A couple of years ago, when I was asked if we had any family Christmas traditions, I said no because I didn’t really think the things we did were traditions – they’re just small things we do every year to make Christmas that bit more magical to us as a family. As I was saying it, I realised that what we’re doing is making new family traditions, traditions that I hope the kids will want to continue as they get older and more importantly, will do with their own children in years to come.My favourite tradition is probably making a video for each of the kids using Portable North Pole although … [Read more...]
Don’t fall into the Christmas trap….
Christmas is not about having tins of Quality Street and Roses stacked high in your cupboard.Christmas is not about filling your cabinet with alcohol.Christmas is not about emptying the supermarkets of fruit and veg.Christmas is not about eating until you feel sick on Christmas Day and then going back for pudding half an hour later.Christmas is not about who’s tree looks the nicest.Christmas is not about buying the most expensive toys and gifts.Christmas is not about sitting in front of the TV all day watching repeats of shows you’ve seen more times than you can … [Read more...]
Reindeer Dust….
No matter how old you are, if you want to wake up to presents on Christmas morning you really should be sprinkling some reindeer dust on your path on Christmas Eve to help the reindeers find their way to your house! ;-)Reindeer dust has always been on of our favourite Christmas Eve traditions and I know I've told you about it many, many times so I'm not going to bore you with how you make it today, although you can find out here how we make it if you're interested.What I wanted to tell you today is that I've set up a brand spanking new Pinterest board with ideas on how to make your … [Read more...]
10 simple homemade Christmas tree ornaments….
Last year, I decided to go all sophisticated this year so I went out and bought a whole lot of new Christmas tree decorations. I didn't buy anything too flash or spend very much money but I was really pleased with my new red and gold themed Christmas tree. In fact, for a whole day, my tree looked (almost) like one of those trees you see in a magazine - all beautifully co-ordinated and perfect.But the problem was that I missed the homemade things that we'd made together over the years so after a day of tree perfection I ended up getting out all the old homemade decorations and adding them … [Read more...]
Fabulously Frugal #3….
Thanks so much to everyone who linked up a Fabulously Frugal post last month. I really do want people to see that being frugal and thrifty isn't the same as being tight or stingy and that there are some many easy and fun ways to save money so the more people who share their posts, the more chance of that happening.As promised, I've pinned them all of the posts to my 'All things thrifty, frugal and money saving!' board on Pinterest and I wanted to share my favourite two on here as well:Just click on the photos to visit the posts. It would be great to see even more of you joining … [Read more...]
There’s no place like home….
Last month marked our five year anniversary of living in this house and although I still stalk Right Move at regular intervals during the year, I do love living here and can't see us moving any time soon.It's a new build house that we bought while it was still being built so we got to choose all the fixtures and fittings and once it got to a certain stage of the build, the developers were happy for me to just pop in and wander around while I pretended that I needed to measure something but really just wanted to see the house again, just to imagine what it would be like with us living in … [Read more...]
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