I'm so tired right now but we've had a really good day at the car boot sale so I thought I'd just pop on and give you a quick update on how we got on today at the car boot sale.We got up early and packed so much junk in the car that it looked like it was about to burst and headed off to the boot sale where we were lucky enough to get an undercover spot around the edge.We never unpack straight away as I hate when the professional sellers come sniffing round and actually root through your bags so we had some yummy dinky donuts and chilled out for half an hour before unpacking everything … [Read more...]

Look away if you can't bear to read about Christmas already ;-) I hope you didn't though because to most of us, Christmas is an expensive time of year when it's so easy to spend money that you can't afford to spend and end up paying for it well into the New Year. I love Christmas and although it's certainly not all about presents, I do like the kids to wake up to lots of parcels on Christmas morning but we don't put anything on a credit card, we don't buy anything that we can't afford and we make sure that we get the very best deal for everything that we buy. This year, we've had such a … [Read more...]

As much as I love the Summer Holidays, I do love it when September comes around and school starts again.I feel almost the same way about it as I do the New Year - like it's a time for starting fresh, making plans and moving forward which I know sounds a bit cheesey but that's really how it makes me feel so there ;-)Today's no exception and I'm sat on the settee right now watching the kids read before bedtime feeling quite content with life.  They both love their new teachers and have had an 'awesome' first day back at school and have been chattering excitedly about random things since … [Read more...]

Men (and by men, I mean one man specifically)!Today my beloved husband took Master Frugal to the hairdressers for his back to school trim.  I'm pretty sure that I didn't mention the words 'scalp him', skin head or bald when I was describing what sort of cut we usually got which is why I was a little surprised to see this when I got home from work this afternoon....And no, that's not a police mug shot, it's my lovely little boy with a lot less hair than he started the day with.Mr Frugal's explanation? That's not what I asked for! Oh well that's OK then ;-)After I'd … [Read more...]

I'm a little bit ashamed (just a little) to admit that I allowed myself a *slightly* smug smile when I thought about what my children would write in the annual 'What I did in the Summer Holidays' write up on the first day of school this year.  We've done so much these holidays that I thought they would be able to choose a few choice examples each to show what a great time they've had, making me look like a fantastic parent at the same time.So I indulged myself by asking them both what they would write about if they were asked what they've been up to in the last six weeks or so and I can't … [Read more...]