This may come as a surprise (not) but I'm far from perfect when it comes to money saving!  (Actually, this probably isn't a surprise to regular readers ;-))I had a chat with Miss Frugal this weekend about social media and one of the things I said to her was that the people she follows on Instagram who look perfect and put together most likely aren't.  I explained to her that they only share what they want you to see and although that doesn't make them 'fake', it does mean that their life probably isn't as amazing as you might think it is from looking at the photos … [Read more...]

We've had lots going on over the last couple of weeks and I've had some lovely, lovely emails from you all which I will definitely reply to when I can but there just aren't enough hours in the day at the moment so I thought I'd just write a quick post to let you know how we're all getting on.So, most of your emails have been about Master Frugal and I'm pleased to report that he's doing great. He's still in a bit of pain and he has a pretty scary looking collection of scars on his tummy but he's on the mend and is in much better spirits than he was.Concussion/appendicitis … [Read more...]

I can't imagine what it must be like to not have enough money to feed my children and luckily, that's not something that I've ever had to worry about.Lots of families across the UK aren't that lucky though and it makes me sad to read that between the 1st April 2017 and the 31st March 2018, The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network distributed a massive 1,332,952 three day emergency food supplies to people in crisis across the UK which is a 13% increase on the previous year.That's just such a sad statistic - to think that in 2018 there are so many families who genuinely just can't afford to … [Read more...]

Every year since the kids started school we've had a bit of a celebration on the Friday evening of their first week back at school.It started because they were both always so grumpy and tired by the end of their first week back and we wanted to basically take their mind off their moodiness until bedtime and a movie night with popcorn and treats used to be the perfect solution.  The movie night morphed into a games night as they got older and it got harder to agree on a film and then changed again into a nice family meal over the last couple of years.This year we were planning a family … [Read more...]

I have an agreement with Miss Frugal that I won't share photos or stories about her on here without her agreement which is absolutely fine but today is her 16th Birthday which means that the rules don't apply, right?I'm not going to get all mushy because I don't want to be the recipient of a teenage eye roll today.But what I am going to do is share some of the things that I want Miss Frugal to remember on her 16th Birthday... NOTHING she ever does will make me love her any less! It's so important to me that she knows that there is nothing that she can do that will … [Read more...]