Do you dream of owning a bathroom like the ones in those glittery boutique hotels? I do! When we first bought our house one thing I was really looking forward to was having a brand new bathroom that hadn’t already been ruined by years of limescale from other people. I had these grand visions of … Read more
We have all watched the futuristic films where everything in the house can be altered at the touch of a button without even setting foot out of the bed (for me it’s the automatic blinds in The Holiday) but soon everyone can be Smarter Living with some of the great new gadgets available these days. … Read more
Nooooo I don’t mean the Australian soap with all those dishy half-naked men and bikini-clad girlies (although I do admit it is my guilty pleasure). I haven’t told you what I got up to at the end of 2014 because quite frankly I was too busy getting ready for Christmas but at the beginning of … Read more
I love listening to the Beans when they come out with little pearls of advice they have learnt at school, you know the ones that I mean. Those little things that you have said to them over and over again that they ignore until someone else tells them and they suddenly believe that to be … Read more
Nooooo I don’t mean the sprouts (yet)!! Our house is smelling very festive thanks to this beautiful box of goodies which arrived from Febreze. It’s funny how your senses change but as a teenager I couldn’t stand the smell of Christmas spiced candles and air freshners but now as an adult I love it … Read more
TSB are currently trying to highlight some of the top obstacles facing newlyweds so soon after the large expense of their big day. Working with TSB I have been asked to share with you how we worked hard to pay for our Wedding Day . . . Before Hubby and I married, I remember people … Read more
A recent survey carried out by Santander has revealed that 26% of households interviewed don’t read their utility bills properly and a million households don’t read their bills at all. Before the Beans came along we were pretty good at knowing exactly what we were paying for every household bill and where every penny … Read more
You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting very much personal stuff recently. There are a couple of reasons for that, one is that Christmas is coming and I have so many great products to tell you about in case you are stuck for ideas and the other is that I just haven’t been … Read more
How often do you decorate your children’s bedrooms?? Once a year, every other year? We have been in our house for 4 years now and have decorated the children’s rooms twice already. To be fair that is partly down to the fact that when we found out Jelly Bean was a boy we needed to … Read more