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...]

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...]

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...]

Master Frugal has a giant head - it might not look that huge but seriously, it's massive!He's actually quite proud of his over-sized head though because apparently it means that he has more brains than everyone else in the family.  This he likes to remind us of frequently ;-)This week, when we went to our local museum to see an exhibition of  props and costumes from Sci Fi films, he was over the moon to find what he said was 'one of his kind'!  I'm told that it's one of the aliens from Mars Attacks (never seen it so I have no idea) and I'm pretty sure that Master Frugal is … [Read more...]