I love to bake but I'm well aware that my skills don't necessarily match my level of enthusiasm.My cakes don't always turn our the way that I plan and even though I've made some good ones in the past, I've also had a few disasters! My last few Birthday cakes for the kids have been sucessful though so when Miss Frugal turned 12 a few weeks ago, she asked me to make a cake for her.She had a look through my Instagram pictures for some inspiration and was torn between the last two Birthday cakes that we've made:Then she had a look through the photos of some of the people who I … [Read more...]
10 reasons you should love your local library….
Do you take advantage of everything that your local library has to offer? I bet you don't.Here's ten reasons why you should visit your library more often....Free internet access although you may need to book in your time in advance. Free Word processing facilities - ours has Microsoft Word, Spreadsheet, Excel and Powerpoint that I know of. The only thing you pay for is to print of any of your work. They often have an excellent reference library with lots of local historical data including things like births and deaths, ordinance survey maps, council meeting minutes and lots … [Read more...]
#SofaChat – A new breed of moneysaving websites….
OK, I know they're not necessarily new but 'daily deals' sites seem to be getting more and more popular so I thought we could have a quick chat about them today.Here's my thoughts in a quick video - I've kept it quite short and I'd love you to have a quick look:Have you ever bought something from one of these sites? If you have, was it a bargain or a waste of money? … [Read more...]
How to make homemade Skittles Vodka….
I first heard about homemade Skittles Vodka a few years ago now but I've never actually got around to making it until last week - probably because I was a bit dubious about it tasting as nice as people said it did and I didn't want to waste perfectly good vodka!I don't have as many photos of this as I really should have for a tutorial type post but that's because I took the photos on Mr Frugal's phone which he then wiped and did a factory re-set on without saving the photos. Clever or what?I do have a few though from Instagram so I'm going to make do with what I have and hope it's … [Read more...]
Siblings – October….
Well, this last month has been a bit of a strange one. We've all had tummy bugsm closely followed by colds which on top of the usual tiredness that going back to school brings has meant that we haven't done very much that hasn't included the settee and a pile of fluffy blankets.As a result, I haven't taken many pictures at all and I did think that a lack off pictures of them together would mean I wouldn't be able to join in with Octobers Sibling linky but I've had a look through my phone and I've found a few photos that I've taken over the last month so here I am.I … [Read more...]
The problem with age ratings….
I have an ongoing battle with my 9 year old about what games he is allowed to play on his XBox 360.Apparently ALL of his friends are allowed to play on games that I don't allow him to play on! Whilst I certainly don't believe that all if his friends are allowed to play on 16 and 18 rated games that I consider completely unsuitable, I know that the majority of his class mates are allowed to.We can see the games that his friends are playing because he's friends with them on XBox live and some of the games I see them playing on, I don't even think I'd be happy for him to play when he's … [Read more...]
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