Welcome to this year's first MAD Blog Awards carnival.For those of you who don't know, there are going to be eight carnivals between now and the MAD Blog Awards Ceremony in September, celebrating the brilliant 70 finalists that have been nominated across 20 categories.The theme of the first carnival is MONEY (my favourite subject) so without further ado, I'll hand you over to the brilliant MAD Blog Awards Finalists ;-)The lovely Becky from Baby Budgeting shares her top five ways to save money with all and I guarantee that if you'll save money if you follow Becky's blog.Another … [Read more...]

I'm a worrier.I can't help it, I've worried since I was a little girl and I've had to really really try hard not to show the children how much I worry sometimes. When I was little, I used to worry about the kitchen cupboards falling off the walls in the kitchen if my Dad bought too many tins!I think poor Master Frugal has inherited my worry gene as he often worries about little things and has a bit of a tendency to blow things out of proprotion in his head until he gets himself all wound up.To help him deal with his worries, I bought him a set of Guatamalan Worry Dolls for … [Read more...]

....and miss a few years of Miss Frugal's life.She suddenly seems to look a lot older than she did a few months ago!It's probably just my imagination but I'm sure she looks older than nine.  I think I might have to start putting her hair in pigtails to make her look a bit younger ;-)  … [Read more...]

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