This week is my favourite week of the year - we always have lots planned and everything just seems more exciting because we know that Christmas is so close. We do have something planned for every night this week so meal planning is going to be a bit manic but I'm going to stick with it because I want to have a little extra to spend on next weeks food budget ;-)Monday - School party for Miss Frugal and I have one of Master Frugal's friends for tea so it's going to be quick and easy for the kids. I have some chicken pieces in the freezer so I might try some homemade chicken nuggets with … [Read more...]
Get your Christmas Craft on….
I'm really starting to feel festive now (it helps that my wrapping is now all done) although the fact that poor Master Frugal's still suffering from his bad cough means that we're not doing as much as we usually would be at this time of year. Yesterday we were supposed to be going to a lovely local Christmas craft fayre but seeing as he's still coughing every time we go outside in the cold we decided to stay in and have a pyjama craft and movie day with a bit of baking thrown in for good measure.I'm glad we did decide to stay at home actually because we had a really nice day together - we … [Read more...]
Cupcake Sunday – After Eight cupcakes….
After Eights (along with Bailres, Advocaat and Chocolate Oranges) are things that I only really buy at Christmas so when I was trying to think of what I would use to make some Christmassy cupcakes, I decided to go with After Eight themed cakes.I bought the supermarket's own make though as I didn't know how they'd turn out and I would have been gutted if they'd turned out wrong and I'd wasted a whole pack of After Eights! They were only 99p and to be honest they tasted exactly the same as the usual ones so I'll be buying them in future anyway!150g butter or margarine 150g sugar 3 … [Read more...]
Frugal alternatives to Christmas cards….
What sort of person are you when it comes to Christmas cards? Do you...a) love writing out Christmas cards.b) make your own Christmas cards and take great pleasure in giving them out to your nearest and dearest.c) only give Christmas because you feel like it's expected but hate having to sit down and write them out.d) just not bother with them at all.I'm a definite C with my Christmas cards although I'm very jealous of all you A, B and D's ;-)Over the last few years though, I've found a few ways to reduce the number of cards I write our by lots (without making me look … [Read more...]
Is anyone else not feeling as festive as they want to be feeling….
I'm not feeling as festive as I want to be this year - I'm trying and trying but it's not happening.Don't get me wrong, I am excited and I am looking forward to Christmas but somethings's missing and I just can't seem to get myself into the Christmas spirit.I usually start feeling it as soon as the first door on the advent calendar is open but in the last few weeks, I've been ill, Mr Frugal's had to have a chest Xray and an Ultrasound to check and see if he has kidney stones (they don't think he has), Master Frugal has had a week off school and to top it off my laptop died. And as if … [Read more...]
We’ve reached Official Helper status….
Today was a proud day in our house.It was the day that Miss Frugal was finally awarded 'Official Helper' status. She gets a shiny green badge of her own to wear on her school jumper and she is so proud of the fact that she's been given this badge that I'm sure she'll be wearing it with pride every day.She's been after one of these coveted badges for ages but all the important jobs were taken so she had to wait for an opening and today, one of the other girls was controversially sacked from her job so a vacancy became unexpectedly available.There was much arguing at school over who … [Read more...]
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