How to Decorate a Baby’s Room on a Budget

With baby boutiques springing up left, right and centre, and many homewear stores expanding their nursery décor sections, it’s hard not to be bombarded with beautiful ideas for your new baby’s...

Preparing your bathroom for a new baby

Getting your home ready for a new baby is such a lovely thing to do. Preparing a nursery is an exciting time and I remember painting ours a few weeks before I was due and just grinning all day. We...

New Trash Pack Toys & Products

Oh the excitement in our house when a big box of brand new trash pack toys arrived! Do you want to see what new products are on the shelves. Frankie has long loved trashpacks toys and was delighted...

High Fashion on a Budget

I love clothes. In my younger days I used to really like wearing slightly quirky things and really loved jewelery, funky shoes, short shorts! and little dresses. I always hoped that when I grew up...

Maternity Clothes on a Budget

Oh maternity clothes I have had such a love / hate relationship with you. Love because you can look so cute and you dressed my bumps and hate because some of you I seemed to wear endlessly! I had...

The benefits of laminate flooring

I have a real mix of flooring in my house, picked for all different reasons and I love each type for various reasons. In the bedrooms we have soft carpet, perfect for my little kids toes to keep...

Bloggers Having A #MadDayOut at Legoland!

We were invited to Legoland Windsor this weekend for being finalists in the Mad Blog Awards in the thrifty category. We went down the night before and stayed in an adventure room in the awesome...

Review: Casabu

Casabu is a fabulous flash sales site who do great deals of 40 to 90% off for mums, babies and kids on all sorts of items. Sales last for 72 hours. They also have a Price Promise that guarantees...

Review: Just Eat

When we were invited to try Just Eat earlier this month I wasn’t particularly enthusiastic. I thought it would just list a few local takeaways and charge us to order from them. I had totally the...

Financial planning for the future

I always thought when i was small that when I grew up I would be a vet. Then after a few years I would have a baby. I would bring up my baby send them off to school then go back to being a vet. How...

Fundraising for Grown-Ups

Guest post Do you remember raising sponsorship money when you were at school? Walking door to door, asking neighbours and your parents’ friends to sponsor you for walking so many laps round the...

Infographic: Modern Britain’s Archetypal Dads. Which One is Yours?

My dad was a joker which one is yours? Source: Best Western

Why caravans are a great investment for a family

I have a lovely memory of going to Ingoldmells near Skegness with my granny and grandad, mum aunt and sister when I was about 8. We stayed in a caravan and grandad got lost late at night on his way...

Baby on Board! How to Better Protect My Child in the Car

Guest post If you’ve just had a birth in the family, your car insurance is probably the last thing on your minds. So it might be good to hear that having a baby won’t immediately mean that your...

Decorate your baby’s room on a budget

Guest post All expectant parents want to give their precious babies the best possible nursery. In these tough economic times, however, the costs associated with giving birth have never been higher...

Swimming confidence and young children

Swimming is one of those lovely activities that the whole family can enjoy together. I can take my 9 and 5 year old and no one complains it too young or too old for them. They happily go with...

Bad habits can have many costs. Too many takeaways, chocolate bars and beer will not only wreck your health and your skin they don’t do much for your fitness levels either. Cigarette smoking too...

Review: KoH Lamps

One of the things I like most about being a blogger is getting to review new products that I would never normally come across nor ever consider purchasing . I am fascinated by new inventions , new...

Help good causes and get great savings with discount vouchers from My Favourite Voucher Codes

My Favourite Voucher Codes is a discount voucher code site that works with over 2400 retailers! The site has more than 4000 discount vouchers covering a huge range of stores at any one time and is...

How to visit Florida on a Budget

I have serious Florida envy at the moment. One of my best friends has just returned form her first trip there and had posted about 100 superb photos on facebook that are just amazing. her 3 year...

Sunday Inspiration: Ship

A Letter to Will and Kate about Royal Baby Budgeting

Today you can find me over at Savoo where I have written a letter offering baby budgeting advice to the Royal couple. From prams to where they do the food shopping I have tried to send them in a...

Nottingham Playhouse Kids Shows

The Nottingham Playhouse has always been part of my life and it is lovely it is now part of my children’s. We got to go and see Grandpa in my Pocket there a couple of weeks ago and it as really...

BrainBox Fairies

BrainBox Fairies is lots of fun ! says Annalise age 5 ‘you have to remember things and daddy is quite good at it! Like all the BrainBox games ( we have the soccer one too) it is an extremely simple...

Review: Diamante Headphones

My daughter has always liked pink and sparkly things despite my best efforts with lorries trains and footballs ! (My son’s toys were just waiting for her!) Prezzybox sell everything present wise...

Getting Kids Safely into the Digital World

Guest post Technology has become a more important aspect of children’s education and teaching them about the world around them than ever before. This applies equally to laptops, smart phones,...

Tuesday Treats: Bloggers Having Fun

Tuesday Treats is a weekly round up of blog gems chosen by Ruth at DorkyMum,Chris at Thinly Spread Liz at Me and My Shadow and me! I am so pleased this week is my turn. Last week was of course half...

Keeping Kids Safe Whilst Driving

Guest post As a parent, your top priority is the safety and well-being of your children. This is perhaps particularly applicable in a moving motor vehicle. Practice makes perfect, but too often...

Magpie Monday: Entertaining the KIds

When the sun is shining like it was yesterday I love to lay out on a garden chair with a good book for an hour or two. I’ve been a mum for a while now though and I know that if I want any peace I...

Sunday Inspiration; Teabags