My Winter Blues Coping Strategies
I am a victim of the winter blues. Pretty much every year from around Dec/Jan to Mar I get sad, paranoid, anti-social and lose any kind of focus I have ever had. There I said it out loud. Here are my winter blues coping strategies! This has been happening ever since I can remember in […]
Money Saving Christmas Present Ideas
Christmas is about being with your loved ones and showing people how much you love them. Its not all about the commercial stuff and the expensive pressies under the tree. Personally I love home made stuff, things that have time and thought put into them. So here are a few ideas from me for stuff […]
Mrs Mummypenny makes a Christmas Wreath
I have achieved a very impressive thing today. Not only did I make a Christmas Wreath, but I have also vlogged the making of it and have edited the video down to 4 minutes for YouTube! So heres my blog on how to make a Christmas wreath! Both achievements have taken some time. The wreath took […]
Black Friday Deals – Mrs Mummypenny updates every few hours
I’ll keep adding to this post through out today and tomorrow as and when I spy great value offers. It might even give you a few ideas on pressie for people too. Keep checking back for updates. Boots Boots – I’ve just been sent their leading offers, be quick these are only available until end […]
How to save money on school fancy dress/uniforms/events
There is currently outcry on my local Facebook items for sale page. Our school has decided to have a history day and all children have been asked to come into school dressed in various historical outfits, things like Roman, Victorian, Tudor etc. Lots of people are either stressing about school fancy dress costumes or on […]
What a Great Weekend, Guys & Dolls, Mumsnet Blogfest and Jack’s Birthday/London Aquarium
A proper action packed weekend, sometimes I know how to live. The result is that I am pretty shattered, although I thought best to multi-task and blog at the same time as Strictly, X-factor and I’m a celebrity;-) Guys & Dolls at Hawthorne Theatre – Welwyn Garden City A girls night out with my neighbours […]
How to Entertain your children & save money at Campus West – Welwyn
There are tons of activities and things to do really close to me that I have never tried before. So I was really interested to receive an email from the marketing manager of CW Entertainment (also known as Campus West) in Welwyn Garden City, the big complex on the large WGC roundabout not far from […]
The Fear
I love the song by Ian Brown – The Fear. Its a really clever song with lyrics like this Finding eternity arouses reactions Freeing excellence affects reality Fallen empires are ruling Find earth and reap Fantastic expectations, amazing revelations Final execution and resurrection Free expression as revolution Finding everything and realizing You’ve got the Fear […]
My Weightloss Journey – Blog Post 3
Recap Time So you may remember my previous posts on weight loss…a quick recap blog-1 was written just after finishing my final session of hypnotherapy, my method of choice for weightloss. I attended 3 cognitive hypnotherapy sessions with Heather Hall between May and July. 7lbs were lost in that period of time. I then updated you […]
How have my first 4 months gone starting my own business?
I think it’s time to tell you all the reality of what it is like in my new world. Firstly it’s going to help me to get it written down and out of my head and secondly it’s going to help you if you are thinking of taking the leap and doing it yourself. I […]
Birthday Party Fun – How to Entertain 45x 5-6 year olds on a Budget
I can hear you already, you are saying ‘Are you crazy, 45 children at a birthday party?’ I can confirm at times throughout the 2 hours party maybe we did think this. Maybe we did reach for the non-existent prosecco but instead drink copious cups of coffee 🙂 But seriously So Josh, Bobby and Max […]
Mrs Mummypenny’s Top 10 Christmas Pressie Ideas for Girls
Now for this post I have had a bit of input from mummy friends with girls…and I am using my imagination as to what I would have liked as a young girl so expect posts on Cindy and My Little Pony…joking! Disney DVD’s for FREE. Yes for FREE. Sign up to Top Cash Back using […]