A little over a year ago, I was faced with the hardest parenting decision that I've had to make.The decision that I had to make was which secondary school to apply to for Miss Frugal. There were two choices really – the Academy less than five minutes walk from our house with the not so great Ofsted report or the school that’s further away with the excellent Ofsted report.On paper, it looked like an easy decision but in reality, it was so much harder. I had to take into account that there wasn't a single one of her classmates that would be going to the school further away so … [Read more...]
Tesco Clubcard Christmas boost….
How's everyone getting on with Christmas shopping?I decided that I wanted everything bought and wrapped by the 1st December this year and I'm not too doing badly at the moment. I have all of Master Frugal's (apart from a couple of things) wrapped and tucked away and I'm actually just about to open a glass of wine and wrap his sisters tonight which is a vast improvement on my usual last minute Christmas Eve wrapping session!I've been quite sensible this year and have been buying things for the kids each payday since the Summer so I feel quite organised there but I do have a few other … [Read more...]
Secret Santa on a budget – 10 presents for under a fiver….
I love a good Secret Santa with my friends at work but we generally opt for a lower budget because, let's face it, Christmas is expensive enough as it is.We've had a year where we set the budget at £1 per person with the idea being that you had to get the most creative gift that you could for that amount. We got all sorts of gifts from candles to cactus plants dressed up as Santa and it was much more fun than opening the inevitable chocolates, biscuits and alcohol that we would have no doubt seen if we'd had a higher budget.This year, we're going for a slightly higher budget of £5.00 … [Read more...]
#ThriftyThursday – Five ways with one frame….
My mission for about the last six months has been to find the perfect picture frame for a mini-project that I've had in mind but I've really struggled to find exactly what I wanted - until a couple of weeks ago at the Festival of Thrift in Darlington.I found exactly what I was looking for and for the bargain price of £10 which I was quite pleased with after my long search....I love it and it's perfect for what I have in mind but before I show you my plans for it, I wanted to show you a couple of other things you could do with it!1. Make a posh padded notice board.Follow … [Read more...]
Stop wasting money on Energy drinks….
This is a bit of a two pronged rant about energy drinks so I apologise if you drink them or you allow your child to drink them - this is just my opinion!I may have said this before but Mr Frugal loves his energy drinks.He started drinking them when he worked nights for six months as he used to come home from work at about six am and not go to bed until the kids were packed off to school. He moved to a different department after that but even though his job no longer involved night shifts, he would still have his morning can of Monster.Several years later, he's still having his … [Read more...]
Our (much cheaper) alternative to a portable DVD player….
Keeping children occupied on a long journey isn't an easy task because no matter how prepared I am for the general boredom, there's only so much I can do to keep the kids occupied before they get bored of me too.We considered buying a portable DVD player because we do travel quite regularly but then we thought about the fact that we'd either have to buy a double screened one (more expense) or buy two separate DVD players to avoid the inevitable arguments over what they watch (even more expense) so ended up deciding against that idea.But then a couple of weeks ago, we called Sky up to … [Read more...]
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