The Diary of a Frugal Family

Every Sunday, I spend a little bit of time planning the week ahead! I was diagnosed with diabetes last year and that means that some things need a bit more care and attention to make sure that everything goes smoothly and I've found that a little time on a Sunday helps me massively to make sure this happens.Here's a few of the things that I do on a Sunday.... Meal Planning Sunday morning is usually meal planning time so that we can do our weekly shop on the afternoon.I say usually because, if we have the kids, then we're likely to be out for a good proportion of the day … [Read more...]

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I'm pretty sure I've told you the story about how I came to own a Volkswagon Beetle that's older than my grown up children but I'm going to tell you again because I love how I came to own my lovely little bug. And once I've told you how I got the car, I'm going to tell you how we gave her a glow up on a budget.Basically, we bought a new family car last Summer but it had a couple of bits that needed to be fixed so the week after we bought it, we took it back to the garage for a couple of hours to get the jobs done.  I dropped my partner, Big A - back off at the garage to pick up … [Read more...]