Miss Frugal has long been a fan of fruit smoothies and our smoothie maker is used on a daily basis. In fact, it's the main reason that I often pop to the supermarket on a night to check out the reduced section because if I was paying full price for all the fruit we use in smoothies then I'd never have any spare money!We have a lot of love for the smoothie makers (yes, we have two) we already have but for the last few months Miss Frugal has been coveting a Nutribullet.   To be honest, I can't say I blame her after seeing the TV adverts but seeing as the smoothie makers we already had did a … [Read more...]

We have a rather odd family tradition in this house!Every Summer, we head off to the Trafford centre for the weekend.  We stay in the same hotel and do exactly the same things every year and if I’m honest, I probably enjoy it more than any other break we go on through the year!Last Friday afternoon, we rocked up at the Premier Inn at the Trafford centre, dropped our things off and headed straight over to the Trafford centre for our annual family activity of Laser Quest!(Clearly, when I say family activity, I really mean I’ll go sit in Costa for an hour and relax while they run … [Read more...]

I currently work part time in a good job that I love with people that I enjoy working with.  That's good, right?I'm also lucky enough that I can finish by 2.30 most days and be home to pick the kids up from school and spend time with them after school.  That's not just good, that's amazing isn't it?The fact that I get the best of both worlds means my work-life balance just about as perfect as it could be during term time but it's a whole different story in the Summer Holidays when it's not as easy to be smug about it all (not that I'm openly smug - just internally ;-)).It takes a … [Read more...]

Phew.  I am just sitting down now for what seems like the first time in a week!We have had an amazing start to the Summer Holidays and have taken full advantage of the fact that we all have a rare week off together by filling every day (except for Wednesday as you'll see below) with adventure and fun!Rather than tell you about what we've been up to, I'm going to show you this week by sharing a week's worth of Instagram photos.... I'm back at work on Monday so it's going to be a much quieter week next week and I'm not even sad about going back to … [Read more...]

We're five days in to the Summer Holidays here and I'm exhausted!I asked the kids to write a quick list of things they wanted to do over the Summer Holidays and I've tried to cram a lot of them in this week as I'm off work with them all week.  Not that it matters if we don't get them all done as I'm off again in three weeks for a fortnight and I'm home by 3 o'clock on most days when I'm working but still, I wanted them to have as much fun as possible with me while I'm off work this week.What that does mean is that we've had lots of fun together but I haven't had much time for me and if … [Read more...]