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What’s in our Christmas Eve box?
Continue ReadingFor me, the excitement of Christmas is always the build up to it, the dark nights and searching for the twinkly lights. The Christmas markets, watching Christmas movies with the curtains closed, sitting under a blanket snuggled up with the kids in our pyjamas. I love seeing the delight on the children’s faces when our Christmas […]
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8 Saving Tips to Help You Through the Festive Season
Continue ReadingMake saving money a priority with these tips The holidays are finally here, and that means countless families around the country are spending more money than they do at any other time of year. There’s something about Christmas that causes people to splash out more cash on luxuries and indulgences that they wouldn’t dream of […]
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The Christmas Countdown: Is Your Bank Account Ready?
Continue ReadingChristmas is the most expensive time of the year for the majority of people. If you have children or you have a large family, it’s likely that you’ll spend hundreds of pounds on gifts before you even think about entertaining, travelling to see loved ones or trying to cover the cost of days off work. […]
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Top DVD picks for Christmas 2016
Continue ReadingWe always buy the Beans one DVD each for Christmas. We still try to do our #familyfilmnight as often as we can although this isn’t every weekend like it used to be, we always seem to have such a busy schedule. For the Family Pete’s Dragon This is a film I remember from my own […]
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Christmas with Poundland #CrackingValue
Continue ReadingI am no stranger to Poundland, tending to go there once or twice a month to top up the home shopping, buying brands names at, you guessed it £1!! (Although you can also buy some great value items for a little bit more). I make big savings on crisps, biscuits, snacks, cereals and household cleaning. […]
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#XmasGiftGuide – Gifts for 4-6 year olds
Continue ReadingNo longer preschoolers, children’s tastes from 4 years old tend to look to being like their older peers. This is definitely the case when you have older siblings to look up to. Here’s a selection of gifts at a range of prices to excite your little one’s growing mind. My First Flyer My First Flyer […]
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Getting ready for Christmas with John Lewis #QBlogger
Continue ReadingIf there is one shop I look forward to visiting over the Christmas period it’s John Lewis, it’s a shop I remember visiting in my childhood with my Mum and my Nanna, I can remember looking at all of their Christmas decorations (and usually getting static shocks off them too). John Lewis just always manage […]
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What to buy for children under 3 years?
Continue ReadingWhen you don’t have children yourself or you don’t see young family members regularly it can be difficult to know what to buy for the little people so I’m putting together a quick gift guide with suggestions for what to buy for children under 3 years. Playmobil 123 Range The choices are endless when it […]
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Get bigger savings at Poundworld Plus
Continue ReadingOn Friday Jelly Bean and I visited newly refurbished and renamed store, Poundworld Plus in Wisbech. It is the second Poundworld Plus to open following the Nottingham store in September. Poundworld Plus is part of the already successful Poundworld group but it’s more that just a ‘pound shop’. Approximately 75% of their products are priced […]
