Growing up, I was never a huge football fan whereas my brother was a season ticket holder for Boro and I have some quite hay memories of him coming home from the match on a Saturday afternoon being unable to speak as he'd shouted that much at the match.But then, in the mid nineties, Bryan Robson came to the Boro as Manager and he changed the club forever in my eyes - he signed players who no-one ever would have expected to have come to a small club like Middlesbrough. Players like Juninho, Emerson and Ravanelli suddenly had the world talking about the club and it was an exciting time to … [Read more...]
How to encourage children (and grown ups) to ‘think before you speak’….
We've all heard the saying 'think before you speak' but sometimes, it's easier said than done!Have you ever opened your mouth and instantly regretted the words that have come out? I know I have and I can think of at least one example in the last month where I've said something and instantly wished I could take back. And if it's that hard for me as an adult, just think how hard it is for children to be careful of what they say!With this in mind, I saw a poster this week which I really loved and wanted to share it with you today because I think it's a great way to help children (and … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {6th May 2016}….
1) Remember a couple of week's ago, I saved money by spending some vouchers I had on something practical rather than the expensive pair of sunglasses that I had my eye on? I regretted my decision as soon as I pressed buy on the grown up purchases but the cost of the Ray Bans I was lusting after was way too high for me for something I wouldn't get that much use out of. But now, fast forward two weeks and look what I have in my hand....Now the man who sold me them in Cyprus assured me that they were original and promised me on his life that they weren't fake but I have a sneaking … [Read more...]
2 Ingredient homemade hair detangler….
I don't know what Miss Frugal does to her hair when she washes it but everytime she gets out of the bath, her hair is a mass of knots and tangles.To make it easier to comb through before scalp plaiting it for bed (she loves curly hair) we usually spray on a little bit of our homemade hair detangler which really does work wonders.We have a spray bottle that we usually use to make our homemade hair detangler in but last week we made up a smaller bottle ready to take on holiday with us. As I was making it, it occurred to me that I'd never written about how we made it before so I took a … [Read more...]
Warning: This post contains a serious amount of holiday spam….
If you've been reading my posts recently then you'll probably know that Miss Frugal and I booked a cheeky little holiday away in the sun. We left the menfolk here for a couple of reasons but mainly because neither of them really fancied the heat in Cyprus and also because Master Frugal has SATs coming up so he didn't want to miss school. They're going to do a quick break later in the year together and have their eye on Barcelona so they can watch a match at the Nou Camp although we quite fancy tagging along if they'll let us. ;-)We booked a four night stay at an all inclusive hotel in … [Read more...]
Why I didn’t join in with the protest against the SATs today….
Just before half term, it occurred to me that I hadn't seen Master Frugal's PE kit in a while and I joked to him that it must be getting smelly as I couldn't remember the last time he'd brought it home to wash. His reply astounded me.... It's OK Mam, it's not dirty because we haven't had PE in a while.We're way too busy doing extra SATs work to do PE! I spoke to his teacher and he was right, the year 6 pupils are apparently too busy revising for the SATs to do any PE and there were no plans to bring it back until after the SATs had been done. His teacher was lovely and tried to reassure … [Read more...]
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