I know I'm a day late but I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope you're all having as wonderful a Christmas as we're having. … [Read more...]
The funniest thing you’ll see this Christmas….
Make your own for free at Elf Yourself - All you do is upload a picture of yourself and choose which style dancing you want to do.... I guarantee you will have laugh so much that your sides will hurt, my two had tears rolling down their faces when they watched it!I'd love to see yours if you do have a go, leave a comment to let me know and I'll pop over and have a look ;-) … [Read more...]
What do you spend on Christmas….
It's OK, I don't really want to know how much you spend ;-)But I do want to share with you something that I've found out recently about the amount that parents spend on their children each year. Research shows that in 1995 the average British family spent around £75.00 per child at Christmas with this figure increasing massively to an average spend of £168.00 per child last Christmas.I'm not sure if the increase is due to the fact that parents are willing to spend more these days or if it's because things cost so much more now. The top item on Miss Frugal's wish list this year is … [Read more...]
How to have a Frugal Christmas – Free Santa letters….
Even though Miss Frugal is still undecided about whether or not she actually believes in Santa, we've been writing our annual letters to Santa this afternoon. Actually, for someone who might not be a believer, she's asked for enough things - an Ipod touch, a buggy, a till and Hello Kitty 'stuff', whatever that may be! That's Santa in his sleigh in case you weren't sure....I love Master Frugal's, he's asked for a Nintendo 3DS and a camera so nothing too expensive there then ;-)We use the Royal Mail Santa Service to send our letters to Santa - As long as your child's letter states their … [Read more...]
I know it’s only October, but….
There's only 78 Sleeps to go which is just 3 pay days. I now it's only October but I'm going to start my 'How to have a Frugal Christmas' series now because if I wouldn't be a good Frugal blogger if I didn't tell you that you should have started shopping (or at least planning) by now. Christmas happens at the same time every year so there's no excuse - it's not like we don't know it's coming or anything. The first of my 'How to have a Frugal Christmas' is all about presents - don't panic though I'm not about to send you all out shopping or anything but I hope that I can help you plan what … [Read more...]
Get Crafty – Recycled Sweet Wrappers
Let's face it, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without at least one tub of Quality Street or Roses would it?This Christmas we've been saving all of our wrappers in preparation for Get Crafty, much to Mr Frugal's annoyance as one of his pet hates is people eating the sweets and putting the wrappers back in the tin ;-)We were going to make stained glass windows for the kids bedrooms but a last minute change of plan meant that we decided to make stained glass bookmarks instead as Miss Frugal decided she was desperate for a bookmark for the book she's reading now - … [Read more...]
