Over the weekend the hubby and I managed to have a City escape, child-free, to Dublin. 3 nights of only looking after myself is meant to be pure bliss, right? Well, I found myself after the first day not enjoying…
If your anything like me half term can become quite exhausting as you have to entertain the children constantly. I mean it is great that you don’t have to get up and rush around in order to leave early to…
This week has not started out that well and I have fallen behind with all the things I wanted to write and upload, plus I have a long list of jobs to do around the house and I am still…
Is it wrong to give children second-hand toys for Christmas or Birthdays? I don’t think so and neither does Mabel and Martha You see quite a while ago when my parents were cleaning out their loft they came across lots…
In the world today there are many families that have both parents working and sometimes it is not by choice, but because they have to in order to cope with the rising cost of living. There are also families out…
At this time of year, it is known for people to set themselves new yearly goals, but I am one of those people that do not generally do them, as I never stick to them. This year we have decided…
These are all the presents we have bought Martha for Christmas along with the prices and total. Not only does she have all these to open but Martha and Mabel have some joint presents to open with the majority of…
Here are all the presents we have got for Mabel for Christmas along with prices and the total. This year I have been on the lookout for bargains and deals all throughout the year in order to keep costs down,…
Christmas presents can add up to a lot of money, then throw in a Christmas stocking and things can get out of hand quite easily. I like to do both but I also like to keep prices down as well,…
Last year I did a post on how we were teaching the girls to give to others less fortunate at Christmas, and I thought yet again to highlight it. We will be doing the same as what we did last…
October has hit us pretty hard what with payments to our solicitor and work needing to be done on our new house. Of course some of these expenses we had saved up for and so would be coming out of…
