Like most of you probably do, I try and budget some extra money for the Summer Holidays so we can have a few 'big' family days out as well as all of the free and cheaper days that we try and do together. This week's #SaveMoneyMonday is a quick reminder about saving money on days out so you can have more days out for your money!I've got lots of ideas on how to save money on days out in this post so it's definitely worth checking out before you go anywhere but the main reason for this post is because last week Miss Frugal was invited to Lightwater Valley by some of her friends. At £20 … [Read more...]
Siblings – August….
Usually I love the Siblings posts each month because they make me see that the silly squabbles they kids have are nothing in the grand scheme of things and this month's post has done exactly that but it's also made me sit back a little bit and think about how lucky we are as we've had some brilliant times together in the last month.I was spoilt for choice this month when I was going through my photos but these were my favourites of them together in the same photo - narrowly missing the final cut were their disastrous attempts to play table tennis (photo … [Read more...]
Review: Cayton Bay Holiday Park….
A few weeks ago we were asked if we wanted to have a lovely weekend away with Park Resorts. It sounded like a great idea to have a cheeky weekend away before the madness of the last few weeks of term hit us so we said yes, chose the lovely sounding Cayton Bay Holiday Resort in North Yorkshire and set off on our travels one rainy Friday at the start of July. We're not usually bothered by the weather so the rain didn't really worry us - we just packed wellies and rain coats along with the scooters and the Summer Bag.Before I start, I don't have as many photos as I would usually have to … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #3….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the third post in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny….Make your own colourful crayons - Gather up all of your broken or old wax crayons and turn them into brilliant fun colourful crayons. If you don't have any then you can buy a new pack for about 30p in most supermarkets. These crayons are fun to make together but even more fun … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – Make money from old clothes….
Until last week, I didn't have proper wardrobes in our bedroom *hangs head in shame*.We always meant to buy some but we kept putting off buying them as we've been planning to get some fitted wardrobes installed since we moved in. It's never really been a top priority though and we've always had something else to spend our money on so the temporary wood and canvas wardrobes we bought when we moved in became less temporary and ended up staying for almost five years.Then my Dad bought some new wardrobes and arranged for his old ones (less than a year old) to be collected and delivered to … [Read more...]
An Emotional Day….
Last week saw Miss Frugal leave the Primary school she's been at since nursery and say goodbye to the children she's grown up with.In September she starts a whole new chapter at a new school without the friends she knows so well but we're not thinking about that just yet.During her leavers assembly she was presented with an award for excellent academic achievement following the four level 5's she got on her SATs tests and she was also given a record of achievement of her time at the school.The record of achievement book actually made me more emotional than any part of her leaving … [Read more...]
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