Spotted! Gorgeous Bespoke Convex Mirrors from Reid & Wright
OOOH! We are in love! It’s not often that something comes around that just stops us in our tracks and makes us ooo and aaah spontaneously. But these incredible hand made bespoke convex mirrors from Reid and Wright have us entranced; totally caught up in their magic spell of loveliness. Working with British craftsmen, Reid and Wright use modern construction techniques wit traditional finishes to produce these gorgeous...
Turn Your Clutter Into Cash
We all have that one chair that we stack with everything. Winter is coming and it’s a perfect time to have a good clear out of all the junk and clutter that’s lying around unwanted. We collect so much stuff that most of the time we forget we own certain items and things get lost in the back of the closet. But there is no reason to simply throw these items away instead why not sell them for extra cash. With winter around the corner,...
One Bad Week (you have to laugh, right? *cries*)
It started on Monday when I realised that No.1 son was heading off to college in jeans that are more rip than jean. I mean, we’re not talking a little socially-acceptable slice of knee showing. No no. The boy loves to longboard. And his jeans are his buffer. We’re talking verging on indecent, and no doubt uncomfortably chilly in the breeze. Two pairs of jeans for Mr 6’2″ 17yr old – bye-bye £65 (and that...
So How Credit Savvy Are You?
I’ve written before about the fact that some years back we found ourselves in what is politely called ‘financial difficulties’. We were on very low wages, and debts were simply managed rather then reduced. Then there was a redundancy, a baby… and suddenly that narrow safety margin vanished and we were in trouble, with debt increasing every month. Money worries are horrible. They sit heavily on your brain, they...
Reasons I Hate Mondays (but don’t fret. Because Marmite).
It’s Monday. It is.And whilst I have managed over the last ten years to engineer as much Monday stress out of my life as is humanly possible for the non-mega-rich person to do – it’s still Monday.I work from home, so I have no Monday morning commute to deal with. We’ve been Home Educating for three years now, so the hideous Monday school run is thankfully a distant memory.But it’s still Monday. And there...
Top Tips from a wise old parent on Making Bath Time Fun!
Bath time can be a joyous interlude in a long day of parenting toddlers. The number of times I’ve called it at two in the afternoon, knowing that 30 minutes splashing about will reset the moods of all of us instead of battling on through one of ‘those’ days. But it can descend into a dull routine as part of the daily bedtime thing, and hairwashing can often cause stress and anxiety that leads to bath time being avoided as long as...