It goes without saying that I love my family and I wouldn't change anything about them as people but there are little habits that they have that I most definitely would change!I wish they'd learn not to put the hamsters in the bath when they're cleaning their cages - the last thing I want to see during a relaxing bath is a hamster poo floating past my face.Speaking of baths, as much as I love talking to them about their days, I'd love the occasional bath in peace where it's just me, some bubbles and a magazine!I wish that someone in the family other than me would realise … [Read more...]

I almost said no when we were asked if we'd like to review a Shark Vacuum Cleaner about a month ago as we were perfectly happy with the hoover we already had and I was convinced that the Shark wouldn't be as good as the one we already had.  I changed my mind when I read the amazing reviews on Amazon as it's rare to see so many 5* reviews for a product and I wanted to have a go of this amazing vacuum cleaner that was wowing almost everyone who tried it (if the reviews were to be believed that is).I was really looking forward to trying it so when it arrived I didn't wait for Mr Frugal to … [Read more...]

The violent scenes shown on TV this week of the clashes between English and Russian football fans have made me feel both sad and angry and whilst I don't claim to know who's at fault or why the fans are rioting, I do know that many innocent people have been caught up in the clashes when all they wanted to do was watch the team they love play the game they love.I've heard people saying that the violence makes them 'ashamed to be English', that it's 'typical of the English fans' and even one comment on Facebook that 'English fans shouldn't be allowed to travel'.  Really? Do people really … [Read more...]

Master Frugal has always been a sensitive child and he's always had a habit of worrying about things that seem relatively unimportant to everyone but him.At one point, his worrying was causing him tummy pains on a night which made it difficult for him to sleep and we  actually thought there was something more sinister wrong with him.   After lots of blood tests and much prodding and poking by the doctors, it was decided that he was actually suffering from mild anxiety which was a huge relief at the time and made total sense knowing what a little worrier he's always been.It wasn't that he … [Read more...]