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Tips for Eco-Living and Recycling at Home
Posted in Environment, Lifestyle, Money Saving

Top Tips for Eco-Living and Recycling at Home

I’m always on the lookout for tips on recycling at home. We have normal bags and boxes for sorting out…

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Money Tips - Planning For The Future
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Money Tips – Planning For The Future

Last year I decided to make the decision in 2020 to go self-employed full time. Because I was employed, since…

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Why Money-saving Is About Mindset As Much As The Cash
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Why Money-Saving Is About Mindset As Much As The Cash

So many of us think that saving money is about amassing cash. And while this is the most important aspect,…

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family walking through park - Simple Ways to Save Money for Your Family
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Simple Ways to Save Money for Your Family

Families spend a lot. It’s not cheap bringing up kids and you’ll often find yourself wondering where you can get…

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Money Making Ideas - How To Save Money Without Making Any Sacrifices
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How To Save Money Without Making Any Sacrifices

Saving money always seems like it comes with sacrifices. People will tell you how to save money, but it usually…

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Don’t Feel Pressured to Put on a Big Spread
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Three Tips that Will Help Make the Christmas Season More Affordable This Year

Who wants to make this Christmas more affordable? As the seasons start to change and the cold temperatures return, it’s…

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3 Money Saving Mantras for Families
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3 Money Saving Mantras for Families

Running a household with kids can be quite challenging for the budget. You have a suitable family house to pay…

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6 Top Tips to Cut Your Monthly Budget
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6 Top Tips to Cut Your Monthly Budget

Whether you’re trying to save money, or you need to cut back on expenses, you want to keep a close…

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Top Tips To Reduce Your Family Heating Bills
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Top Tips To Reduce Your Family Heating Bills

Need help with heating bills? Follow these tips! No matter what time of year it is, our bills seem to…

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3 Easy Ways to Raise Cash For Your Next Family Holiday
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3 Easy Ways to Raise Cash For Your Next Family Holiday

Travelling together as a family creates memories that will last a lifetime, our children are only small for a short…

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British People Saved Money
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This Is How Over 300k British People Saved Money In Jan

Why did over 300,000 UK residents deciding to switch energy providers in January alone? To save money. And you can…

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4 Tips on Protecting Your Families Financial Future
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4 Tips on Protecting Your Family’s Financial Future

When it was just myself and Mr B, we were not too bothered about thinking about our financial future. As…

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More for Your Money: 9 Quick & Easy Ways to Save Money While Shopping Online

Online shopping can be a gift and a curse. You don’t have to worry about leaving home to stock up…

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5 Tips To Save Money on Kids Clothes

With another New Year upon us, January sees us as a month all spent out from Christmas. Now is the…

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Shopping online this Christmas with Boom25
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Shopping Online This Christmas With Boom25

Shopping online this Christmas is big business for retailers. With the change in technology, statistics suggest that around 42% of…

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A new money outlook
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A New Money Outlook For The New Year

Ok, so the new year is coming, and all you should be thinking about is what you’re going to do…

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5 Ways to Stop Spending Money on Things You Don’t Need

No matter how frugal you consider yourself to be, there’s a good chance that you occasional over-spend on things you…

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Lifestyle Finance Tips – Smart Ways to Save Money

When it comes to finance, you do not have to be the owner of a business to benefit from some…

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Posted in Travel

7 Alternative Ways to Pay for Your Travel Lifestyle

So many people never get to travel because they are convinced they can’t afford it. Instead of resigning to the…

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Posted in Lifestyle, Money Saving

Costs That Come With Married Life

Who watched the Royal Wedding? Unlike Prince Harry and Meghan Markle your wedding could take years and years of planning!…

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*Happy New Year!* We’ve had a quiet Christmas a *Happy New Year!*

We’ve had a quiet Christmas at home, played lots and ate lots! Like many others! Today we are at the start of a brand new year. A year where we will have a 3 and 5 year old on our hands. The toddler days are slipping away from us now - yay!!

