Baby Budgeting is all about saving and making money when you have a young child
I have been very busy earning money over the last 6 years of ‘not working’ I have sold old books on Amazon Sold old highchairs, clothes bundles, cots and buggies on eBay I have sold my second hand baby /child stuff at NCT sales I have done online surveys I have done a very occasional [...]
How to afford time off with your baby – 101 ways to ease the financial strain is my very first book and it was published last September by Vermilion.So far I have sold around 4000 copies and I am so proud to have written it and gotten it out there. I really wanted to share my ideas [...]
Big thanks to the lovely Kath Allen for this inspiring post! Since finishing full-time work four years ago to have children I’ve sent hundreds of letters and photos off to magazines. This all started when I bought the book ‘The Freelance Writer’s Handbook’ by Andrew Crofts which said that you can make a ‘modest income’ [...]
Thank you lovely Dot for sharing your fab car boot tips with us. Dorothy Lepkowska is a freelance journalist: www.dorothylepkowska.co.uk; http://twitter.com/DotLepkowska She is a stay at home mum who also works for m home and her daughter is 6 months old. Take a good look around your house. Are your wardrobes bulging at the seams? [...]
Thank you Beth Evans for this useful, informative guest post – over to you Beth…. When I had my son in August 2005 I made the decision not to go back to my job as a technical support advisor for a well known internet provider. I couldn’t justify part-time as it would take me almost [...]
I lost 1lb this week. I now have 56 l b to lose which means……………. I have lost my first STONE! Yep it’s took 8 weeks but I am CHUFFED to bits. Only 4 more to go! My reward…I will have a reward for each stone lost…is a beauty pampering at salon de becky . Okay…my [...]
Fab guest post and profile from Donna Pinnell I have always worked, since I was an office junior at 16, I have loved the challenge of working and obviously this has supported my shopping habit over the years. When I had my daughter in 2005, work took a back seat and whilst still working part time, [...]
Just a little post to tell you something fab I found out yesterday. For Chrismas I was lucky enough to be given a Kindle. Yesterday I found out my Kindle is supereasy for my 6 year old to use. This is brilliant news .It’ s always in my bag and I can stock it up [...]
I cannot begin to tell you how proud I feel. I managed all by myself to use the Kodak Zi8, pocket camcorder, upload a film to my computer, then to youtube and then to here!! Wahay! Oh it’s a great day for ME! For although I produce this lovely blog the HOURS of help I had from my tech savvy hubby to [...]
Our first winner is …. Our second and third winners winnerschosen by random number generator are: 41 and 15 So in fact our winners are Kerry, Katherine and Chris. Well done ladies x Big thanks to Montagne Jeunesse for the lovely priizes x
The winner of the monthly challenge for August which was could you start a business for a tenner? is: Nicola Pile Here is her winning entry: What a great challenge – there is so much you can do with £10 and some creative thinking! My idea involves sewing, which I’ve always loved and I’m hoping [...]
Don’t you just love it when something new pops up that just makes life SO much easier? I always feel guilty I haven’t recorded my babies memoires properly first food first tooth, etc, first day at nursery. The little memory books I got bought seemed to stop at 1 or I could never find a [...]
