At the start of the year I set myself the challenge of ditching the debit card and living a cash only lifestyle for the month of January. Easy I hear you shout, but as someone who had begun heading down the slippery slope of contactless payments made without adequate thought I knew this would be… Continue reading Finance: What I Learned Using A Cash Only Budget For One Month
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Finance: Cash Vs Card Challenge
If you're over a certain age, like me, you'll remember the time before chip and pin or contactless when you had to sign your name to make a card purchase, or even write out a cheque in certain cases! These now seem like really old fashioned ways to make a purchase and did make the… Continue reading Finance: Cash Vs Card Challenge
Ultimate Housework Hits To Clean To
It’s a brand-new year and there’s no better time to declutter and get your clean on! Yesterday I shared my speed cleaning tips to help you clean your home when you only have a limited amount of time, but what about some musical accompaniment to make cleaning even more enjoyable? I love music and have… Continue reading Ultimate Housework Hits To Clean To
Speed Cleaning: 5 Minute Housework Tasks
It’s January, all the festivities are over, and your house could do with a good clean now the decorations are safely packed away. Trouble is you’re back to work and the last thing you want to do after a long day is spend your evening cleaning, right? I know the temptation is to just pretend… Continue reading Speed Cleaning: 5 Minute Housework Tasks
6 Ways To Beat The January Blues
There are many reasons why January is the bleakest month of the year, namely the anti-climactic feeling left behind after the festive season. After the drawn out build up that now precedes Christmas, it’s easy to understand the feeling of emptiness left behind once the decorations are safely packed away and all that looms ahead… Continue reading 6 Ways To Beat The January Blues
New Year Reflections & Goals
It’s the start of a brand-new year. A fresh page in the story of my life and it feels like I’m standing at the edge of a precipice, able to achieve anything I set my mind to. I feel I’m stepping into this year a completely a different person to who I was a mere… Continue reading New Year Reflections & Goals
Children’s Books Of 2018
It's the last day of the year and I genuinely don't know where on earth 2018 went, it has been a complete blur! As part of my end of year reflections I posted on Saturday about the books I have read this year and it seemed only fitting that kids books were given the same… Continue reading Children’s Books Of 2018
Books I’ve Read In 2018
As the year draws to a close I thought I'd take the opportunity to reflect on the books I have read during the year. Looking back I can't actually believe how many books I have managed to squeeze in with the years total standing at 44, smashing my Goodreads goal of 20 right out of… Continue reading Books I’ve Read In 2018
Goodbye 2017…….
It’s the last day of 2017 so I thought it only appropriate to reflect on my year and to set my self some goals/resolutions for 2018. My blog is still quite new and because the last month has been taken up with lovely Christmas themed posts I haven’t yet shared very much about myself- I… Continue reading Goodbye 2017…….
