5 Frugal Things Post 7 – Half Term Fun with the Children

5 Frugal Things post 7 Half term week is always a challenge work wise, knowing this, the boys had a little holiday to Essex to spend a few days with the in-laws. This meant I had 2 full days to myself to get a serious amount of work done and get ahead of deadlines. Sunday […]

Starting a New business: 10 Lessons Learnt with Mrs Mummypenny

10 lessons learnt when starting a new business 3 ½ years ago I was on maternity leave. It was my third maternity leave so it was nice and chilled. I knew what I was doing with motherhood and after a few months I started to get itchy feet. I needed something to keep my brain […]

5 Frugal Things Post 6 – Mrs Mummypenny’s Frugal Week

5 Frugal Things Post 6 Its Friday and I am writing my 5 Frugal things on a Friday, hurrah, sat on a train returning home from London after lunch. I’ve been so good this week. I am properly proud of myself for no spending but yet having a very productive and social week. I have […]

Money Saving Dinner – Roasted Monkfish & Vegetables from Aldi

Money Saving Dinner mission Hubby and I were trying to recall the last time we had a takeaway last night. It was many many weeks ago, maybe before the gall bladder operation? We are on the money saving dinner mission to save money and the food bill has always been a biggie. Not just a […]

5 Frugal Things Post 5 – My Week of Money Saving

Here I am back again for my 5 Frugal things post 5. I believe I am creating a habit here having managed to write this post 5 weeks in a row. Its nice as it encourages me to reflect on the successes from the week with what I have been up and how I have […]

How to deal with a weak bladder with Tena at the Savoy

How to deal with a weak bladder? A recent trip to the trampoline park prompted much discussion of a weak bladder on my Facebook page. I spent 30 minutes bouncing around had a wonderful time but had a slight panic about weeing. Half way through I must have lost control momentarily and had a wee […]

How to Save Money on a boys birthday party

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It is the boys birthday time in our house. Three birthdays in the space of six weeks! We didn’t really think that one through financially. Oct 9th is the first birthday for Josh my middle son. How he loves having the first birthday of the three boys! At the age of 7 a boys birthday […]

First Steps to Clarity & Focus with Experian & The School of Life

First Steps to clarity & focus I have mentioned a few times on my blog and social channels that my life is in transition at the moment. It’s that time of year where I get itchy feet and I have the most motivation to change things. So a fabulous event with Experian and the School […]

5 FRUGAL THINGS POST 4 – FROM MRS MUMMYPENNY’S WEEK

5 Fabulous Frugal Things post 4 This week has been so lovely and quiet. This maybe sounds boring but I love having a nice quiet week, particularly after a really busy one. There were no trips into London or big brand meetings, but I did have tons of time to achieve a lot on my […]

5 Frugal Things post 3 – from Mrs Mummypenny’s week

My Week Last week was one of those memorable weeks where lots of things have gone really well. When this happens shout it from the roof tops I say. Positivity resonates around to people close to you, and before you and they know it they will have more positive things happen to them too. I […]

What are Taboo Subjects in my Mrs Mummypenny world?

Taboo Subjects In July I was invited to an event hosted by School of Life and AXA. The event was to discuss taboo subjects, the art of conversation and we were to expect frank discussions. I was given this information. Some of the questions we will explore are: ‘Do you think your best times still […]

How to Save Money by Making Your Own Cleaning Products

Save money by making your own cleaning products You may find yourself attached to a few favourite cleaning products that make your house squeaky clean, but a wonderful way to not only do the environment a massive favour at the same time but also save money by making your own cleaning products. Luckily, a lot […]