I sat down this weekend and realised that today is actually the 10th Birthday of this little blog.  How on earth did that happen?I have no idea what made me sit down one day and decide to set up a blog - I mean, don't get me wrong, I had my reasons for wanting some sort of platform to record our family's journey but a blog? I didn't even read blogs myself at the time so I genuinely can't remember what made me set one up and decide to share our lives online with anyone who cared to read.I can't tell you how pleased I am that I did though because blogging has genuinely changed our … [Read more...]

Every now and again, something happens to remind me of a post I've written at some point over the last 10 years or so that I've been blogging and I go back and dig out the post to have a quick read.  Sometimes, I wish I could share the post all over again with you so I thought once a month I'd do exactly that and share an old post.Today's post is about some of the random text messages that Miss Frugal sent me when she was the grand old age of 11...The reason I remembered about this post was that 16-year-old Miss Frugal sent me a text message this week with a screenshot of a … [Read more...]

How much does prom really cost? Read on and I'll tell you the real cost of prom for us...As you might already know, last week was Miss Frugal's prom which is a night she's been looking forward to since she was in junior school. Whatever you might think of prom personally, to your average teenage girl, it's a big deal. A huge deal and I wanted it to be a special night for her.It's wasn't cheap but I didn't expect it to be really as I read last year that the average spend on prom was somewhere between £500 and £800.  That's way more than I had any intention of spending at the … [Read more...]

I'm just going to leave this here...Lots of you have been here with us from the start and have seen my lovely daughter grow up from the six-year-old that she was when I first started blogging so I wanted to share these photos with you all.  She looked so happy tonight and I'm so proud.Don’t miss out on future posts like this - receive updates directly to your inbox by email by adding your email address here and hitting subscribe. You can also follow me on Twitter, BlogLovin or Networked Blogs and I’d love to see you over on my Facebook page and on Instagram. You can … [Read more...]