Source: urbanoutfitters.co.uk via modflowers on Pinterest If you want to stop by for coffee or tea just let me know when. We don’t have a lot of things on this week. Or if you need a hand with something just ask. I have plenty of time. Or if you want to go to the
Finances
No Spend July
I wanted to tell you about a great challenge to get you out of a shopping habit and gain some perspective on what you already have. Rachel at Small Notebook has been making July “No Spend Month” for four years. For her family this means setting aside a certain amount of money for groceries,
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Kids
Fair is Not Equal
My birthday falls a few days from Christmas. And I am a twin. Growing up this was what I called the biggest rip-off ever. Not only was my birthday never celebrated at school because we were already out on winter holidays, but I had to share my day with someone. And often I had
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Life
My Minimalist Luxuries
Talking about spending this week. Yesterday it was a year of tracking our finances. Today: my luxuries. Sometimes I think people get the impression that because I’m trying to live with less stuff I’m also living with less luxury in my life. If you think of luxury items as being expensive jeans and designer handbags
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Finances
Do You Know What Your Life Costs?
Note: I’ve decided to not completely disclose our finances here. So I’ve included percentages instead of £ or $. You’ll still have an idea of how we spend and save but it gives my family some privacy. The summer of 2005 was my ‘summer of dating.’ I was finally single and living in a big
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Kitchen
No Machine Will Change Your Life
The other week I went to a demonstration dinner for a kitchen appliance called a Thermomix. A friend wanted to buy one and was hosting a dinner so we could all see the miracle machine in action. I’ll admit it: I was impressed. It could make bread dough and sorbet and steam veggies and make
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Finances
Your Possessions Are Not a Hallmark of Adulthood
Source: someecards.com via Rachel on Pinterest This post over at Simple Mom about wedding gifts was written for me. My lovely wedding china that I can’t bear to part with is in a box at a relative’s house. Not getting used. Sure, the knives and the baking pans traveled with us overseas but the
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Life
Your Hierarchy Of Needs
A while back I read this great post from Meagan Francis on a Mother’s Hierarchy of Needs. Meagan tailored Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to motherhood and created the pyramid above. Basic needs are at the bottom and create the foundation for the needs at the top of the pyramid. I’m on a big push at