Despite the weather yesterday morning, we decided to get up early and have a wander round our local car boot sale and I'm so pleased we did as we got some real bargains.In fact, I'm so pleased with my bargains, I decided to join in with the lovely @missielizzieb's Magpie Monday so I could show off share them with you all.First up, I managed to find two lovely dresses for Miss Frugal from Next for £1.00 each, the pictures don't do them justice at all as they are gorgeous and look lovely on.  We also got a job lot of Lego with five mini figures in it for 50p and a brilliant game marble … [Read more...]

You know when you read something that makes you happy and you can't help but make a little squealy sound?Well on Thursday, I was on the way home from work on a busy train when my phone bleeped to tell me I'd been mentioned in a tweet.  The tweet in question was from @MadBlogAwards to tell me I was one of the finalists in the Best Thrifty Blog category!Obviously, I was excited to realise that my lovely blog readers had been voting for me and that I was in the final five and I *may* have made a little snorty noise followed by a not so quiet squeal.  The older gentleman (a dead ringer … [Read more...]

Life with a nine year old isn't always easy - especially not when the nine year old in question is the most headstrong, independent and stubborn child you could imagine. I think we've entered the teenage hormone stage a few years early with Miss Frugal judging by the last few weeks and I'm struggling a little with how to cope with it to avoid the house becoming a battle ground. She's always been stubborn and fiercely independent but lately, she's developed a rather large attitude as well.  She isn't a demanding child but when she wants something that she can't have, she turns into a complete … [Read more...]

I'm after some help and advice from you all tonight - How do you teach your children the difference between telling tales and telling a grown up something important?My children on the whole are very close and up until recently they could quite happily spend the afternoon playing happily together.  Lately, they've been having more and more petty little squabbles and some of the tales they tell on each other are ridiculous.... He stuck his tongue out at me!She rolled her eyes at me!He wrote in my notebook!She added a piece of Lego to the Lego house I'm building!He keeps … [Read more...]