I love travelling and discovering new places with my little family but one thing I learned after our recent trip to Milan is that our holidays now need to planned slightly differently to when the kids were younger.With Miss Frugal now at the grand old age of 14 and her brother slightly younger at 12, we've been through the years where they got along like a house on fire and actually enjoyed each other's company and the (thankfully) short phase where they hated the sight of each other. We're now in the much more comfortable phase where they manage to tolerate each other for the most part … [Read more...]
3 super simple tricks to help you save….
Our next holiday is coming up at the end of July and this time we're off to the Isle of Wight which is somewhere that we've never been before. Like all of our trips away this year, it's nothing flash but we are excited and we can't wait to go.We booked it last year and paid a super low deposit of just £25 which was great for us at the time as it was right before Christmas and we've been paying a little bit off each month since then. Now it's paid off in full we're starting to think about our spending money so I thought I'd resurrect and update a post that I first shared in 2012.It's … [Read more...]
Parents of Snapchat Users NEED to read this….
I'm pretty sure I've told you all before (probably many times) that Miss Frugal is a Snapchat fan. She uses the app to keep in touch with her friends and there's nothing she likes more than a good Snapchat filter.Usually I don't have an issue with her using the app - she knows how I expect her to behave when she's using social media and the rules she need follow such as only adding people she knows and never sharing personal details about herself like her address.That last one is a biggie! We've drilled into her repeatedly that she should never share her address online with people … [Read more...]
10 tips for a perfect picnic….
Did you know tomorrow is National Picnic Day?Picnics are so much fun and whether they're at the beach, or the park or even in your own back garden they're a fun way to spend time together as a family.When the kids were younger, they used to have back garden and living room floor picnics as often as they could get away with and for fussy eating Master Frugal, a picnic was often the way to get him to try new foods as he's saw picnics as a bit of an adventure. This is a picture of a Teddy Bears picnic that we had in our back garden way back in 2011....Now that the kids are older … [Read more...]
Super Refreshing Homemade Lemonade….
I've just come across some photos on my phone from a few weeks ago when Miss Frugal made some homemade lemonade with some lemons we got reduced at the shop. They're not great photos as they all have a bit of a blue-ish tinge to them for some reason but I decided to share them with you anyway because the lemonade itself was amazing! How to make Miss Frugal's Super Refreshing Homemade Lemonade What you need: 5 lemons 4-5 tablespoons sugar 1.5 litres cold water (we actually used sparkling water today)Squeeze as much juice out of the lemons as you can and pour the strained liquid into … [Read more...]
Easyjet Vs British Airways….
I'm all for saving money when we travel but I must admit that I was very reluctant to book a trip with Easyjet because I've heard such bad reports about them in the past. In the end we booked through them for our trip to Milan because the price was literally unbeatable.I was very pleasantly surprised with our Easyjet experience and having traveled with British Airways recently, I thought I'd share my experience with you so you can decide whether to book your flights with Easyjet who are known as a 'budget' airline or their more premium competitors, British Airways. Cost First of all, … [Read more...]
