8 Things Being A Childminder Will Teach You
You took some time off when your baby was born, but really never wanted to go back to work full time. You baby is growing into a toddler, you feel ready and able to take on some work, the bank account would certainly appreciate it… and yet you still don’t want to go out and leave your child 9-5. It’s a dilemma so many of us have faced – it’s one of the reasons that freelancing and women setting up their...
Bank switching: Put money in your pocket
When it comes to popularity contests, bankers aren’t going to be near the top of the list for many of us. A taxpayer-funded bailout in the recession still has us seething, and it feels like our reward in the years since has simply been dire interest on our savings and shocking service. Indeed, average rates on savings have plummeted by more than 4 per cent in the last decade, causing misery for those of us with money in the bank. It’s...
Holidaying when pregnant – did you/would you?
When Boy was a not-very-small almost-8mth bump inside me, I finally started my maternity leave and we promptly took off on holiday. We already had a 3 yr old, funds were tight and the British summer was actually glorious (no, really, it was…) so we decided that holidaying when pregnant definitely meant the camping thing. I’ll admit I did some fast-talking to convince Mr LittleStuff that I could TOTALLY handle camping with...
Just a little help when you need it.
It’s 24 years this year (in a few short weeks, actually) that Mr LittleStuff and I got married. Twenty Four Years. Firstly, I am in no way old enough to own that kind of marriage number. Yes, I got married when I was VERY young. No, really! Secondly – oh how things have changed… and stayed the same… It wasn’t long after we were married that Mr LittleStuff lost his job, I’d never got on in the first...
‘Yay for May!’ & just LOOK at these bargainous girls clothes from Joules…
So there was I, meandering about t’interwebs as I’m prone to do and I just happened to fall int o the Joules store. I know, right? Clumsy… And lookety look what I found… 25% off – ALL childrenswear. Men’s and women’s styles too, but ALL the childrenswear! Naturally the only thing to do was to have a quick peek inside, just for the sake of research obviously… *runs inside* And oh Lordy...
The Most Successful Women in the Stock Market
When most people think of the stock market, they think of men on the trading floor, shouting and chaos… that’s the way it always is in Hollywood right? But there is a lot more to the stock market today than just the trading floor on Wall Street; and not only are computers and internet access more important to trading than anything else, but more and more women (I know, shocker – you never see a WOMAN...