We’ve decided not to plan any holidays at all in 2021 and have a saving year. Being at home all the time means it’s so much easier to save!

It might not be the start of the year we all hoped for, but it’s the one we’ve got to work through. We can do it! The virus never stopped me last year from following my dream and working for myself full time!

Wishing you happiness and health in 2021 xx

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AD-gifted The girls are huge 44 Cats fans. If you AD-gifted  The girls are huge 44 Cats fans. If you haven’t heard of them 44 Cats its a fun kids  show about 4 kittens. The 44 Cats  are – Lampo, Milady, Meatball and Pilou who make up a musical group called “The Buffycats” The animated series covers topics such as friendship, diversity, tolerance and helping others. It’s a great series we love to watch!

We were kindly sent a few items from the series merchandise. The toy sets, pyjamas and jigsaw puzzle. Which can all be found on Amazon so still time to get for those last minute gifts!

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Here we are on the home stretch - the last few day Here we are on the home stretch - the last few days of the Winter term. I’m so proud of this one and how much she has learned since starting school. She’s like a sponge!

Watching her 1st class nativity play via the school app was crushing at the weekend. This stupid virus had denied so many of us. Going to watch her in her first nativity play has always been one of those things I’ve looked forward to since she was born. It was one of those milestones 😥.

However we’ve had a fun and busy weekend. We went to Heligan Gardens for a walk and to write another letter to Santa! Thank goodness the weather was great! That’s the trouble with booking things in advance you don’t know what the weather will be like!

Are you looking forward to the start of the Christmas Holidays?

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AD-Gifted Welcome to the world of Cats Vs Pickles AD-Gifted  Welcome to the world of Cats Vs Pickles! How cute are these super soft bean filled plushies with huge personalities. So soft L doesn’t want to put them down and wants to get the whole collection! 

If you have yet to hear about these soft silly characters. Here is the low down. So Cats are scared of Pickles, but Pickles just want to love Cats! Pickles are super rare and we have yet to find one!!

There are 44 Cats ( we got Blank Page, Puzzle Cat and Goldie Fish) and 4 rare Pickles to find in Series 1. You can get Foodie Cats, Scary Cats, Sweet Cats and Smarty Cats like our Blank Page.

Cats Vs Pickles are an insanely popular trend on YouTube!

I think they make the most adorable stocking fillers at £4.99 each available to buy from @smythstoys
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The four of us! There are very few pictures of all The four of us! There are very few pictures of all of us in one shot! Thanks to my sister @sprout07 for taking this one last weekend! 😘 A walk by the sea is good for the mind. It clears your head. Nothing like it!

I want to say a huge thank you to all my followers, new and old! I’m getting closer to 5000 now. I wanted to get there by the end of this year, but don’t think I’m going to make it!

To all my new followers here is a little bit about us:

▪️I’m Rachel, a self employed blogger, writer and content creator. I hate the word influencer!
▪️We live in beautiful Cornwall. 10 minutes from our closest beach.
▪️I’m the wife of Mr B and mum to two gorgeous girls. L who is 4 and Little Dottie who is 2.
▪️We all love cheese and chocolate (not together obvs!)
▪️I’m a farmer’s daughter so love being outdoors and this has rubbed off on the girls!
▪️We love chickens and have 3 in our garden - Betty, Happy and Norrie.

So this is us! Thank you for every like, comment, save and share. It’s means the world to us and helps us to grow this account.

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We’ve had a fantastic weekend. Finally got to sp We’ve had a fantastic weekend. Finally got to spend time with my sister who has been self isolating for 2 weeks as she returned from Canada. We took a trip to Marazion on Saturday for a walk and hunt for treasures! It was lovely and quiet. In the afternoon we put our tree up. Then yesterday we went for an early morning walk at the park and spent the afternoon writing out Christmas cards!

I love weekends like this. I treasure them more because for around 14 years I worked each Saturday and occasionally Sundays as well. Now I know what I was missing all those years!

Did you get up to anything nice at the weekend?

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