I just love competitions – entering them is a great hobby. Sort of like window shopping but you happen to get something once in awhile. With that in mind I have teamed up with 49 other bloggers who have all contributed to a fantastic competition prize for one lucky winner. The chosen winner will get to choose a £100 Marks and Spencer gift hamper of their own! Keep on reading … [Read more...]

Although it might not quite feel like it at the moment, what with the wet weather last week and the general loss of all sense of time during lockdown, we are literally days away from the start of Summer (measuring it by the solstice and not the Met office...did you know there were two different dates for the start of summer…)and I for one could not be happier. … [Read more...]

As I mentioned the other day, trying to maintain a decent budget at the moment is hard - what with inflated food prices (I know some supermarkets are saying it's just due to there not being as many multi-buy offers on but the price of certain things has definitely risen by a few pence here and there) and in some cases majorly reduced household incomes it's not easy to balance … [Read more...]

If you saw my last post then you'll know that I'm a bit excited about the fact that Spring is just around the corner. I'm loving that it's still light when we're getting home from work, we've been able to have the heating on a bit less (still getting some impressive frosts each night), there are daffodils and crocus appearing and I was actually out in the garden today without … [Read more...]