The F word. Frugal, that is.

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So I want to take the kids to Disneyland at the end of this year.  Which means saving every cent.  I want to do it this year, while they are young enough for it to be a magical experience.

I’ve been thinking about how I can save.  I know that being frugal, or miserly can have bad connotations… I mean, who wants to be a cheapskate?  And even fun family trips aside, there’s got to be some kind of middle ground, for my daily living, right?

I found a couple of good ideas while browsing on the internet tonight.  One of them is to make a 30-day list for items that are not necessities.  For example, I see a great dress or a toy for the kids.  So I put the date, and the item on a list, and when 30 days have passed, I am allowed to purchase it.  I think that’s a great way to stop impulse buying.

At the same time, I don’t want to deprive the kids in an unhealthy way.  Of course it’s great to teach them to be careful with their money, but I still want them to have a well-rounded life, with treats now and then.

Any thoughts or website recommendations would be welcomed!

life in the School Holidays lane

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Putting some serious hours into getting the illustrations for a children’s book finished before I have to go back to work and have no time to do them…


Coming to terms with the realisation that I’ll have to cut a custom matt for this print I bought in NYC.  It’s just a really odd size.  Stupid street artists.


Randomly working on a granny square pattern I found here on ravelry.com. I love the mustard they use in the linked pattern but I didn’t have any so I gave it a go with brown.  I love the pattern and I think I’ll wait until I find a mustard I like, and do it in that.


Trying to get the children off the computer and playing outside.  They are addicted to technology.  I wonder where they could possibly have gotten that from?!

Trying to take photos of kittens as they run full speed at me and try to pounce on the camera lens.