The Diary of a Frugal Family

Miss Frugal likes to think of herself as a very stylish 8 year old. She has a big box filled with handbags and purses (she must be one of the only 8 year olds around who has a Radley purse) and she has more pairs of shoes than I have.  She's quite a girly girl and loves to wear dresses, skirts and anything else pink or sparkly.  Although I often don't love her clothes choices, she has her own style and I encourage that wherever possible by letting her choose all of her own clothes.I'm quite laid back about the clothes that she wears (she'd say the opposite) and she does have a few … [Read more...]

A month or so ago I wrote about taking Miss Frugal to the hospital to see a specialist about the headaches and dizzy spells she's been having.  The specialist we saw spent a good hour examining her and then sent her to play with the toys before telling us that he'd been examining her to look for signs of a brain tumour as some of the symptoms she described pointed to that.  She said she didn't think that was what was causing the dizzy spells and headaches as she was missing some of the main signs.  She had an ECG and they told us to come back in a month and they would consider a brain scan if … [Read more...]