This time next week I shall be in a tent, camping for the first time ever.I think I'm looking forward to it but I'm a bit worried about the cold, possibly wet part and a lot worried about the lack of internet and running water part. We had a trial run in the back garden last week but I had to come inside because I couldn't get a reception on my phone and The Voice was on ;-)This was our practice tent but we're going with some lovely friends who have loaned us their tent and even promised that they would help put it up for us.For those fellow camping virgins out there, I wanted … [Read more...]
Glee Live….
Have you ever opened an e mail and literally squealed (loudly) with excitement? That's exactly what I did when I opened an e mail from Eon inviting us all to join them in one of the Executive suites at the O2 arena in London to watch Glee Live. I was even more excited when I told my dad about it and he offered to pay for us to have a nice family weekend together in London!We set off really early on the Saturday morning and had a lovely few hours in the Science Museum before heading to our hotel and finding out that my dad had booked us a suite, with a bedroom, kitchen diner, huge living … [Read more...]
Our Girly Weekend in London….
A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to be invited to London Zoo for the day by Vosene and although we were all invited, I decided to leave Master Frugal at home with his dad and just take Miss Frugal for a girly weekend. The purpose of the Vosene event was to let us know that they are on the hunt to find the Vosene Family of 2011. Basically, each month they are focusing on a different value such as, sharing, belonging, fun, time together and trust and they're be asking families to upload a photo and up to 100 words on what that means to them. Once uploaded, your family and friends get to … [Read more...]