If you've ever wanted a giant fluffy faux fur beanbag in your life then today, I'm sharing the perfect competition for you.It's been a while since we've had a competition on here but a couple of weeks ago, the team at Bean Bag Bazaar asked me if I fancied reviewing one of their bean bags and at the same time, running a competition to give one away to one of you lot too.I said yes because we really needed some extra seating in our living room and I've been umming and aahing for a good 12 months now over what it is we want in there.  We basically have a big sofa which should … [Read more...]

We live in a small seaside town so when Miss Frugal finished school, she was pretty confident that she was going to be able to get a Summer job.  Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy as she decided to have some time to relax after her exams before she started applying for jobs.  By the time she got herself into gear, she was a good few weeks behind everyone else with the job-hunting which means that, as of today, she is still jobless.Luckily she's not one to give up that easily and decided that if she couldn't find a job, she'd make one of her own!So, the weekend … [Read more...]

Do you ever get working parents guilt during the school holidays?  Today's post is all about how you can survive the Summer Holidays as a working parent!This Summer, for the first time since the kids started school, I actually don't have any time off for the first four weeks of the School Holidays!  I'll be working from 9 am until 4 pm, Monday to Friday until the last two weeks of the holidays when I have two weeks off.Which means that the kids are going to have to pretty much entertain themselves for the most part.I'll be out of the house before they get up and back home … [Read more...]

Today, I'm going to share some homemade smoothie ice lollies that I had no part in making at all. This is all on Master Frugal who made more smoothie than he meant to and decided to make some ice lollies with the leftovers rather than waste it.For most of the year, my smoothie maker is kept in the cupboard and usually used once or twice a week but during the Summer it lives on the counter because the kids will have a smoothie almost every day at some point.  It used to cost a fortune but I think we've mastered it now with a drawer in the freezer entirely dedicated to … [Read more...]