A couple of week's ago, on Remembrance Sunday, we visited Carlisle Castle which in hindsight probably wasn't the greatest of days to go - no because of the Remembrance parade as that was lovely to see in such close quarters but because the weather was awful.It was freezing cold and drizzling the whole time we were there and although we're not averse to the odd bit of bad weather on our days out, the fact it was bad the whole time we were there did put a bit of a dampener on the afternoon!If you've never been to Carlisle Caste, this is what the Englush Heritage website says about … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {20th November 2015}….
1. We don't go to the chip shop very often but when we do go Miss Frugal loves the curry sauce from there, in fact the curry sauce is probably the only reason she likes having a cheeky chippy tea. When I was shopping last week I found some Bisto curry sauce granules that I just have to add boiling water to and chip shop style curry sauce appears. ;-) And before you say it, I know it's filled with crap but she'd be having it from the chip shop at a pound a time and this only costs 99p for 10 portions. It has a long sell by date so it'll last for lots of chippy tea treats to come!2. … [Read more...]
How to answer the ‘Is Santa Real’ question (and how not to)….
Over the years my two have asked me many, many times if Santa was really real and I've always given them the answers I think they wanted and needed to hear.Miss Frugal for example stopped believing years ago, before most of her friends did, and although I tried to tell her otherwise, she just knew that Santa wasn't real. She's a very logical child and lots of things just didn't make sense to her so we had the talk about that quite early on.It didn't stop Christmas being magical for her though and she became my helper to keep the Santa magic alive for Master Frugal.And then last … [Read more...]
Do you waste money on presents at Christmas….
I'm not going to ask you how much you spend on your children at Christmas because, let's face it, it as nothing to do with me how much you spend.What I wanted to ask you to do today is to consider if some of the things you buy are a waste of money?Every year I see toys and gifts being advertised on TV that I look at and think are a complete waste of money. Toys that look amazing but will rarely live up to expectations - they'll be played with once or twice before being relegated to the back of the cupboard. And don't even get me started on the huge range of novelty gifts that have … [Read more...]
Seven easy ways to spend less on fruit and vegetables….
My children are like chalk and cheese when it comes to food but one thing they do have in common is a love of fruit and most vegetables. Clearly this is a good thing as far as I'm concerned but I have noticed my fruit and vegetable spend increasing lately so I've had to be a bit clever lately to make sure that I'm getting value for money.Here's my top tips to help you to spend less on fruit and vegetables.... Buy Frozen Some people see frozen fruit and veg as a bad thing but we have a drawer full of frozen fruit (great for smoothies and crumbles) and frozen veg. It can actually be more … [Read more...]
What do you do with all the works of art your children make?
Are you the sort of mother who keeps every work of art that your child brings home or do you wait until they're not looking and throw most of it in the bin?What about if I told you that you could keep EVERY single piece of art that your children made without having boxes full of it around the house?Keep reading....I used to keep everything that they made and displayed it all proudly on the back wall of my kitchen, like a little art gallery. It was always the first thing that anyone visiting my kitchen would be drawn to and everyone always commented on what a lovely idea it was - it … [Read more...]
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