On school days, we need to be out of the house every morning by 7.25 to get the children to breakfast club by 7.30 and then me to work by 8.00. If we're late leaving then I'm late for work and I can't afford to be late because I need to leave dead on 2.30 in time to get back to the school by 3.00 to pick them back up again.This means that we can't afford any delays or last minute traumas so our mornings have to go perfectly like a military style operation and the preparation for that starts straight after school the day before....Straight after school uniforms are taken off and … [Read more...]
Get Organised – Organise your Chargers….
Today I'm a woman on a mission.Not a particularly important mission, it's not like I'm going to save the world or anything but I am going to tackle a problem that's been annoying me for months - I'm going to find a way to organise the million charges that we have.We have chargers for phones (four of them), an ipod touch, our Kindles, two tablets and two cameras and we're struggling to keep them neat and tidy at the moment so I've been trying to think of a way to organise them.My first idea worked really well for us for ages. I keep two of the USB plugs plugged in … [Read more...]
Getting Organised – and staying that way….
It's no secret that I'm not the most organised person in the world ;-)But I am trying and I've been experimenting with different ways to be more organised because I know that I really do need to be better, not only with time management but with remembering dates and places that we need to be. I took the above photo on the beach last week while I was sitting in the sand feeling more relaxed than I have done in a long time and I'd like to have more moments like that and less of the kind where I'm running around trying to organise something at the last minute.I've tried using the … [Read more...]
Get Organised – Make some money by de-cluttering….
Before Christmas, I shared my top three ways to save your pennies but now, with Spring fast approaching, it's time for our annual de-clutter which hopefully means we can make some extra money from our clutter ;-)1. eBay, eBay, eBay I can't stress enough how much money you could potentially make by using eBay to sell your unwanted things. I've written about how to sell on eBay in more detail here but it offers a quick way to make money which is perfect when you need money fast. The vast majority of people pay by Paypal who can now transfer payments to your bank account using the Faster … [Read more...]
Get Organised – the free printable budget planner edition….
At the start of last month I shared with you all, how I work out our monthly budget and I was pleased to get lots of emails from you saying how helpful you'd found it and how much it had helped.One thing that did come across in the emails was that some people would prefer to have a form that they can print out and use to fill in their income and monthly costs to make it a bit easier. You could do a search online for 'free downloadable budget planner' but there are so many options available, many of which are affiliated with various debt management companies or other associations. Also … [Read more...]
Get Organised – the make some extra money edition….
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they have enough money - whether you worry about having enough money to pay your bills, to buy those little extras or even for the luxuries in life, most people would say no if you asked them if they had enough money (I think they would, am I wrong?).So this week, we're going to look at ways to make a little bit of extra money. Some you'll see the benefit of straight away but some are a little more long term but all of them will make you some extra money, which I'm sure will come in handy at this time of year.Car Boot Sales - Perfect at this … [Read more...]
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