Happy 1st March!At the end of last year, I decided that it would be a nice idea to do a post once a month giving you a bit of an update on our lives.  I added a reminder to my calendar for the first of every month and planned to share a round-up of all the fun we've had as a family throughout the month.January's update wasn't as much family fun as is was struggling to get through the month but I had high hopes for February's update post as we had a good five days with everyone free of the lurgy at the end of January.Let's see how we got on shall we?Last month I reported how … [Read more...]

Back in January, I shared a post that I called 35 ways to slow down and simplify your life.  I realise now that sharing so many ways to slow down and simplify life could be a bit counter-productive so I thought I'd dial it down a bit and share the five most important (to me) ways that are easy to get started with...With the ever-growing demand to be busy in life, it’s no wonder more and more people are feeling overwhelmed. Stress has taken over people in society and it’s unacceptable. Life simply seems too busy sometimes and then everything seems to get out of control. While life will … [Read more...]

Today, I popped into town with Miss Frugal to track down some reasonably priced thermals ready for when she goes skiing with the school next month and although we didn't manage to find thermals, I did manage to pick up some quite good little beauty bargains that I thought you might be interested in. Tanya Burr Cosmetics BargainsI've heard good things about the Tanya Burr lipsticks so when I saw them reduced from £6.99 to 99p in our local Superdrug I was all over it! I went for 'Sunday Walk' and because I loved it so much and it was such a bargain, I bought two. It's a lovely nude colour … [Read more...]