It’s like an episode of Nigella’s Christmas ’round at our house at the moment. Actually it’s not really. My preparation for Christmas has yet to involve any food but there is a lot of preparation going on, just nothing edible. Yet. The small folk have been roped into our slightly more frugal Christmas preparations this …
One of the best things about being a stay at home mum is not having to worry about who will look after our children during the school holidays. Before I made the decision this summer to leave work, I really didn’t have a clue how we would cover the 80-something-or-so days that our eldest would …
While waiting at the garage for a new tyre to be fitted this week, I took the opportunity to grab a quick crap-gossip-mag fix. (Shhh, don’t tell Mike.) The crap magazine turned out to be old, and Katie and Peter’s “we’re going to be together forever” declaration felt vaguely sad and, to be honest, not …
So the £96.72 was slightly over ambitious for two weeks worth of eating for a very hungry family of four. We spent that and then probably about the half as much again. I’m pretty pleased really and mainly because the holiday really allowed us to think about money, how we spend it, and how much …