A Budgeting Blog for UK Mums
Cleaning the house is one of those things that we just can’t get away from. We spend hours each week cleaning our whole house, to then repeat it all again the following week. I think that it would be quite safe to say that it is a bit of a love hate relationship.
Just recently however, I have started thinking about what is actually in the cleaning products that I use. [Read more…]
We all want our families to grow up in a secure and happy home. Bricks and mortar are the foundations (sorry for the pun) of this. Careful budgeting is an essential part of any household, whether you are a renter or a home owner. Sadly some homeowners, including even the most careful budgeters, have been caught out by new rules now in place for mortgages. [Read more…]
One of the main changes that have been documented recently in the way we shop is the switch people are making away from the big supermarkets to shopping in discount supermarkets such as Aldi, Lidl and Netto instead.
Over the past few years I have started to shop more and more in the discount stores. This is because of the great deals that you can find there. And great deals means, great savings. Just recently however, the leading supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda seem to be fighting back. So are they doing enough to win us back? [Read more…]
As a mother I feel that the meals that I cook and the ingredients that I use are a very important part of our family life. I think that I am right in saying that most of us have strong memories of the meals we ate as children, whether they were delicious or disgusting. They have stuck with us all this time. So I want to try and make sure that the meals I make for my children are worth remembering, but only for the right reasons. 🙂 [Read more…]
We all love to grab a bargain, don’t we? But would you be willing to get up at 4am to do it? To be honest it’s not even just getting up at 4 am but actually being in the queue and being ready to grab a bargain!
It sounds like absolute madness. So why do so many people do it? What is it that makes them set their alarm to go off in the middle of the night (or not go to sleep at all), throw on some clothes and head out to the shopping centre at such an inconvenient time? [Read more…]