1) The kids broke up for school this week and I haven't felt the need to fill the days with trips out or activities that I think they'll enjoy. Instead we've spent absolutely no money and had a chilled out start to the holidays with a couple of evening trips to the beach, an afternoon fruit picking and a picnic at Richmond Castle thanks to our English Heritage membership.2) Talking of fruit picking, I made some delicious strawberry muffins with the leftover strawberries which I shared with you all yesterday. Muffins are a great way to use up any leftover fruit that you have and I … [Read more...]
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Packed Lunch Cake – it’s frugal, filling and delicious….
I've always been a fan of packed lunches and in the past, I've written about the fact that I could make a healthy and filling packed lunch for around half the price of a school dinner which has saved me a fortune over the years.With both of mine in senior school from September, I'm no longer going to be making packed lunches but I've just made a final batch of our favourite home made packed lunch cake so I thought I'd share the recipe with you on here again and update the costings for 2016 to show that it's still a very frugal way to get something sweet into your child's packed … [Read more...]
250 frugal and fun ideas for Summer fun {includes free Summer planner printable}….
{Updated for 2016} This is the time of year when all of us bloggers are sharing our top tips on how to get the most out of the Summer Holidays and to be fair, if you're anything like I was when my two were younger then you can do with all the help you can get to fill your days with fun and avoid the dreaded 'I'm Bored' words being uttered. Anyway this morning when I woke up, the sun was shining and the clouds in the sky weren't grey and angry for a change so I thought today would be a good day to share my ideas with you all. But then it occurred to me that over the years I've been blogging, … [Read more...]
14 Amazing Blueberry Recipes to make your mouth water….
Miss Frugal loves blueberries so they're a regular on my shopping list - they're not the cheapest fruit though so we often buy the frozen bags of it or buy as many as we can when we come across them reduced and freeze what we don't eat.Frozen blueberries are amazing in smoothies and most of the recipes I'm sharing with you below and it makes a relatively expensive fruit cheaper which is a huge plus.My favourite way to cook blueberries is our traditional Sunday morning breakfast of American style blueberry pancakes (even though it's been mostly replaced by waffles and waffle omelettes … [Read more...]
When Crafting doesn’t go according to plan….
I've said this before and I'll probably say it again but I am NOT a creative person.It's not that I don't try though - it just seems like the harder I try to make something pretty, the worse the end result is. It's like I got missed out when they were giving out the creative genes (I also missed out on the cooking genes and the green finger genes but hey ho) and things more often than not turn out looking very different to how I pictured it in my head before I started.But before I show you this week's crafting fail, I would like to point out that Miss Frugal and I often do a little … [Read more...]
20 Surprising ways that Pinterest can help you win at life….
I'm a pretty recent convert to Pinterest but now that I'm starting to get the hang of it, I'm hooked. You can use it to find inspiration, ideas and help for just about anything and the guided search option makes it so easy to find exactly what you're looking for. How to use the guided search function in Pinterest The guided search really self explanatory but there's a great video that Pinterest have made that gives you a quick one minute demo of how to use it - it's well worth a watch if you want to see how easy it is to use.Once you know how to narrow your searches down you'll have … [Read more...]
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