I can't believe that it's only three sleeps until Christmas Day!One of my favourite things about Christmas Day is Christmas Dinner although I think that's probably because I don't have the stress of cooking the meal itself as we always go to my Dad's for the meal itself. It's usually all under control when we arrive and after enjoying an amazing meal, I don't even have to do the washing up afterwards (although I always volunteer).We usually have a gammon joint, a chicken and a side of beef to choose from and it's served with roasties, Yorkshire Puds and whatever veg my Dad fancies … [Read more...]
Seven super simple rules for a great family Christmas!
I'm sure we all know from experience that it's very rare that the run up to Christmas (and the big day itself) will go off without a hitch, a meltdown or even a disaster so what I wanted to share with you today are my seven super simple rules to make sure you have a great family Christmas even taking into account everything that could go wrong....Christmas Day is a day that we spend weeks, if not months, preparing ourselves and our homes for by the time the day arrives we (meaning me) usually have such high expectations of the perfect Christmas that we (again meaning me) stress out over … [Read more...]
An amazing homemade gift – Happiness in a bag {With a free printable label}….
I saw this idea recently when someone bought a friend at work something similar for her Birthday and it was so sweet that I decided to try and make something similar for Miss Frugal for Christmas.It's a a Bag of Happiness and it's filled with little things that are symbolic of what you want them to represent- here's what's in the bag I've made Miss Frugal....A plaster to make it better when you hurt (I just used a cute plaster I had in the first aid box) A heart so you'll know how loved you are (You could use a loveheart sweet but I just made mine out of a shiny pipe-cleaner) A … [Read more...]
What do you do with all of your children’s Christmas cards from over the years? Here’s what we do with ours….
Every year since the kids started nursery they've proudly presented us with a Christmas card that they've made for us!You might remember that I generally don't hang on to my children's artwork but I make an exception for all of the beautiful Christmas cards that they've made for us over the years!Every year when we unpack the Christmas decorations, I unpack all of their cards from years gone by and put them to one side. As a family, we decorate the tree and fill the house with all of our Christmas ornaments while we listen to Christmas carols but the homemade cards stay on the … [Read more...]
Join in with the ‘Have a Moneysaving Christmas’ linky this December….
Happy 1st Day of December!Today not only marks the official start of Christmas (according to my advent calendar at least), it also marks the first day of the most expensive month of the year for most of us.I've written lots of posts over the past few years about my ways to save money at Christmas but I know there's lots of ways that I've never even thought of which is why I thought it would be nice to have a bit of a Christmas money saving linky going on. I'd love you to link any and all of your Christmas money saving posts up this year so we can all share each other's ideas about how … [Read more...]
#DealOfTheDay – Elf on a Shelf….
Over the past few years the slightly American tradition of Elf on a Shelf has become more and more popular here in the UK and every Christmas my Facebook and Instagram timelines are full of naughty little elves getting up to all sorts of mischief.If you've not heard of Elf on a Shelf then you're probably wondering what on earth I'm on about ;-)It's basically a tradition where you have a family elf who comes to visit on the 1st December and stays up until Christmas Eve when Santa will take him back home with him. The elf is supposed to be keeping an eye on the kids and making sure … [Read more...]
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