A couple of weeks ago, after a very lovely day out with the kids, we headed to our local Brewers Fayre to have a try of their new Chef's counter menu. The Chef's counter menu changes according to what day of the week it is and is basically an all you can eat buffet based around whatever the theme of the day is.Monday and Thursday are both curry nights, Tuesday is Mexican night, Wednesday is burgers and hot dogs and Friday is chip shop night. We went on a Wednesday as that seemed like the best night for fussy eating Master Frugal and it couldn't have been better for him.We were sat on … [Read more...]
30 free things you can do tomorrow….
Last Summer Holidays I wrote a post every week sharing five free things you could do with the kids in Summer and when I ran out of ideas, I asked some lovely blogger friends to take over and share their five favourite free things to do with the kids.This Summer I've been having so much fun with the kids that I haven't had the chance to write something similar as I'd planned to do but I've been making use of lots of the ideas in the posts so I thought I'd write a little round up for you tonight.Just click on the images to have a look at each of the ideas in more detail from my posts … [Read more...]
Super Easy Homemade Iced Tea!
Personally, I can't stand iced tea and if you ask me, tea should only ever be served in a mug with milk and 1 sugar in it! There's no accounting for taste though as Miss Frugal has developed a bit of a taste for it and she loves making her own - she says it's delicious and so refreshing, especially in this weather!She's made a batch this morning which she assures me is delicious so I thought I'd see if there was anyone else out there who was an iced tea fan.It's really easy to make if you've never tried it. You basically add three tea bags into a largish jug (the better the quality of … [Read more...]
How to hold a fun frugal festival in your own back garden….
Despite seeing lots of amazing photos online of the fun that everyone's been having at this Summer's family festivals across the UK, we still haven't made it to one as a family.We decided to have a bit of a festival at home instead though to take advantage of one of the few really sunny days that we've seen this year and I'm pleased to say that the now annual frugal festival was a success and we had a lovely day!We got to choose our own music, we had food and drink on tap and we didn't have to pitch a tent and camp out. Not to mention the fact that we had no wifi issues and we got to … [Read more...]
What happens when you let your 12 year old go back to school shopping on their own….
This time last year we'd just spent a fortune on a whole new school uniform to buy for Miss Frugal as she was going up to secondary school. As is the case with lots of schools, the uniform list is extensive with much of it only being available directly from the school or from certain suppliers - all costing more than I could have got it for elsewhere.Even the pencil case and calculator were £10 and 'highly recommended' for students and obviously, she wanted this as she didn't want to be the only one not to have it.Fast forward to this year's back to school preparations and it's been … [Read more...]
Squabbling Siblings (and how to stop it before they drive you crazy)….
Aaaagh!I don't know about anyone else but three weeks in to the Summer Holidays and my usually laid back children have been arguing over the least little thing. I'm not exaggerating - the other day they actually argued over who was having which tea bag!It's so unlike them, just look at the photo I took at the start of the holidays when Master Frugal was getting his ear pierced....I tried to explain gently that it was upsetting me to hear them arguing when it was so out of character and that didn't work.So I took them out for the day and kept them occupied and having fun … [Read more...]
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