How on earth is it nearly March?1) I bought a of pack of ready peeled and chopped swede reduced to 37p from the shop the other day and made a gorgeous curried swede soup which was delicious. It was just what I needed for lunch when it was -1 c outside!2) I went to Ikea at the weekend for a look around to get some inspiration and ideas for our house this year and although I came away brimming with ideas, I actually only spent £2 and that was on a gorgeous little plant pot type thing that I'm using as a pen holder at the moment. I even used my Ikea family card to get a free cuppa … [Read more...]
Small things that make me smile {February 2016}….
You're probably sick of me telling you by now that my word for 2016 is Happy and that I'm hoping to do more of the things that make me happy and less of the things don't.I'm trying not just to think of the big things or the things that I do or don't do though because it's to me, it's also about appreciating the smaller things in life that aren't really a big deal to anyone other than me. It's these small things add up to make my life a happy one!Here's some of the small things that have made me happy this month....Last night was time for Master Frugal's long awaited Christmas … [Read more...]
What lessons are we teaching our children about money….
What did your parents teach you about money?Two things I remember being told are that money doesn't grow on trees and also being told that you don't get paid for what you do, it's what you know how to do - neither of them seem like huge life lessons, do they?But they really are.... Money doesn't grow on trees Money doesn't grow on trees comes from the fact that it's easy to think that money is endless - especially to a child who sees you walk up to a cash machine and walk away with cash or watches you hand over your card to pay for things as it just looks so easy to them.It's … [Read more...]
How to help your child be a better friend….
It wasn't until it was time to apply for a secondary school for Miss Frugal that I thought seriously about the huge part that friends could play in her happiness.Regular readers might remember that we were faced with the hardest decision we'd had to make since becoming parents when choosing what secondary school to send her to. We had to choose between sending her to the school all of her friends were going to which we knew to have poor education standards and even worse disciplinary standards, or to the local faith school where she wouldn't know a single person but would get a great … [Read more...]
My Family Photo Project {February 2016}….
Last week we had a lovely few hours at Mount Grace Priory which is somewhere we've been a few times over the last year or so. We all love it for different reasons - Miss Frugal loves that she can climb, Master Frugal loves the fact he can play football with his dad and I love it because it's often so quiet that there's just us there.As it's one of our favourite places, it seems fitting that the family photo that we took there was my favourite family photo of the month....My aim is for 2016 is to take one #FamilySelfie a week and then once a month, I'll share my … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {19th February 2016}….
It's never easy to be frugal over the school holidays but I don't think we've done too bad a job....1) Miss Frugal has become a bit of an expert in pizza making lately and proudly managed to make us all one for tea this week with no help at all. It's quite easy to make and is super tasty as well as being a pretty cheap family meal.She uses a super simple recipe which is:125g bread flour, 7g yeast packet 75ml warm waterAll mixed together and kneaded for five minutes before rolling out to a thin base)Served with some sweet potato fries and a salad (I say salad - it was … [Read more...]
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