Last week we had the loveliest holiday in the Isle of Wight and although I'm probably going to tell you lots more about some of the things we did at some point, I did want to share some of our favourite memories on here with you today....We had a brilliant week and it was just what we needed after a stressful few months for one reason or another.Now, just another 27 loads of washing to do....Don’t miss out on future posts like this - receive updates directly to your inbox by email by adding your email address here and hitting subscribe. You can also … [Read more...]

I love travelling and discovering new places with my little family but one thing I learned after our recent trip to Milan is that our holidays now need to planned slightly differently to when the kids were younger.With Miss Frugal now at the grand old age of 14 and her brother slightly younger at 12, we've been through the years where they got along like a house on fire and actually enjoyed each other's company and the (thankfully) short phase where they hated the sight of each other.  We're now in the much more comfortable phase where they manage to tolerate each other for the most part … [Read more...]

I'm all for saving money when we travel but I must admit that I was very reluctant to book a  trip with Easyjet because I've heard such bad reports about them in the past.  In the end we booked through them for our trip to Milan because the price was literally unbeatable.I was very pleasantly surprised with our Easyjet experience and having traveled with British Airways recently, I thought I'd share my experience with you so you can decide whether to book your flights with Easyjet who are known as a 'budget' airline or their more premium competitors, British Airways. Cost First of all, … [Read more...]