I've just discovered a disturbing fact about Miss Frugal!She can make herself cry convincingly - in any situation - in less than 20 seconds!This newly discovered talent does worry me a little as I'm never going to know if she's genuinely upset about something or if she's just faking it. But at the same time, I'm secretly a little proud having just watched her in action.She's just done it when her Dad said we might be too busy to take her ice skating at the weekend.  Her eyes welled up and her bottom lip shook as she explained that it was OK if we didn't take her, she understood … [Read more...]

1.  I am not, and never will be one of those sophisticated types who eats Sushi for lunch. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck!2.  It's probably best not to get your car serviced by a garage next to a river during the rainy season just in case the river floods and the garage has to be evacuated leaving you stranded without your car until the garage reopens. This was my car when I finally got to pick it up after three days without it!3.  If you do happen to be without your car during the above mentioned rainy season and have to get the train to work, it's highly likely that your feet will get so wet … [Read more...]

My little Buddy is two this week so when I saw that the theme of this week's gallery was 'eyes', I decided it was the perfect opportunity to share lots of pictures of him with you all seeing as he's got the most expressive eyes I've ever known a dog to have (obviously this could be a little biased as he's mine)....You can tell when what mood he's in just by looking into his little puppy dog eyes! We bought Buddy for Miss Frugal really as she's being asking for a dog for as long as I can remember.  When we made the decision to get a dog, we did a lot of research into what sort of dog we … [Read more...]

Today was supposed to have been a bit of a quiet day at home.It's seven years today since my Mam died and I've been feeling a bit down all week just knowing that the day was coming up.  But instead of staying at home and dwelling on it, we went ice skating with some good friends and we had an amazing time.Master Frugal took two steps on the ice and decided that it wasn't for him but after watching everyone else, he decided that he was missing out and got himself back on the ice.  Over the two and a half hours we were there, the improvement in his confidence was amazing and he can now … [Read more...]

As it's my lovely husband's birthday today, I decided to dedicate today's Saturday is Caption Day post to him ;-)We took this a few weeks ago at Madame Tussauds in London when we went to see the Christmas lights on Oxford Street being switched on.  I've been before but he hasn't which could explain why he posed with just about every waxwork in there!!Trust me when I tell you that this is one of the better pictures - I couldn't possibly share the Cheryl Cole or the Ronaldo photos with you....Now it’s your turn - leave me a comment with your best caption for this photo and then … [Read more...]