Last week I was talking to Miss Frugal about how she needs to keep working as hard as she is now with her school work and I came out with an amazing motivational quote:It sounded familiar even as it came out of my mouth but it wasn't until Miss Frugal said 'Mam, did you actually just quote SClub7 at me?' that I realised exactly why it sounded so familiar.I really did try to teach my child a life lesson using a line from an SClub7 song!*I then spent the rest of the night trying to recall other lines from SClub7 songs that were motivational (as you do when you have about a … [Read more...]

Do you suffer from excessive sweating under your arms?I do and if untreated, it means that I start to develop embarrassing little sweat patches under my arms by mid-morning and by mid afternoon, depending on what I'm wearing, they're grown that big that they're pretty much visible to the people in the next street.(OK, the bit about the people in the next street seeing them is a slight exaggeration but they're definitely noticeable and certainly make me feel very self conscious.)If you suffer from excessive sweating then you'll probably understand when I say that before I discovered … [Read more...]

This last month has been a great month with some brilliant stand out happy moments!We started the month with a cheeky long weekend to Cyprus for Miss Frugal and I which I know I may have mentioned a few times on here already( here and here mainly ) so I won't go into detail again but I will say that those five days were perfect.  I can't remember ever feeling as relaxed and considering one of us was a hormonal teenager, you might be surprised to hear that there wasn't a single argument, mood or sulk over the whole time we were there!We've had some lovely days out together as a … [Read more...]

My problem is that, as much as I love having a tidy house, I'm not great at putting in the time to do the housework itself.  I have managed to develop a bit of a system over the years to help me keep my house looking tidy with minimal effort though, it just takes a bit of delegation and a little routine.Here's the five things I think you should be doing each day if you want to have a tidy house with minimal effort.... Hoover or sweep your floor I always think the house looks tidier if the floor is clear so every day after school one of Master Frugal's daily job is to hoover downstairs … [Read more...]

As you might know, I've been trying to lose weight this year and was doing pretty well until (a) my motivation vanished and (b) I went on an all inclusive holiday and put some of what I'd lost back on again which was expected but demoralising all the same.Monday is the day I've had in my head to get back on track so I'm getting prepared with my Slimming World meal plan and my new little gadget, the Fitbit Blaze is ready to help me get my motivation back.When I opened the box and first saw the Fitbit blaze, I must admit that it looked very much like an Apple Watch although I now … [Read more...]