I posted my New Years resolutions a few days ago and this is quite a similar post to be honest so I may never even hit the Publish button. It might just be my own personal little thing that I can refer to every now and again to see how many things I've actually got around to doing.On the other hand, I think I will publish it and share little updates with you every now and again....Basically, this is my to do list for the first three months of the year - I'll do another one in April along with a full update on what I've actually achieved from this one! I've written a list of very … [Read more...]
Get Organised – How to meal plan….
Have you ever wondered how to meal plan successfully? If you have and you want to save your family money then read on....The half an hour a week that I spend planning our meals and shopping list saves us more money than anything else we do so it's well worth the short amount of time it takes to do so I thought I'd make my first post of 2013 all about meal planning and how we do it in our house.I have a meal planning notebook (there's a surprise) and every Saturday, I write down a list of everything we have in the fridge, the freezer and the cupboards. I then sit down and write a … [Read more...]
The year ahead….
2012 was a great year for us as a family and I hope that 2013 will be even better.Everyone has their own reasons for living frugally and I know I've said this before (lots of times) but one of our reasons is so that we can afford to do more fun things as a family. This year we've had some great times together and made some fantastic family memories with some lovely friends - old and new.I'll be sad to see the end to such a great year but as always, I'm looking forward to the start of the new year. I love the feeling that the new year brings and I always like to spend a little bit of … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas….
Chocolate Gingerbread Christmas trees….
We didn't get around to make a Gingerbread house this year which is a shame as we loved making last years but we did make something almost as good this morning - Chocolate Gingerbread Christmas trees!Miss Frugal had great fun making the biscuits and kneading the dough and then Master Frugal had even more fun icing them!They smell and taste delicious and would be great hung on the Christmas tree if only I'd remembered to poke little holes in the top before I cooked them.Chocolate Gingerbread Christmas trees 125g butter 85g brown sugar 1 egg yolk 4 tablespoons golden … [Read more...]
Our Christmas Eve Traditions….
In case you haven't already guessed - I love Christmas!I think I'm a bit odd though as I look forward to Christmas Eve more than the big day itself. I'm not sure if it's the anticipation for the day ahead or if it's just because we have a set routine on Christmas Eve that I love and look forward to.We get up when we get up and have home made pancakes for breakfast followed by a trip to the cinema usually to see a Christmassy film. This year we're having some lovely friends and their children round for a couple of hours in the afternoon so we're not going to the pictures but we'll be … [Read more...]
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