How I’m planning for Christmas in April You know those crazy people on Facebook who, in mid February start sharing posts of how many weeks it is until Christmas? I’m not one of them, don’t worry. In fact, I’m the sort of person who still recoils in horror when shops are all decked out by…Read More
GUEST POST by Miss Manypennies: Can you really save money using cloth nappies?
Today I’m thrilled to have a guest post from Hayley at Miss Manypennies talking about using cloth nappies. This is a topic close to my heart as we used cloth nappies with my daughter who has recently potty trained, but we still seem to be very much in the minority of users in the UK.…Read More
Do you need an everyday emergency fund?
Anyone who follows money saving bloggers or tips probably hasn’t got far without hearing of Dave Ramsey. From what I can gather, he seems to be the American equivalent of our own Martin Lewis, and has an immensely popular #babysteps program to get people out of debt. You may be aware that “Babystep 1”…Read More
What you need to know about 30 hours funded childcare
My daughter is about to turn 3 (at the end of March, which is a bonus in itself – as if she’s waited until her due date on the 3rd April, we wouldn’t have received the 30 hours funded childcare until September!). When she first started nursery aged 12 months and I returned to work,…Read More
How to save £££ on luxury beauty
If you have read my earlier post all about beauty downshifts, you will know that I have taken inspiration from grocery downshifting and applied it to my beauty products. However, a little luxury now and again never did anyone any harm and let’s face it, I think everyone has their own “swear-by” items that are…Read More