This is absolutely my favourite time of year, I love everything about Christmas and I spend a lot of time in the build up to the big day trying to make things as special as I can for the kids. We have a lot of special family traditions at Christmas that I'll share with you over the next few weeks but one of the most magical things that we do for the kids each year is make a video from Santa to each of them.I'm sure there are plenty of sites you can use to do this but we use the Portable North Pole site as it's FREE, easy to use and the results are fantastic. You can make video's for … [Read more...]
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A Romantic Love Note….
Who say's romance is dead.... First I was presented with a fluffy Rolo from Mr Frugal and today I was the lucky recipient of a love note........Written in the fat from the burgers we had for tea last night! We always make our own burgers but I couldn't be bothered to cook much last night as we've all got the dreaded lurgy. I dug out some burgers from the depths of our freezer and we decided to have burgers in buns and curly fries with corn on the cob. I can't believe the amount of fat that came of the burgers, it's disgusting - we'll definitely be sticking to our homemade ones in … [Read more...]
Bored, Bored, Board…. The Sequel
A little while ago we made our own board game called the Razzle Dazzle game and even if I do say so myself, it was brilliant. I can't for the life of me understand why Mattel or some other game making company aren't banging on out door trying to buy the rights to it (or not lol). We do actually still play it every now and again as Miss Frugal is so proud that she made her very own board game, she even took it to school with her for games day on the last day of school. So when she asked if we could make another one, I could hardly say no, could I?We were a bit limited with … [Read more...]
Big Momma Challenge….
Today is the last day of my two weeks off and I am strangely looking forward to work tomorrow, I always feel like this at the end of some time off because I like to get back in to our normal routine. I've decided to start Slimming World tomorrow and I've seen that a few bloggers are joining in NotSupermum's Big Momma Challenge so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and join in aswell. I've got a fair bit to lose so I am going to take it slowly and not set myself any huge targets. Sunday - Mince and Dumplings with Roast Potatoes, carrots, peas and brocolli. I haven't decided yet if I'm … [Read more...]
This weeks Frugal Meal Plan….
I may have mentioned that I'm now off work for TWO WHOLE WEEKS (not that I'm excited or anything), we've got loads planned and Mr Frugal's neice is coming to stay for a week so I thought it would be an ideal time to get back in to my meal planning. If I don't have something planned for our meals I can see us spending a fortune (which we don't have) in the next few weeks. We've got loads of days out and a couple of days at Haggerston Castle planned so my plan might look a little bit all over the place but bear with me ;-) Saturday - Homemade PizzaSunday - Away at Drayton Manor so … [Read more...]
Parmo and Creamed Cabbage….
Who knows what a Parmo is? You probably won't unless you've spent some time in the North East as it's a local 'delicacy' round here, I'll tell you what it is if you promise to keep an open mind as it tastes way better than it sounds. It's a chicken escalope coated in breadcrumbs, topped with bechemal sauce and then cheese. They're usually eaten with chips, creamed cabbage and garlic sauce and you can get them with all sorts of toppings on like mushrooms, onions, bolognaise or even doner meat. You want one now don't you, admit it! All you need to do is put a chicken breast into … [Read more...]
