Christmas can be a difficult time when you're struggling to make ends meet. And it's even harder if your children have a wishlist as long as their arm that they just keep adding to every time they watch TV and another advert pops up for something they desperately need. ;-)How do you tell the little ones that they won't be getting everything on their list when they think that Santa is in charge of bringing the presents. How do you tell them that you can't afford what they want, even when they're non-believers and you can already anticipate the snapchats on Christmas morning of their … [Read more...]
Christmas Planner Printable….
I am not a naturally organised person and in the past I've missed important events because I've either completely forgotten about them or I've simply left it too late to make the necessary arrangements for me to be there.Aside from July (which is always chaos with the end of the school year), Christmas is probably the most chaotic time of the year for us as a family and as a working Mum, I really need to plan ahead in order to make sure that I don't forget anything!For the last few years, I've spent five minutes making myself a little printable Christmas planner for me to stick on the … [Read more...]
5 Minute Nutella Fudge
Nutella fudge is something that I've been meaning to make for at least the last two years but I've never actually got round to making it though because there are at least a million Nutella fudge recipes online (me, exaggerate?) and each one of them seems a little different.I've read comments on posts where people have had a disaster with theirs not setting and I've also read comments where it hasn't been Nutella-y enough. Wasting perfectly good Nutella is not something my children would forgive me for so I just never ended up making it.But when I was planning my Christmas … [Read more...]
A handy list of some of the most popular eBay outlet shops….
I've been a fan of the eBay outlet shops since I bought a laptop from the Argos outlet store as it was such good value at the time. It was a model that I couldn't find in the catalogue at the time but all the specs looked good and it was a good £100 cheaper than the models I was looking at in shops and anywhere else online.It was so much cheaper in fact that I was a bit (a lot) suspicious of how it could be so cheap and I'd pretty much decided before it was even delivered that this would be my last purchase from any of the eBay outlet shops. I had myself convinced that it would be broken … [Read more...]
WWE Live at Newcastle….
A couple of years ago we were invited along to one of the WWE Live events at Newcastle Metro Arena and although I was most definitely not a fan of wrestling, Master Frugal was so obviously I couldn't say no.On the night of the event, we headed to the Arena with me feeling more than a little smug about how good a parent I was being- sacrificing an evening of binge watching whatever the latest thing was on Netflix to take my boy to see some of the big name stars he loved watching on TV.What happened next was as big a shock to me as it was to everyone else who knows me - I absolutely … [Read more...]
10 ways to put some ‘Awesome’ into every day….
Do you ever have a day where you could do with a little boost by putting some awesome into your day? Me too.If I feel like that on a day when I'm at work then I have a top that I call my boost top because not only is it a happy bright yellow colour but it also makes me feel good when I wear it. People (well, the girls) know that it's my boost top and they laugh about it with me but it really does work.But what can you do to make your day a bit brighter if you don't have a boost top? Here's 10 ideas for you....1) OK, number 1 is actually going to be to go out and buy a boost … [Read more...]
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