Honestly, I feel like I've had the craziest few months with everything that's been going on here! Between the Summer Holidays, work and all my Dad drama I genuinely haven't had chance to breathe since the middle of June which is when my Dad took a turn for the worse.With him being settled in his new home and the kids back at school, I'm hoping that a little bit of normality is going to return to our lives. As welcome as that would be though, it does mean that I now have a to-do list longer than the Great Wall of China to get through.Today's post has been at the top of my to-do list for … [Read more...]
The Great Frugal Bake Off – Me Vs Betty Crocker….
Totally unrelated to the Great British Bake Off, which returned to TV this week, Miss Frugal challenged me to a bit of a bake of of our own when she said that the cookies she made at her friends using a Betty Crocker packet mix were better than my homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe!I couldn't have her thinking that a packet mix was better than cooking something from scratch could I?So while she spent about two minutes making up the packet mix we bought (for the purposes of the experiment ha ha), I dug out my trusty homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe and made my own … [Read more...]
An emotional discovery….
My lovely Mam died of cancer in 2005 and I still miss her every day. I found something amazing last week which I wanted to share with you because it's made me very happy.To my beautiful Mam,It's probably not going to come as a surprise when I tell you that I really struggled when you left us.I struggled with not having you in my life.I struggled with looking after toddler Miss Frugal and her baby brother.I struggled with knowing how to help my Dad while he was grieving.I even struggled with finding time to grieve because I was so busy looking after everyone … [Read more...]
How to make a cheap vase into a super expensive looking DIY Painted Glass Vase….
Last week I went a bit spray paint crazy but out of everything I made this gorgeous painted glass vase is my favourite thing!Ages agos, I went to B&Q for a paintbrush and came home with a can of copper spray paint with a vague idea of upcycling an old table but I just never got around to doing it so last week I got out the spray paint to crack on with a few other projects I'd had in my head that I wanted to try. One of the first things I want to do was to try and glam up a pretty boring glass vase that I bought for about £2 - I'm sure it's from Ikea but it could be from Tesco to … [Read more...]
Family Days Out – Monkey Haven, Isle of Wight….
I really didn't want to visit the Monkey Haven when we visited the Isle of Wight for a week recently because I thought it would make me a little bit sad (and very angry) to see the animals that had been so badly neglected before being rescued and re-homed to their new home.I was talked into it by Master Frugal though who loves monkeys and wanted to see them regardless of their sad stories! I'm so pleased he talked me into going though as I loved it almost as much as he did.It's not just monkey's at Monkey Haven though, the first animals we saw when we walked in were the cheeky Meerkats … [Read more...]
Moneysaving Back to School tips….
Contrary to popular belief, back to school shopping doesn't have to cost a fortune!For the last couple of weeks, emails keep dropping in my inbox telling me just how expensive it is to do your back to school shopping. From memory, I think that the amounts it's claimed that people spend range from £200 - £500 per child which I can't help but think is ridiculous for most schools.I get that there will be times when you will have to buy everything which will inevitably cost more but my two haven't cost anywhere near that much.Here's my top tops for saving money on your back to … [Read more...]
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