When I was younger I had a really simple view of what life was going to be like when I grew up, I was going to meet the man of my dreams, have a huge white wedding, produce several very well behaved children and give up work while my well paid husband supported me.
However, as with lots of childhood dreams, it didn’t quite turn out that way, although I was lucky enough to find the almost perfect man!
Mr Frugal works really hard, often starting at 4am but he’s far from being well paid bless him. I have a pretty well paid job and earn almost double what he does, I work full time hours over a four day week so he picks the kids up from school and feeds them most nights and I get home in time to spend an hour with them before bedtime. I do have Thursdays and every weekend off so we make sure that we pack as much as we can in to those three days and I’m quite relaxed about bedtime on the days I have been at work as I like to spend as much time as possible with them. Mr Frugal does all the school uniforms and the packed lunches and most nights when I come in the house looks like something resembling tidy!
When we had Miss Frugal I was able to take six months off work and I managed to have a full year off with Master Frugal but as much as I would love to stay at home with the kids,I have no choice, I need to work full time.
Most of the time, I’m OK with this but today I’m not feeling it! The kids went to a fancy dress party and I missed it because I couldn’t finish work in time! It’s times like this when I wish I didn’t have to work and that Mr Frugal’s wage was enough to support us all.
And to top it all off, I thought the fancy dress party was pirates and princesses, hence the costumes above, but it was just pirates so Miss Frugal was the only one there who wasn’t dressed as a pirate! Not that she was bothered mind – in fact I think she enjoyed being a bit different to everyone else.
And while I’m having a whinge – not impressed with the pretend bogies and the soap that turns your hands black when you use it. Whatever happened to putting simple things like yo-yo’s and bouncy balls in party bags!
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I would love to do a Uni course, I've looked into OU but I think would work out costing too much though….
I love their red hair, people comment on it everywhere we go 😉 Mine is a bit lighter than theirs and I've always loved it (except once when I was in a bad mood when I died it dark brown – not a good luck lol)
I would love to do a Uni course, I've looked into OU but I think would work out costing too much though….
I love their red hair, people comment on it everywhere we go 😉 Mine is a bit lighter than theirs and I've always loved it (except once when I was in a bad mood when I died it dark brown – not a good luck lol)
I used to earn more than my husband but he has caught up by now as I haven't been working for a few years. Luckily it is enough to support us all as I really want to spend the early years with my little ones. I will enjoy going back to work when the time is right, I am planning to go to Uni and study again and so looking forward to that, but all in good time:) I understand what you are saying though, some days things just don't feel too rosy.
The photos of the children are lovely, costumes are great. They have beautiful hair, mine used to be that colour (giving away my age now??) and my son has it too. Very striking:) Jen
I know what you mean about getting into debt, we relied on our credit cards
a bit too much when I was on maternity!
The soap wasn't as bad as the fake bogey, it looked and felt like one and
was a huge drippy one – made me feel a bit sick!
You're so lucky to be able to work when you want to, I think my problem is
that I can't see myself leaving where I am now, although I'd love to take a
risk and do something different….
I feel for you I really do, me being at home has got us into debt and I do have to find a job. I will never put those things in party bags though
I think we share the trousers quite equally in this house. My husband works I don't lol Well I do but I choose exactly when most of the time. We are very fortunate that way.
Soap that turns your hands black, I'd be really pissed at that lol