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...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {17th June 2016}….
1) When I cleared out Master Frugal's room this week I realised that there was a huge amount of Lego that he never played with any more plus various other toys from other the years. I made some of it into a pen pot holder to go on his desk and I'm so pleased with it. It was really easy to make - I just used a small flat Lego board from one of his kits and built up around it to the height I wanted which turned out to be 12 layers.2) We made our own Fathers Day cards using nothing but paper and sharpies - no special equipment or talent needed here. I can't reveal them before the big … [Read more...]
A tween boys bedroom makeover on a budget
Master Frugal isn't a fan of upheaval so for the last six months or so when I've been itching to get in his bedroom and give it a makeover, he's been begging me not to!It desperately needed doing though so as his coach pulled away on Monday morning for his three day school residential, I was practically racing back to my car to get started on gutting his bedroom with the plan achieving of a complete room transformation before he got home - on a pretty tight budget!Before: One wall looks worse than the rest as it had a huge self adhesive Avengers mural (here's what it looked like … [Read more...]
Review: Shark Vacuum Cleaner with Lift Away
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 simple way to get your own NUS card if you’re not a student….
Last month I read an article in the Daily Mirror online (I know, I don't usually read it but I'd followed a link to a different story and this one caught my eye) about how to get your own student NUS card if you're not a student.I didn't think much more about as I've had such a busy month but then last week at work I was speaking to a training company who I'm going to be doing a few courses with and the assessor mentioned that I'd not only love the course itself (not too sure about that but that's a whole other post) but that I'd also be able to apply for a student card. This got me … [Read more...]
The other side of Football….
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...]
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