As a family, we love to travel (although Miss Frugal HATES going on planes) and we try to fit in as much as we can but we're obviously limited by budget and more recently, school holidays. In the not so distant future, we actually all have a week off together so we're going to try and plan a cheap Easter Break 2014 but we can't decided what we want to do. The year before last we went on two holidays abroad and if I'm honest, although we did have a brilliant time, the holidays for me were both slightly marred by the fact that I spent half of my time putting sun block on the kids because we all … [Read more...]
Money Makeover – Cut the cost of your home phone bills….
It's that time of the week again and this week, my Money Makeover post is about cutting the cost of your home phone bills. In case you're wondering, my Money Makeover series is all about reviewing your family's finances – step by step. With a new set of eyes helping you to see where you could save and helping you to make the changes you need to make to save money. Each week, you'll get a little bit of (non compulsory) homework or a change to make. I’ll add the links to the other Money Makeover posts at the bottom of the new post each week so you can go back to the start if you want to. … [Read more...]
Don’t let your children spend a fortune without you knowing….
I bet you read that title and thought to yourself that your child would never do such a thing. Me too!I know that neither of my two would ever intentionally buy something without me knowing, especially using my money but unfortunately it's just not as simple as that these days and you see horror stories in the news where a child has unintentionally managed to spend a small fortune without their parents knowing. In fact, I'm pretty sure most of those parents would have said that their children would never be able to do that too - until they were hit with the bill!Preventing … [Read more...]
Our week in Instagram – 25 January 2014
We've had a lovely, but very busy time here this week.Warning - there may be an excess of cocktail photos below.... … [Read more...]
Teaching children about Money – Chores….
Welcome to this week’s teaching children about money post which is all about paying children for doing jobs around the house.Personally I believe that children are a part of the family and should therefore be helping around the house doing some basic chores. Pocket money isn't given to them for doing their designated jobs but it is taken away if they don't do the jobs that we give them!We have a chore chart on the front of the fridge which includes some basic jobs like setting the table, clearing the table, tidying rooms etc and on Saturday and those are the jobs that we expect to be … [Read more...]
My Alternative to limiting Screen Time for children….
At the minute there's lots of posts around the internet about making sure that children have less screen time and how too much screen time can be damaging to our children.Firstly, I want to make it clear that I don't disagree with the idea that too much screen time is bad and I do strongly believe that every family is different and you need to do what you think is right for your children and your family. But, and there's always a but, I do have a slightly opinion about screen time that I wanted to share with you and even though I'm sure lots of you will disagree, it works for … [Read more...]
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