Last year, Master Frugal decided he wanted to grow his hair longer - mainly because he wanted to have one of those floppy fringes that Justin Bieber was sporting at the time.I was OK with this and no matter how tempting it was to march him to the hairdressers to get it all chopped, I resisted.But then it got longer and my resolve to let him choose his own hairstyle started to weaken.And the longer it got, the more I hated it but I let him keep growing it because he was determined he wanted to grow it.Until one afternoon last week, I did something bad - I bribed him to get his … [Read more...]
Family Fun Day….
What a lovely day we've had today.It started with a lie in for me while the kids sat quietly writing a 'Fun day out to do list' filled with all of the things they wanted to do today to make the most of the Bank Holiday....I didn't have the heart to tell them that I'd planned a big spring clean today (does anyone else hate how the sun shows EVERY single speck of dust?) so we got dressed and set off for our family fun day.We popped in to town first and crossed Toys R Us and chocolate fountain off our list, I cheated a bit to avoid too much chocolate eating by crossing off 'eat … [Read more...]
Explaining the bad stuff….
Both of my children are generally very happy, well adjusted little people but they're both very sensitive to what's going on around them in the world - possibly a bit too much so. Master Frugal, for example, cried his eyes out when we watched Comic Relief together as he was so upset at the conditions that some children his age have to live in. He is a bit of a worrier although he worries about other people more he worries about himself - a few weeks ago when we were in London, I was so proud when he spent his own money on some food and a cup of tea for a homeless man who we passed a few … [Read more...]
Do you want to be in the audience for your favourite TV shows….
A couple of years ago Mr Frugal and I went to Manchester to watch one of the live audition rounds for the X Factor. We managed to get really good seats near to the front and really enjoyed ourselves although to be fair it was nothing like we expected!We got our hands stamped with a number when we got there and had to queue in a massive queue for about two hours before they started letting people in to the arena. They did tell us that there was no guarantee we'd get in as they always overbook the audience to make sure it was full if people don't turn up so as you can imagine, there was a … [Read more...]
The unpublished post – Was it you….
I wrote this post months and months ago but I didn't publish it at the time because it made me sound more than a little obsessed. I left it in my drafts though and every now and then, I go back to it and just remind myself how important it is not to take things too seriously.I thought I'd share it with you today (even though you might think I'm a nutter from here on in) because I wanted to remind you all that blogging should be fun. It shouldn't get to the point where you're stressing out about rankings or awards (although they're great) or the fact that someone un-followed you or even … [Read more...]
When did this happen….
Last Friday night I was supposed to be going out with some friends from work for a meal and a few drinks as it was someone's leaving do. Mr Frugal had to work until 9 o clock so rather than get someone round to look after the kids, I said that I'd miss the meal and meet up with everyone afterwards when he could take over babysitting duties.Except by the time it came to half past eight when I should have been starting to get myself ready to go out, I really just couldn't be bothered! I'd had a cheeky glass (or two) of wine in preparation for my night out and I was snuggled up sleepily … [Read more...]
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