Dear Spammer....

Dear Spammers

I really don't know where you all got my e mail address from although I suspect that I must be on the country's most gullible people database, but I would like to request that you refrain from e mailing me a gazillion times a day trying to sell me your super potent viagara tablets or trying to interest me in a penis extension. A waste of your time and mine as I understand that you need a penis to partake in either of those things and I most definately do not have one (although I will forward the penis extension e mail to Mr Frugal).

Whilst I have your attention, I am also extremely dubious that I have inherited 12.5 million dollars (on several occasions) from a long lost relative in the USA although I may be more inclined to believe you if you didn't ask for my bank details to transfer the money to before even telling me who has died.

I would also like to say thank you to the FBI for personally monitering my credit card account, I am honoured that I got an e mail from the Director of the FBI and that you have picked up on fraudulent activity before it even happened but wouldn't I be better blocking my card with my card issuer than giving you the details to 'aid your investigation'?

And don't even get me started on oppressed nations and over thrown royal families who would like me to assist them in getting their money out of their country. If I was going to do this I wouldn't be paying you for the pleasure of doing so, would I?

So just to clarify - THE ANSWER IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE NO!

Yours sincerely

Magic Mummy

What's Your Secret Ability....

Heinz are running a competition at the moment to find out what your secret ability is?

They want you to share your ability with them here and you could win a prize of £1000.

I have just received an e mail about the competition asking me to help spread the word so here I am spreading it lol....

It's funny because Mr Frugal and I were talking about this last night after we watched Heroes, I said I would like to be able to fly (very imaginative lol) and Mr Frugal, predictably would like to have X Ray vision (hmmm wonder what he'd use that for!).

Actually, I have thought about it some more and I would like to have a superpower that allows me to cook, clean and take care of everyone else all at once - Oh look, I already do that!

Just call me Super Mom!

Ernest is Coming to Stay....

I am so excited because the Frugal house is getting ready for special visitor this week....

Yes, that's right.... Ernest is coming to stay.

He is currently winging his way to us from Somerset and you can read all about what he been up to this week here.

We have been tidying up the house ready for him and Miss Frugal is readying a little corner of her bedroom for him to sleep in so I hope he is going to be well behaved and not keep her up all night with his wild ways.

Would it be wrong to serve him roast chicken for his welcome meal lol ;-)

Everybody Hurts.... Helping Haiti

Yummy Carrot Cake....

I normally bake with Miss Frugal because (a) she loves to make things, (b) she is at the age where she is able to do things for herself and (c) she doesn't try and eat everything in sight every time I turn around. Yesterday, however, my baking buddy deserted me to go to her friends for a sleepover so I was left with Master Frugal to be my helpful assistant. To be honest he was more of a hindrance than a help but he had fun so it doesn't really matter if he ate more of the mix than I managed to get in the oven!

I have never actually made a carrot cake before and was really surprised by just how moist and yummy this cake actually was. Mr Frugal ate half of it and said it was actually the best cake he had ever eaten.... High praise from the self professed cake connoisseur!

(Not many photos of this cooking adventure due to the fact that every time I turned round, more of the mixture went missing lol)

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 tea spoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional, I know this as I forgot to put it in lol)

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2 finely grated carrots

185g melted butter/margarine

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup self raising flour

Mix the eggs, carrots, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, nutmeg until it looks like a thick brown mess....

Add the melted butter and sugar and whisk the mixture until it is all combined.

Pour into a line baking dish and bake at about 200 c for about half an hour (keep an eye on the timing as I was a bit stressed and forgot to time it accurately!)

Don't forget to lick the bowl out as its gorgeous apparently!

The thing that makes the cake is the icing. I made Mr Frugal make this as it takes a fair bit of effort to combine the icing sugar with the butter and cream cheese.

Ingredients

30g butter softened

80g cream cheese

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Beat the butter, cheese and lemon together and then gradually mix the icing sugar in.

When it's done cover your cake with the mix.

I made a small cake for my girlie night and a larger cake for home then I went for a quick bath, I came back downstairs and someone (no-one is admitting it lol) had melted some of the Green and Blacks cooking chocolate and poured it on the top of the larger cake. I wouldn't usually recommend this but it actually tasted fantastic.

Yeay for E Bay....

Yeay - the things I listed on E Bay last week have all just sold - £69.49 altogether.

I am so chuffed and glad that I got my big backside into gear and listed them.

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