I originally posted this a year ago today but seeing as it's getting close to the big day, I thought I'd repost it for you ;-) We've just made our reindeer dust ready for Christmas Eve. If you are planning to make reindeer dust, please, please don't use normal glitter as birds and other wildlife might try to eat it and it can make them ill.The mixture is about as easy as it gets, there's not really any set measures but I used about a mugful of oats (Tesco Value 42p).I had some pink cooking glitter left over from Miss Frugal's Birthday cake so I was just going to use that until … [Read more...]
Christmas Spice Biscuits….
You know me, I love an easy peasy recipe so when I found this one for Christmas Cookies over on Parentdish, I couldn't resist trying it.Christmas Spice Cookies250g plain flour 125g butter 125g brown sugar 1 small beaten egg 3 teaspoons mixed spice pinch of saltPre heat your oven to 190'C / 375 F / Gas mark 5Beat the butter and sugar and then add the beaten egg to the mixture bit by bit.Add the rest of the ingredients and mix them all together until you can get your hands in and make it into a ball of dough.Roll out the dough until it is about 1/2 cm thick, … [Read more...]
Ever Fancied Being an Elf….
We've had a Frugal Family Elf Yourself makeover and I genuinely don't think that we have ever laughed so much at something. Have a go and let me know as I'd love to see yours too x x … [Read more...]
Santa Letters….
I hope you enjoyed the personalised videos from Santa, we showed ours to the kids last night and they were absolutely fascinated - Miss Frugal is definitely a believer again (for now). Today's Magical Christmas post is all about sending your children a letter from Santa. I always do this as I love to see their faces when the postman brings them a letter of their own. Here's a few different ways to send a special Santa letter to your child: You could get your child to write to Santa at - Santa/Father Christmas, Santa’s Grotto, Reindeerland, SAN TA1. This is the Royal Mail's … [Read more...]
A Frugal Christmas Dinner….
I know I'm a bit early but..... Christmas Dinner is a massive part of Christmas Day and it's my favourite part of the whole day (apart from the presents obviously lol) but the thing I have a problem with is spending so much money on one meal. The most important thing to me about Christmas Dinner is all of the family sat round the table together having fun and you don't need to spend much money to do that.Don't get me wrong, we do spend more than usual on our Christmas dinner but ultimately it's just a Sunday dinner and you can only eat so much can't you? We usually have a starter … [Read more...]
Would you buy presents off Ebay….
I know I'm early with the Christmas post but it's because I have to start my Christmas planning earlier than usual. You see, Christmas used to be paid for using my quarterly bonus from work which I got in November every year but this year (due to a promotion at work) my bonus is now paid half yearly which means no Christmas bonus ;-(So far I've been getting a few bits and bobs here and there when I've been out and about shopping but today I remembered I had a bit of money in my Paypal account so I thought I'd pop on to Ebay and see if there were any bargains to be had. Able to steer clear … [Read more...]
