I have just got back from taking little Miss Frugal to a birthday party, it was in a church hall and had an all singing, all dancing, bubble blowing, light flashing disco there. The kids loved it!When they played 'Is this the way to Amarillo' all 25 kids stopped running about like mad freaks, got into a line and started doing exactly the same dance. Very weird, like a scene out a body snatcher movie!!! Turns out that this is their new song for wake and shake on a morning at school! That's a relief.The party was fantastic though, it was fancy dress and the parents had hired a church hall and a … [Read more...]
Two new additions to our family….
After months of begging and pleading and promising that they will take full responsibility for them, I couldn't take anymore and I caved in. We now have two baby guinea pigs called Miley and Lightning.We bought them from Bunny land, just outside of Whitby. Now I've never been there before but I imagined it to be like a little bunny heaven, with bunnies and guinea pigs all frolicking about freely in a green field with fluffy white clouds in the clear blue skies above them. I know that's a bit far fetched, its just the image that I had in my mind before we went. In reality its in the garden of a … [Read more...]
Half price Family railcard….
There is a special offer running between 24 July and 21 August for a half price family and friends railcard. This means that for just £13.00 you get a full years worth of discounted rail travel.All you need to do is go to http://www.familyandfriends-railcard.co.uk/ and enter the promotional code DAILYM09, then you get a year’s worth of discounted travel for £13.The website says:Where ever you’re going, take your Family & Friends Railcard with you to save on rail fares. As long as you have at least one child travelling with you, you’ll qualify for Family & Friends Railcard discounts.A Family & … [Read more...]
Transforming our back garden….
We moved into a new build house a few months ago and were a bit annoyed to find out that the builders, Persimmon, didn’t include turf in the back garden. (It also didn’t include an oven but thats a whole other story!)Honestly though we didn’t think it would be that expensive to get someone in to do it after we had moved in so we decided not to pay the £450 that they were charging to do it for us.After we moved in, we asked a few local landscape gardeners to come and give us a few quotes, the cheapest of the three was £850. So…….. We decided to bite the bullet and do it ourselves, despite the … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Frugal Family blog
Let me introduce us all…. I am 31 years old and I work in the complaints department of a large bank so you can imagine how much fun my job is! Mr Frugal is 35 and works for a large supermarket chain. We have had our ups and downs (who hasn’t) but on the whole we are happily married.Mr Frugal and I have two children, Miss Frugal is 6 and Master Frugal is 4. From September they will both be at school full time and I cant wait…. Not because I want my babies to grow up but because it will save me a fortune on child care!The frugal kids cost a fortune each week, football coaching - £3.00 … [Read more...]
