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Christmas is an expensive time of year and especially so for many this Christmas. Therefore I thought I would share with you some of my frugal ideas to still make the festive period as magical as it should be without breaking the bank!
There are lots of ways of saving money and making things for Christmas and along with being frugal, it will give you some fun activities you can do with your children which will create great memories for them to look back on in years to come.
Cards and Wrapping …

Everyone is feeling the recession this year and we will no doubt all spend too much over the festive period. So if like me you are dreading the new year and having no money here are some ways to make the money you do have go that little bit further.

Watch what you buy when you are shopping. Did you know that most food is free from VAT but some of the more common groceries we buy such as confectionary, snacks and drink aren’t? Which foods qualify for VAT can be …

You have no doubt seen this on TV, especially as it had its premier airing during the first round of the live XFactor Finals. The New Muller “Wunderful Stuff” adverts bring back all of our favorite childhood characters to share with us the essence of the Muller brand, the enjoyment and fun of a great tasting product.

Included in the characters bringing this advert to life are my favourite’s Muttley and Yogi Bear, along with KITT (Knightrider’s talking car) and the Mr Men. It certainly is a ‘sit up and take …

It was that exciting time of the year again – time to clear out the kitchen cupboards. I always end up finding three jars of something I don’t need and then I have to go searching for recipes to use up said ingredients, last year it was cumin..this year it was cocoa.

I found a recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes. I enolled Erin’s help, I’m pretty proficient in the cooking department but baking is a different story.
Erin took control of the actual ingredients, I just collected what we …

On our final day in Boston we took the underground to Harvard. I’d been going on about visiting Harvard since we first booked our trip, I have a bit of a fascination with educational establishments. Look, I’ll admit it, I’m pretty weird! After seeing Boston College, Berklee College of Music and MIT I only had to get Harvard to complete my collection

We had the worst weather that day (well apart from the snow storms in NYC!) but that didn’t deter us from taking the extra subway …

After catching the foodie bug again while in Boston, I’ve decided to add some reviews of restaurants closer to home. We live half way between Edinburgh and Livingston and like to eat out in both, although Edinburgh has a lot more to offer in the way of restaurants.
We had an unexpected child free night on Saturday and decided to head into Edinburgh for something to eat. Not wanting to go to one of our usual restaurants we devised a plan to ensure we’d end up somewhere new. …

I’m doing a webinar on Monday about success so I’ve been thinking a lot about success and what it means.
I’ve come to the conclusion that feeling successful and being perceived as successful are two very different things. We spend time chasing ‘the dream’ only to find that that dream was someonelse’s dream not our own version of authentic living that would truly fulfill us. As humans we want to fit in and be accepted. Every day we’re bombarded with messages telling us that we need to buy …

So I’m well and truly back from Boston but that doesn’t stop me blogging about it
Our second full day in Boston was spent shopping. Check out my loot, that’s pretty good for me, I’m not great at shopping.
On our third day we decided to do some sightseeing and did one of the trolley tours that takes you round all the important bits. We saw Fenway Park, America’s oldest football baseball stadium. We went past MIT (Massachussetts Institute of Technology), $50,000 a year to study there apparently. …

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On our second day in Boston we decided to go shopping. First stop a hearty breakfast at Thornton’s. Alex had a breakfast bagel, I had poached eggs with home fries (spicy potatoes) and rye bread. We loved the Kitsch plates!

After breakfast we walked to the start of Newbury Street, one of the main shopping streets in Boston which had been likened to ‘fifth avenue’ to us. We were a bit early for the shops as I’ve been waking up at ungodly hours (still on British time!). We hovered outside the …