It's like Valentines day in the Frugal house today, it started when we popped to Morrison's after school and Miss Frugal saw some of those gingerbread hearts that came in a pack with pink icing and pink glittery stuff, the ones you decorate yourself. She asked me if she could get them for her boyfriends (note the plural there!) and because I thought it was really cute I let her get them, extremely un-frugal of me at £1.79 for five biscuits!Anyway we got them home and she has carefully decorated each one with a different boys name, apparently Jack, Kieran, James, Damien and Rebecca (don't ask … [Read more...]
World Cancer Day….
The 4th of February marks World Cancer Day. This is a subject that is very close to my heart after losing both my brother and my mother to cancer, so I wanted to let you all know to raise a bit of awareness.I used to think that Cancer was something that affected other people and other families but in 2002 when I was in hospital having Miss Frugal, my brother found out that he had mouth cancer. What followed was a two year battle against the disease that finally defeated him in September 2004. It was heartbreaking to see and I thought I would never feel that sort of pain again but then in the … [Read more...]
Recipe for Golden Syrup Biscuits….
To try out the aprons that we made yesterday we just made some yummy golden syrup biscuits. When I say we, I mean me, Miss Frugal and Baby Isabella (the doll!) so you can imagine how long it took us. Miss Frugal is soooo cute when she's pretending to be a mommy, she made sure that baby Isabella got to have go at everything and kept saying well done to her when she did something.... Aaaaaw. The recipe itself is super easy, all you need is:25 g (1 oz) butter or margarine2 1/2 tablespoons golden syrup1/2 teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence100g (4 oz) self raising flour1. … [Read more...]
Sunday Morning Rant….
I rarely get up before 10am on Sundays, not because I'm lazy (OK it is because I'm lazy) but it's the one day of the week when I CAN lie in. But oh no, not today, Mr Frugal decided it would be a good idea to set his alarm for 8am. Some mumbo jumbo about his body clock and working nights tonight. So, after waking me up with the loudest alarm in the world, he hobbled to the en suite bathroom and proceeded to blow his nose, although you could have mistaken the noise for a steam train driving through the bedroom. He managed to wake both kids up at this point. Not content with that, he then … [Read more...]
Make an Apron (Simple Version)
Today we made matching aprons for baby Isabella and her mummy, Miss Frugal.I should explain that Isabella is the doll that Miss Frugal got for Christmas, she crawls, walks, cries and even has temper tantrums. Apparently she needs an apron for when they are cooking together in Miss Frugal's bedroom!Now I am not talented or in any way good at sewing and some of you may well cringe at the basicness of this but all I did was cut out a rectangle and make the bottom corners look a bit rounded. Then I cut out two long ties and pinned them the top corners of the rectangle.It took Miss Frugal a good … [Read more...]
Another Visit to A&E
WARNING - LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU DON'T LIKE FEETMr Frugal has only gone and sprained his ankle, how selfish is that? Does he not know that I had plans for this weekend that involved all four of us being able to walk!He came home from playing five-a-side football in agony and decided that we should go to the local A&E; who said that it might be fractured but as it was after 5pm there were no X-Ray facilities so we could either go back the next morning or go to the bigger A&E; 10 miles down the road for an X-Ray.By this point it was 8pm and he was due at work for the night shift at 11.30 so we … [Read more...]
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