Hey Mill, I’ll see you on an island somewhere and we can “Blog From Paradise” together!

The very best of luck to you Fran and thanks o much for commenting. We do this to help and inspire others, it’s good to know people are reading.

Yes, our kids are people in their own right. They’re not a product of their parenting. Something that becomes more obvious to me every day and has been obvious since birth with my two!

No, they just observe us being total skinflints and searching for the best deals on everything. I’m trying to convince Boo that “stuff” doesn’t buy happiness, but he just loves shopping and getting money to do that shopping with. D is very different, totally easy going, no interest in cash. They don’t get pocket money very often,I’m against them waisting money on “junk” so what little they get, they earn. Instead we buy them anything they need, with heavy influence on the word NEED. Although, of course, sometimes they do need more Lego, a new computer game or whatever fun thing they’re craving, I’m just buying them a new game this morning. If something will REALLY mean a lot to them ,I buy it, even if it’s a cuddly monkey from the zoo, as last week. We all love monkey!