Being a mother throws up a lot of different challenges. One of the most difficult to get right however is work! We can easily start to get overwhelmed thinking “Do I need to work?” and “How can I find a job that will work around my family?”. These are just a couple of the questions that we face once we have started a family. [Read more…]
How to Save Money by Making Your Own Perfect Presents
I think that most of us can agree with the saying “There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving”. However, the pressure we face to buy presents for our nearest and dearest, especially when they are expected and not a spontaneous show of love, can sometimes take away some of that happiness. [Read more…]
Household Bills That Can Easily be Cut – Energy
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few extra pounds in your purse at the end of each month? Now wouldn’t it be even nicer if this could happen without having to cut out our well-earned treats and luxuries and without having to sign up for overtime at work? As crazy as it sounds, something as simple as reassessing your monthly bills can be well worth the effort. [Read more…]
Why we decided against Home Schooling – At least for now
When the time came to send our eldest son to school we seriously considered home schooling. As it stands, we have decided not to home school our children yet but we also haven’t ruled it out completely for the future either. Here are a few of the reasons we thought about home schooling our kids and also the reasons why we decided against it – for now anyway. [Read more…]
Picking up bargains (and profits!) in second hand shops
If there’s one thing I love more than anything else it is picking up a great bargain and I don’t just mean saving a couple of pounds on an item. Have you ever had that excited feeling when you walk into a charity shop or browse around a car boot sale, spot something out of the corner of your eye and think ‘I can’t believe that is in here’?! [Read more…]
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