Social Media is great - used correctly it's a great way to stay in touch with friends and family, to meet like minded people and even to follow your favourite celebrities and brands.But there's a different side to social media, the side that I don't want my children to experience but that I'm having to consider now that Miss Frugal is coming to the age where she is asking if she can have her own Facebook and twitter account.Lots of her friends already have them but I'm reluctant for many reasons not least because the age restrictions are there for a reason and to join, I would have to … [Read more...]

The lovely Sonia and Mary have started a lovely new linky called Oh You Pretty Things which is all about sharing the stories behind your treasures.  There's a theme each week and this week, it's all about Christmas presents but before I tell you about my favourite Christmas presents, I want to tell you a bit more about December.I had a slightly stressful month as we had a few worrying weeks waiting for some test results for Master Frugal.  He's not been sleeping well lately and has been feeling sick and dizzy a lot which has meant we've all been getting much less sleep than we need.  Add … [Read more...]

You probably know I'm part of the Netflix #StreamTeam and have been for a while now but what you might not know is that we've had (and paid for ourselves) Netflix for a few years now and I want to tell you today why we love it so much.First of all, it's great for the kids - when you sign in you have the option to go to just shows suitable for children which I love.  There's nothing on there that I don't want them to watch so I don't have to police what they choose to watch.  There's lots of shows for them to watch when they want to watch them including some shows they can't watch anywhere … [Read more...]