Miss Frugal has always been a nail biter and no matter what we've tried, she just couldn't seem to kick the habit.But then we booked New York and she asked if she could have her nails done properly with gel polish if she could grow them to a reasonable length. I agreed half because I thought we'd tried everything else to try and help her stop biting them and half because I really didn't think she would manage seeing as she's tried so many times before.Turns out that having amazing nails in time for New York was a better motivator than anything else we've tried in the past as she now … [Read more...]
Ten things I’ve learned from my teenage daughter….
This week Miss Frugal offered to give me a makeover for my Birthday!I don't really wear much make-up usually as I'm not great at putting it on myself so I just sat back and let her do her thing (which took significantly longe than when I do my thing).Honestly, I half expected to hate the finished result so when she did her little reveal at the end I was all ready to bring out my 'I hate it but I'm not going to hurt your feelings' smile. I couldn't believe the result as she'd done such a good job - I've even asked her to teach me to do it her way so that I can try and recreate the … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {17 March 2017}….
1) There's not long until Miss Frugal and I head off to New York and the other day I was having a quick double check of our flight times and I noticed that there was an option to register an British Airways Executive Club card to collect some Avios points on our booking. I'd noticed this before but didn't do anything as we're not exactly frequent flyers but I just thought I'd have a look into it to see if the points were actually worth anything to us. Surprisingly, it totally was worth registering as the points we earned from our booking can be spent on-board with BA for food and drinks so … [Read more...]
Frugal Karma in the form of a mini house fire….
I wasn't feeling amazing on Sunday so when I popped to the shop to buy some veggies for Sunday Dinner a pack of Aunt Bessie's roasties found it's way into my trolley!I already had a gammon joint in the slow cooker and the veg I picked up from the reduced section was the kind that could be steamed in the microwave so the 'easy' roasties seemed like a great option for a change so I could cook Sunday Dinner as quickly and easily as possible and then go have a bath and lie down.Little did I know that frugal karma was about to bite me in the bum! ;-)I got home and popped the roasties on … [Read more...]
Eleven ways to pack more storage into your home….
I love my house but there's no getting away from the fact that we have hardly any storage space which causes a problem when you have a family of four who seem to have a lot of 'stuff'.The house itself isn't tiny although it is on the small side - we bought a smaller house than we could have afforded at the time because we wanted to have money to spend on having fun with the kids. I know that's totally the opposite to what they say you should do but the difference in mortgage payments between this and the larger house we almost bought was quite a lot and we really wanted to just enjoy the … [Read more...]
Super Matcha Pancakes….
Matcha powder seems to be the 'in' thing right now and it's no wonder considering all of the health benefits that it's said to have for us. I'm not an expert but from what I've read online it seems that matcha is rich in antioxidants called polyphenols which have been linked to helping fight heart disease and cancer, as well as supporting better blood sugar regulation, blood pressure reduction, and reducing anti-aging. I've also read that it can boost metabolism, and slow or even stop the growth of cancer cells.Why wouldn't you want to incorporate some matcha into your daily life?We … [Read more...]
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