frugal's at work, I'll be taking the kids with me. I'll feed them a quick tea of fish fingers, chips and peas before we go and let them have the pick of the desert menu while we eat I think as there's nothing on the menu that they'll go for.Wednesday … [Read more...]
Cupcake Sunday – Chocolate Baileys Cupcakes….
Baileys Irish Cream + Chocolate + Cake = AWESOME These are my favourite cupcakes since I started Cupcake Sunday a couple of months ago. I'm guessing you could make them with Tia Maria aswell as I *think* that's quite like Baileys but I've never had it so can't say for sure!For the cupcakes: 150g butter or margarine 150g sugar 3 eggs 135g self raising flour 35g cocoa powder 80ml BaileysCream the sugar and the butter together. Beat in the eggs and Baileys. Sieve together the flour and cocoa powder and fold it into the cake mixture. Spoon into your cupcake cases and cook … [Read more...]
The Nosey Bloggers Christmas Tree Linky – I’ll start….
Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier these days doesn't it? Even the Coca Cola has been on for weeks already this year.It doesn't officially start in our house until the 1st December though which is the day we dust off the Christmas CDs and films, start planning our Christmas crafting and baking activities and more importantly, it's the day we put our tree up.We do it on the same day each year but this year, because I've not been feeling well this week (probably thanks to my near drowning in the rain experience) I tried to delay the festivities a few days but the rest of the … [Read more...]
Three things I’ve learned today….
1. I am not, and never will be one of those sophisticated types who eats Sushi for lunch. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck!2. It's probably best not to get your car serviced by a garage next to a river during the rainy season just in case the river floods and the garage has to be evacuated leaving you stranded without your car until the garage reopens. This was my car when I finally got to pick it up after three days without it!3. If you do happen to be without your car during the above mentioned rainy season and have to get the train to work, it's highly likely that your feet will get so wet … [Read more...]
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