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...]

I mentioned briefly in last Friday's five frugal things post that Master Frugal had suffered a concussion and wasn't doing too well but things took a nasty turn on Saturday so I thought I'd give you a bit of an update - more to keep my mind off things as I'm currently sat next to his bed in hospital while he sleeps and as we’re now on day 4 I am really, really bored as well as being super tired.So, last Thursday he tripped over his shoelaces at school and banged his head. He didn’t think much of it at the time but he started to feel sick at lunchtime and by the end of the school day he … [Read more...]

I want to have a little rant today about school uniform rules!I should start by saying that I'm all for school uniform and completely understand the need for guidelines and rules.  What seriously annoys me is the decision that what was suitable to be worn as part of the school uniform in July is no longer suitable for the following September.  Replacing perfectly good clothes is not only a waste of money but it's just wasteful in general.  During the Summer term, our school announced some uniform changes that would take effect from this September.The new changes meant that the … [Read more...]

I don't know about you but I feel like the whole body confidence movement has exploded this Summer (in a good way obviously) and it's been so lovely to see women of all shapes and sizes learning to accept, if not love, their own bodies. There are some wonderful bloggers championing the cause (Molly Forbes on Instagram is particularly inspiring) and it feels like more and more women are becoming more comfortable with their bodies, wobbly bits and all, which can only ever be a wonderful thing, can't it?I'm not quite there yet myself but I'm trying my hardest and I definitely feel more … [Read more...]