Last week I wrote a post about how to ice a cupcake and this week I was planning to make lemon meringue cupcakes as part of my new Cupcake Sunday feature. Except I haven't had time to sit down since I finished work of Friday afternoon, let alone make cupcakes as it's was Miss Frugal's 10th Birthday party today and I've been rushing around all weekend trying to get everything sorted.I do still have a cupcake type post though because Miss Frugal opted for a cupcake cake today instead of a normal shop bought cake. This is the reason for my crash course in cupcake icing last … [Read more...]
Saturday is Caption Day – The one with the random man tangle….
I usually know when I've taken a photo that I can use but I just came across this one when I was going through our holiday snaps. It was supposed to be an action shot of Mr Frugal getting all sporty in the pool playing water polo but, *cough* I think the nice man with the six pack may have distracted me a little. Otherwise I would have noticed the random man tangle going on and zoomed in on that little event!Anyway, seeing as it's Saturday which is of course Caption Day, you have to leave a comment with your funniest caption for this photo. And when you've done that, you should join in … [Read more...]
Cocktails to amaze your friends with #1 – Lumumba….
I'm not a big drinker but when I do drink, I enjoy a nice cocktail.I like my cocktails the way I like my meals - as simple as possible with as few ingredients as I can get away with and my taste has certainly improved since the time that I thought that mixing a cheap bottle of red wine that I won in a raffle with a bottle of Lambrini would make a lovely rose wine. FYI - it doesn't.One of my favourite cocktails is the Lumumba:Apologies for the blurry picture, it was taken by my husband after one too many Lumumbas ;-) Traditionally the Lumumba is made from Brandy, hot chocolate … [Read more...]
The Gallery – Dear Beautiful Daughter….
To my beautiful daughter, I can't believe you're 10 this week. You seem to have grown up so fast - from a chubby smiley baby to the confident happy young lady that you are now. I know you're looking forward to the next stage of your childhood - you've told me often enough lately just how important a 10th birthday is as you're almost a teenager when you hit hose double figures. It makes me a little sad though, to know that you're growing up and that one day soon, you won't need me as much as you do right now. I don't ever want you to stop telling me your little secrets but I know you … [Read more...]
Saturday is Caption Day – the one with the silly swimming caps….
It’s Saturday again already and as usual, I’m joining in with the Saturday is caption Day linky over at Mammsaurus’ blog.This week's picture was taken last week on our holidays and took about 20 throws from Mr Frugal before I got the photo I wanted. Master Frugal was loving it - his Dad, not so much!So, what do you think? What's caption would you give this picture?(By the way, we don't usually where swimming caps. It was a rule of the hotel indoor pool ;-)) … [Read more...]
The Summer that was….
Miss Frugal's homework for this week is to write about what she did over the Summer Holidays. Where do we start....We went to the Leeds Party in the Park where we saw acts like One Direction, Little Mix, Tulisa and Marcus Collins.We caught Olympics fever and were really lucky to be able to visit one of the celebration gold postboxes.We've had lots of picnics in the parks and visits to the beach with good friends.We've done rock climbing (kind of).We've been to London and had an audience with the Queen.We went on a Wenlock hunt.We've discovered a love of all … [Read more...]
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