When Miss Frugal started 'big' school she didn't want to take a packed lunch as most of her friends were going to be on school dinners and the people on packed lunches have to sit on separate tables (what's that all about?) so we gave in and paid the £1.85 a day for her to have school dinners.She came home every night and told us excitedly what she'd had and every night I'd tell her that some grated carrots and cheese with a wrap followed by a small cookie was not enough for dinner but the next day she'd have exactly the same thing again! So by the time Master Frugal (the fussiest eater … [Read more...]
Ironic….
Why is it that the only way I can stop the kids from shouting at each other today is by shouting at them? Why is it that when I tell them off for randomly stopping in the supermarket in case they get hit by a trolley, some grumpy old man catapults me in to the toiley roll aisle with his trolley? Why is is that as soon as I get paid, the gorgeous handbag I've had my eye on in town is now nowhere to be found? Why do the postman and the courier manage to come in the ten minutes that I'm at the shop buying milk for all the cups of tea I anticipate drinking whilSt spending the day waiting in for … [Read more...]
Scandal at the Boot Sale….
I love having a wander around the car boot sale on a Sunday afternoon but yesterday I was quite shocked by something that I saw, perhaps naively so. I was stood at a stall with Miss Frugal when someone pointed out to the stallholder that a lady was filling a carrier bag with items off the bonnet of her car. The stallholder shouted at the lady who was moving away at this point and ended up running after her and grabbing the lady's bags off her. They both started shouting and the 'thief' said she had just forgot to pay! After a bit of a tussle the stallholder grabbed the lady's bags and … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Rubber Chicken….
The kids have been back at school for almost two weeks now and we're settling down into a bit of a routine. As the kids get older, there's more activities that they want to join in with which means that some nights, I'm just a glorified taxi driver ;-) I'm not complaining really as they have chosen the clubs they want to go to and they really enjoy going to them, it just makes it a bit difficult for us to have a 'proper' meal some nights - I'll be making a lot of this weeks meals in the slow cooker so I can prepare it all in before I go to work in the morning.This is next week's menu … [Read more...]
The Gallery – A Happy Memory
I love the theme of this week's Gallery - A Happy Memory. I've just spent a lovely hour with Miss Frugal going through our photos, we're so lucky that we've managed to make so many happy memories together and we had a real problem choosing just one photo but in the end we went for this one. It was taken at Disneyland Paris two years ago and I smile everytime I remember our long weekend there. It was perfect, really magical with not a tear or tantrum in sight for the whole weekend. Everythig about the trip was great, from the journey and the hotel to the rides and meeting the characters … [Read more...]
Anyone for Cake….
Don't forget it's National Cupcake Week this week - it'd be rude not to join in ;-) I'll be sharing my recipe for a Red Velvet Giant Cupcake later this week and we'll be attempting to make some lovely pink girlie cupcakes for Miss Frugal's birthday on Friday.... What will you be doing? … [Read more...]
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