Howdy peeps! If you've seen my Instagram today then you'll know I've had my first reindeer of the year! 😁😋🦌 It really is starting to look like Christmas!!! Things are in full swing in several stores now. I showed you B&M the other day, so I thought I'd show you a couple of pics from [...]
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Feeling Guilty…
Morning, Monday Peeps! Christmas is a mere 12 weeks away (on Wednesday) and, of course, I've been shopping. B&M and Morrison's are already bringing their A-game (which I very much appreciate). The thing is... I bought myself a Christmas present.I know calendars are a gift people often buy or make and, in the past, I've [...]
Cheap Cheap!
Happy Bank Holiday, Easter Peeps! Just a quick reminder that a lot of stores will sell off Easter stuff cheap from today. Obviously chocolate and stuff probably won't keep until next year but the decor, craft stuff and other gifts will. (And who's gonna refuse cheap chocolate you can eat now?😉) Generally, when preparing for [...]
Christmas Recipes
Hi-de-hi Festive Peeps! 2 weeks today is the big day itself! Aside from Christmas day itself, there will be parties and quiet evenings in, busy days and food gifts....all these require different types of food, so here are a few options: Andrea at Cooking With A Wallflower has these gorgeous salted caramel cookies which would be a lovely [...]
Goodbye November!
Howdy Peeps! Happy St. Andrew's day to our Scottish readers, happy 'last normal day of the year' to everyone else! November has brought a lot of change, good and bad- but mostly good. There has been a lot of work and a fair amount of fun. Life goes on and we speed towards December. So [...]
Christmas Plans and Traditions
Season's Greetings Peeps! I've seen a lot of YouTubers and bloggers do this type of post and I know I've mentioned a few things (like the Christmas market) but this is basically how Christmas goes for us: We begin by making an advent calendar. At one time I intended to buy a reusable one,,,then we [...]
Christmas Is Coming!
Yo Christmas Peeps! First things first; 1 MONTH TO GO! Sooooo excited! Yesterday's Christmas market was awesome. There were a lot more food and home stalls than last year. I took a set amount of money for certain gifts but I'm seriously considering taking money for those home things next year! They do great discounts [...]
Festive Round-Up
Howdy Festive Peeps! Christmas is a mere 5 weeks away!!! (Good excuse to watch Love Actually as that's the first date on screen....I digress.) In light of that rather exciting fact I thought I'd share a few festive ideas I've seen from other bloggers; some will be food and some won't so this isn't your [...]
Christmas Crafts Part 1
Helloooo Monday Peeps! As it's a mere 10 weeks until Christmas 😊🎉🎄🎅 I thought I'd share these cheap and simple crafts with you... The tree on the left is made entirely of buttons hot-glued to some thin card. You arrange green buttons or beads in a triangle and add a yellow one to the top [...]
How Do You Budget For Christmas?
Happy Wednesday Lovely Peeps! I'm going to talk about 3 of my favourite things; Christmas, Planning and Maths 🙂 (I guess that makes Christmas seem more appealing to most of you LOL...I'm a nerd and I own it!) Step 1: Start now- whether you're reading this in October or January, start ASAP to minimise the [...]