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How To Save Money And Still Enjoy Yourself

August 6, 2024 | Leave a Comment

When you are trying to get your finances into a better position, there are all sorts of things that you might need to think about. One is that it is very easy to get into a strict frame of mind where you feel as though you are not allowed to enjoy yourself. That can be […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting Tagged With: Money saving tips, Money-Saving, parenting

5 Ways To Cope With Childcare Costs Post-Pandemic

September 3, 2021 | Leave a Comment

5 Ways To Cope With Childcare Costs Post-Pandemic

Since the start of the pandemic, global childcare costs have almost doubled in some countries. Luckily, because of the varying lockdown rules and regulations in place, most of us were working from home so we took care of our kids there. As our lives slowly start returning to normal and workplaces come alive again, parents […]

Filed Under: parenting Tagged With: childcare, childcare costs, cost of childcare, Money saving tips, Money-Saving

Simple Ways To Make Your Money Go Further At Home

July 20, 2021 | Leave a Comment

Simple Ways To Make Your Money Go Further At Home

Making your money go further at home will help you maximize your income and not go into debt. There are simple ways to make your money go further in life yet making it go further at home will further maximize your income. Let’s get into it. Find better deals for your bills Bills are costly […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: credit cards, deals for bills, Money saving tips, Money-Saving, pre-plan meals, recycle

DIY window shutters – an affordable alternative for your home

April 22, 2021 | Leave a Comment

Made-to-measure shutters

My dream for my home is to have all my windows dressed with full wooden Window shutters. They can have such a dreamy cottage style look but also a very modern feel depending on the colour and style you choose. I assumed that wooden shutters for my home Interior would have to be bespoke made […]

Filed Under: Interior Tagged With: diy, ecliptic home decor, Home Decor, home decorating ideas, Money-Saving, Window shutters, Yorkshire

5 Tips for Creating a Family Financial Plan in 2020

April 2, 2020 | Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Creating a Family Financial Plan in 2020

With the economic uncertainty created by COVID-19 unlikely to disappear anytime soon, now is the perfect time for families to start thinking about their financial planning. You can never be too careful when it comes to your family finances, so here are five tips for protecting yours. Understand The Purpose Of Your Plan If you […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: budgeting, family financial planning, Money saving tips, Money-Saving

Review of The Epson EcoTank ET-3600 & Giveaway

December 8, 2016 | 162 Comments

REVIEW OF THE EPSON ECOTANK ET-3600 & GIVEAWAY

Every modern home needs a printer, for printing everything from train & Cinema tickets to the children’s homework. I also love to use a printer to scan old family photos to upload on social media and share with my friends and family. I have been using a budget printer, so when I was asked to review […]

Filed Under: Current Competitions, Gifts and Gadgets, Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting, Reviews Tagged With: Electronics, Epson, homework, Money-Saving, printer

Our Favourite Build-A-Bear Workshop Memories

September 6, 2016 | 28 Comments

Our Favourite Build-A-Bear Workshop Memories

My son has always been a huge Teddy Bear fan, so I was very excited to hear Build-A-Bear Workshop are celebrating their favourite holiday National Teddy Bear Day in stores on September 9th With £5 teddy bears, all while helping children across the globe. They are also celebrating with  a National Teddy Bear Day Twitter […]

Filed Under: Baby-Toddlers, Gifts and Gadgets, kids, Leeds, Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips, parenting, Previous Competitions, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: Activities for kids, Build-A-Bear, competition, gifts, gifts for kids, giveaway, giveaways, kids toys, Money-Saving, National Teddy Bear Day, Teddy, toys, Win

Stress free Back to School shopping at Tesco

August 6, 2016 | 2 Comments

Stress free Back to School shopping at Tesco

As parents, we all know just how stressful the dreaded Back to School shopping can be. Sometimes shopping with the children with us, trying to remember the endless amount of uniform and stationery they need for their first day back at school and if you leave it too late the shops have sold out of the […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips, parenting, Teens Tagged With: back to school, Kids, kids fashion, Money-Saving, pre-teen to teen, sale, stationery, supermarket, teen, Teen Fashion, Tesco, Uniform, value

5 useful money-savers for your motoring costs

April 8, 2016 | 4 Comments

5 useful money-savers for your motoring costs

They say bigger is better, but it is also generally more expensive too, especially in the context of starting a family. A bigger home, a bigger shopping bill, and, of course, a bigger car. It’s a natural progression to ditch the old run-around that’s served you for all those years, and upgrade to a family-sized […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: cars, Money saving tips, Money-Saving, MOT, motoring costs

Amazing Christmas Food & Gifts from Aldi 2015

December 18, 2015 | 4 Comments

Amazing Christmas Food & Gifts from Aldi - Sampling the Champagne

Aldi has recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary in the UK, announced an official partnership with Team GB and was crowned Which? Best Supermarket 2015, pretty impressive work! I personally got the chance to see just why Aldi hold this prestigious title when I got to sample all they have in store for us this Christmas 2015. […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Money Saving Tips, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: Aldi, chocolate, christmas, Christmas cakes, christmas day desserts, christmas food, food, Gadgets, meat, Money-Saving

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