This super-easy funfetti mug cake is so easy to make that you can literally be sat at your table eating it less than five minutes after you've decided you need a cake fix!Miss Frugal's developed a bit of a love for mug cakes - mainly because she's quite impatient and most definitely doesn't like to share her cake! She likes something that she can make for herself quickly and that she can take upstairs with her to enjoy while she's watching Netflix! Mug cakes definitely fit the bill as there's no weighing involved (she uses tablespoons and teaspoons as her … [Read more...]
7 of the best plants to grow with kids….
Today I wanted to share with you some of the best plants to grow with kids!Gardening definitely isn't my passion but it is something that I've been enjoying more and more over the last year or so. I find it really fulfilling to watch something I've planted grow from scratch and then to be able to serve it for my family to eat and I have quite grand plans for my garden now that the kids no longer use the garden as a playground.As I learn about what grows well in what conditions and what's never going to flourish in our garden no matter what I do, I wish that I'd done more with the … [Read more...]
How I meal plan as a working Mum with NO time….
It's been a while since I shared my meal plan on here (or even on my meal planning blog for that matter) so I thought I'd share this week's plan with you and give you a bit of an update on a few changes we've had over the last few months.The last few months have been a bit chaotic with my new job as I've struggled a little bit to fit everything in that I usually do with the slightly longer working days that I have now. I've just about got things back under control now but I've had to change our routine a little bit to accommodate the fact that I'm getting home a bit later and … [Read more...]
Five Days in New York on a budget – Day 4….
So far, I've shared what we did on the first three days of our budget trip to New York and today, I'm going to share our last full day with you. Trust me, it was a good day!Seeing as we did more than we'd expected on day 2, we'd actually ticked just about everything off of our New York bucket list by this point so I decided to go with plan b for today which was to head to the American Museum of Natural History.I was convinced the kids would love it as it looked like so much fun in the Night at the Museum films so, despite their protests, I put my foot down and told them we were … [Read more...]
Five Days in New York on a budget – Day 3….
So far, I've shared what we did on the first two days of our budget trip to New York and today, I'm going to share our third full day with you.If you've had a read of my first two posts (Day 1 / Day 2) then you'll already know that our trip to New York was a bit of a treat holiday which we booked pretty last minute so didn't get the chance to save as much spending money as we would have liked but we made the best of what we did have and had amazing trip.We decided to head to Chelsea Market for breakfast on day 3 and because we didn't get along that well with our first attempt … [Read more...]
Ten ways to reduce your water bill….
If you're on a water meter then I guarantee you'll be able to reduce your water bill come down if you follow the steps below - and I feel like I can guarantee that because I did them and mine has reduced drastically. I genuinely thought we were doing OK with our water usage and that our bill was pretty much in the same ballpark as what everyone else paid. Until I got a letter saying my payments were going up that is! We were told that our monthly payments up to £46 which is made up of £42 a month that they thought we'd use each month going forward and £4 extra that we … [Read more...]
