I've been criticised in the past for saying that I let my children choose their own clothes and I'm curious to see if I'm the only one who does that because I genuinely can't understand why someone would make their children wear clothes that they don't feel happy in. Miss Frugal is 11 and she has very individual taste in clothes - she has one pair of skinny jeans and one pair of track suit bottoms in her wardrobe which are rarely worn but everything else is less mainstream for an 11 year old. In the Summer, she spent most of her time in maxi dresses and shortsuits and now it's winter she's … [Read more...]
Five ways to de-clutter and make some money….
Am I correct in thinking that it's OK to talk about Christmas now that the Coca Cola advert has been on TV ;-)I hope so, because with just 38 days to go, I've got lots to say, I'll try and keep most of my Christmas mutterings confined to the OneStopChristmasBlog but very often every now and again I'm not going to be able to help myself!Like today for example, we're using today to have a bit of a pre-Christmas clear out as we do every year around this time and I'm going to try and make some money with our things to go towards our Christmas fund.I find it much easier to clear our the … [Read more...]
I miss the ‘Dear Santa’ days….
Miss Frugal's 11 now and most definitely doesn't believe in Santa anymore. She didn't last year or even, I suspect the year before that either but she at least pretended for my sake. It's different this year though because she knows that I know that she knows that the big man isn't real so she doesn't feel the need to humour me as she's done for the last few years.She's still pretending to believe in front of Master Frugal though because we're not actually sure if he's still a believer - I'm almost positive that he is but that could just be wishful thinking on my part.Now that she's a … [Read more...]
Not quite grown up yet….
Both of my children are wishing away their childhood at the moment - they're at the in between age where they want to be older so they can be more independent and do new things but at the same time they're not ready to let go of some of their childhood cuddly toys.Miss Frugal who loves to play dress up, experiment with her make up and style her hair to within an inch if it's life always reaches for her favourite teddy when she's tired or feeling the need for a cuddle from him for whatever reason.Whenever we go anywhere that involves a night away or she goes on a sleepover, I can … [Read more...]
How to make a super quick bracelet holder….
If you have a daughter around the same age as Miss Frugal then you may be familiar with the bracelet obsession that she's currently going through (and has been for the last year or so actually).Like most girls, she loves any kind of jewellery but in particular she has a bit of a thing for bracelets - she buys them cheap at boot sales, she gets given them by my friends, her friends always bring her one back from their holidays and she's got lots that she's made herself. She has numerous friendship bands, bangles, sparkly ones, beaded ones, charm bracelets, One Direction bands... You name … [Read more...]
Listography – Top five life lessons….
I have good news - Listography is back this week and it has great theme for it's return!What are your top five life lessons? Mine started out different to this but when I read it back to myself it was a bit cheesey and filled with cliches so I thought I'd just share some lessons I've learned in the past few weeks.... 1. Always be specific!Last week when we were shopping, Miss Frugal came across a big box of reduced make up including some bright red lipsticks. I told her she could choose something but not the red lipsticks but then I decided that really, it didn't matter what … [Read more...]
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