I have had a brilliant day today, one of those rare days where both kids were good all day and Mr Frugal was in a good mood too. They don’t happen often in my world 😉
We got up this morning at about nine and went and had a quick game of bowling (1p each). After Mr Frugal wiped the floor with us all we went to Cineworld for the family film (£1 each) which was Ice Age 3. The kids loved the film and it made us love laugh too.
After the film we came home and Mr Frugal did the pumpkin with the kids and we had a game of giant Ludo (reduced from £7.50 to £1 in Tescos) and a tournament on the Wii, which Mr Frugal won – no suprise there then!
We had a Halloween picnic tea and then got the kids ready for trick or treating. They looked so cute! After a quick photo shoot at Grandad’s house we went out for an hour and now have enough sweets to last until Christmas.
And now to top the day off…. A bottle of Malibu and X factor!
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typical.. i posted under the wrong post, how rubbish am i!
on 3 for 2's – I used to work for a high street national company, every november the prices of products to be included in the Christmas range would be put up, the staff could guarantee that these same products would be offered at "3 for 2" or "cheapest item free" come Christmas time.
I recently spotted an offer for 3 for 2 with another high street company on loft insulation, when checking the normal price, a £10 roll had increased to £18… the "deal" was actually leaving the customer worse off.
Re Christmas presents: in our house, for the past two years, we have concentrated Christmas on having a great feed and our one extravagance, a 6 foot real tree.
We have two adults, a 21 year old son and a new baby (who joined us in sept) – every Christmas Eve, we hit the shops, with a £10 limit placed upon each person for presents.
It sounds scrooge like, but it is great fun and Christmas eve afternoon, the bargaining power of the customer is at its peak.
Our Christmas' are good food and drink occasions, with good people and failing that good films on the tv or round the old piano.