A few months ago Miss Frugal and I were planning to make some wall art for her new improved bedroom and we were searching Pinterest for a quote that she wanted to use for it. She kept going back to the same one but I was enjoying myself that much looking at quotes that I made her keep looking in case she found another one she liked just as much.We found lots that she loved but none that she connected with in the way she had with the quote she had chosen. I asked her why she liked the quote she'd chosen so much and she said it was because it encouraged her to try new things. We stopped … [Read more...]
Our review of the much talked about Nutribullet….
Miss Frugal has long been a fan of fruit smoothies and our smoothie maker is used on a daily basis. In fact, it's the main reason that I often pop to the supermarket on a night to check out the reduced section because if I was paying full price for all the fruit we use in smoothies then I'd never have any spare money!We have a lot of love for the smoothie makers (yes, we have two) we already have but for the last few months Miss Frugal has been coveting a Nutribullet. To be honest, I can't say I blame her after seeing the TV adverts but seeing as the smoothie makers we already had did a … [Read more...]
Family Fun at Conkers….
Remember our annual family trip to the Trafford Centre that I told you about the other day? Well here’s part two….We usually go shopping on the Saturday of our Trafford Centre weekend and sometimes pop into Manchester if there’s anything going on but this year we were invited to visit Conkers on the Saturday as part of a bloggers event. I’d already booked and paid for our hotel so I couldn’t change the date of the Trafford centre weekend so we were in two minds about whether to make the trek from Manchester to Conkers.I’m really pleased we did decide to go though because we had … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {31st July 2015}….
Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. You might have read my post yesterday about our weekend of family fun in Manchester last weekend and if you did then I'm sure you're wondering why on earth I'm referring to out not-so-frugal annual trip in my five frugal things post. It's actually because, whilst our trip was far from frugal because of the things we did while we were away, it was more frugal than you might think all things considered. Firstly, we saved before we went so we could do everything we knew the kids would want to do and then on the morning we went, we withdrew the cash … [Read more...]
Family Fun in Manchester….
We have a rather odd family tradition in this house!Every Summer, we head off to the Trafford centre for the weekend. We stay in the same hotel and do exactly the same things every year and if I’m honest, I probably enjoy it more than any other break we go on through the year!Last Friday afternoon, we rocked up at the Premier Inn at the Trafford centre, dropped our things off and headed straight over to the Trafford centre for our annual family activity of Laser Quest!(Clearly, when I say family activity, I really mean I’ll go sit in Costa for an hour and relax while they run … [Read more...]
How to maintain a happy work-life balance when the kids are off school and you’re at work….
I currently work part time in a good job that I love with people that I enjoy working with. That's good, right?I'm also lucky enough that I can finish by 2.30 most days and be home to pick the kids up from school and spend time with them after school. That's not just good, that's amazing isn't it?The fact that I get the best of both worlds means my work-life balance just about as perfect as it could be during term time but it's a whole different story in the Summer Holidays when it's not as easy to be smug about it all (not that I'm openly smug - just internally ;-)).It takes a … [Read more...]
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