Master Frugal got a letter today, a special letter that came in a homemade envelope and was hand delivered to his desk at afternoon playtime.  He was the only one to get one of these letters and I can imagine the big smile on his face as he opened the letter........I couldn't help but laugh when he showed me the letter - it was from his now ex-girlfriend, who decided that she didn't want to be his girlfriend anymore ;-(  On School Disco day as well, poor little thing. He's not the only one with relationship problems though - the boy that Miss Frugal is mad about has told her that he … [Read more...]

According to Miss Frugal, now she's 8 she's practically grown up.  This means that she expects to be able to do things that she hasn't been allowed to do before, I'm a bit more easy going than Mr Frugal so we're had a few arguments discussions over what she can and can't do. So, I thought I would ask your opinion on how old you think is old enough........For a mobile phone She's had a mobile for a while now and always carries it round in her little handbag.  The phone that she had was the most basic model ever made and was fine for a 7 year old but an 8 year old needs a much better … [Read more...]