I hope you all had an amazing Christmas! I wasn't sure if we would because it was the first year without my Dad joining us as he wasn't well enough and the kids were both quite poorly with this bug that's going around. After a lovely Christmas Eve visit with my Dad and thanks to the magic of Lemsip, Vicks and Olbas Oil, we had a very low key, chilled day at home which was so nice and so different to how we usually spend Christmas Day. The kids were super pleased opening their presents this year and we were just as pleased as we managed to get some great deals and even better - we managed … [Read more...]
Word of the Year ideas….
OK, I know it's only boxing day but I've been putting some thought into what my word of the year will be next year and although I'm not going to share that with you until tomorrow, I am going to share some word of the year ideas with you today that might help you choose what your word of the year 2018 is going to be.I always choose a word of the year and unlike a New Year's Resolution which is very specific and often forgotten about by the end of January, my word of the year stays with me throughout the year. It's not a specific goal or target that I want to reach, it's something I … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {22 December 2017}….
Oh my goodness, I can't believe it's Christmas on Monday!I may struggle to think of five things today as this is a really hard time of the year to be frugal, isn't it?1) You might have read about this one if you're a member of my Facebook group but a few years ago now, I shared a site that I was working with called Swagbucks. They're a great site where you earn points to swap for vouchers just by completing surveys, downloading apps, signing up for free trials and referring friends among other things. I'd earned a £25 Amazon voucher on there quite quickly and shared it with you all … [Read more...]
A Christmas Frugal Family Update….
Lots has been going on in the Frugal Family house over the last few months so I thought I'd give you a bit of a family life update and share some of our Christmas decorations at the same time today...You might have seen in a couple of posts lately that we have a new addition to our little family!This is Monty, our new little puppy! He's a cross between a Bichon Frise and a Shih Tzu and he's an extremely cheeky, mischievous little guy who's demanding a lot of attention right now.We're working on the toilet training and so far, he's been a good boy who hasn't done any damage … [Read more...]
Five things a blogger would love for Christmas that won’t cost you a penny (and ten that will)….
When Mr Frugal and the kids asked me a few weeks ago what I wanted for Christmas, I told them that I didn't want anything at all but this week they've asked me again so I told them I'd have a think and get back to them with some ideas.The reason I originally told them that I didn't want anything is because we got our lovely little Monty last month and I'm after a Summerhouse for our garden so I'd rather the money that could be spent on a present for me went towards those two things which I know I'll appreciate a lot more in the long run.Having said that, I do know that it's quite … [Read more...]
36 Simple homemade ornaments for kids….
We've seriously downgraded our Christmas decorations this year thanks to the fact that we have a new addition to our family, Monty who's a 10-week old Bichon Frise, Shih Tzu cross puppy. He's into everything so we thought a smaller tree would be good this year as our usual one is floor to ceiling and quite bushy.I didn't want to buy an artificial tree so we went with a real one that was small enough that we could stand on a table in the living room out of Monty's reach. It's cute but a little wonky and because it's smaller than usual, we decided to really cut back on the tree … [Read more...]
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