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The Diary of a Frugal Family

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A fabulous blog full of everyday life as we know it but packed full of thrifty frugal ideas. Wonderful blog for families

This is a great blog for practical, tried and tested tips that will save your family money, and yummy recipes. The weekly meal plans are particularly useful for when you don't know what to cook and need some inspiration that won't cost the earth.

This blog has so much on it, all of it useful. From things to do with the kids to recipes and money saving tips. Great blog, I really enjoy it.

Now that purse strings are being even more tightly pulled, The Diary of a Frugal Family offers lots of hints and tips for your family to create brilliant meals for just a few pennies. There are also lots of craft and cooking activities for the children.

If you subscribe to this blog you will easily recoup the 99 English pennies each month - and more!

A brilliant resource for families - recipes, menu ideas, money saving ideas, competitions, cooking with children - you'll love it!

This is interesting reading but not as many new ideas as I had hoped. I expected this to be weekly delivery but turns out to be monthly - the description doesn't make this clear, and the first page starts with "This week's meal plan" - what happened to the weeks in between?
Nicely written and witty, will continue the subscription for now.

I have to say I really wasn't as impressed with this as other reviewers - maybe I am already rather frugal!! A lot of what was in it appeared to me to be just basic common sense regarding cutting back on meals and shopping when deals are on etc.
I actually don't feel that they lead that frugal a life - new replacement mobile phone for a childs 10th birthday? I have problems with 10 year olds having a mobile but this young lassie is obviously on an upgrade already! They also have more days out and holidays than I do and the icing on the cake for me came this week when Mrs Frugal talked about eating from the store cupboard so they have more money for treats! many people are eating from the store cupboard so they can pay the electric bill!!
Just to put this rant in perspective I myself am a working mother with children aged 11 and 9 with a full time working husband so a very similar family set up and I was looking forward to learning something here beyond common sense.