Last Minute Money Saving Tips For Your Holiday
We have 7 sleeps until holiday and we have a few things left to organise for holiday. As ever I am keen to save as much money as possible. I have many things to still sort out….here is how I’m going to get for as cheap as possible and do some money saving! Holiday money […]
My plan on how I am going to survive financially without a corporate job…
What Have I Done??!! How am I going to survive financially without a corporate job? I am 38 and have spent most of the past 16 years working for a range of big corporates. Okay so I have had 3 breaks of maternity leave with the boys (not exactly a holiday!)..but 16 years…that is a […]
My Weightloss Story Using Hypnotherapy on a Mrs Mummypenny Budget – Update 2
Wow what an amazing response to my blog post on the 12th July. I shared my incredibly personal story with the online world and got so much feedback and love back again. 1000’s of people have read my blog and seen the posts on social media. Food and overeating is an issue for many people […]
Fun summer day out at the Races
Yesterday on a beautiful sunny day hubby and I went to Newmarket for a day. It was our 8 year anniversary on Tuesday, so to celebrate hubbys parents have taken the boys to their house in Essex for 2 nights and we get to have grown-up time. We live in Knebworth so Newmarket is a 1 […]
Hitchin is the place to be – My day without children
I told my boys my plans for today before school and Dylan said ‘mummy sound like you have a busy day’. Alot of running around doing jobs but some fun mixed in there, and money saving stuff of course. I have been in Hitchin most of the day sorting stuff out. I’ve taken a […]
My Weightloss mission on a Mrs Mummypenny Budget – Blog 1
Let me introduce myself and get to the point quickly! I am 38 years of age and have been on a diet for the past 25 years. I’ve been a size 18, a size 12 and I tend to vary between these sizes constantly. At just 5ft 5 1/2 inches (the 1/2 matters!) to be […]
Summer Holiday – Money Saving Ideas for children
Summer Holiday I’m not sure I have mentioned this enough (;-)) but I finish full time employed work on 30th June, and have the summer holiday off with the children. So I’m already thinking what am I going to do to keep them amused and not cane a small fortune doing so. Here are a […]
The cheapest way to get to London by train
I’m very pleased to welcome a guest blog from my friend Vicki Roberts. She has some fantastic tips here on how to save a fortune travelling into London. Do take a look at her blog, she is always posting beautiful pics of garden and amazing crochet craftiness but today she shares with you the cheapest […]
5 things I love and 5 things I hate about getting older
I’ve not long ago hit the ripe age of 38…big 40 is not far off..a bit of a scary thought if I’m honest. There are all these things that I notice every day that appear to emphasis my age..some of it good, some of it bad…. Here are my 5 things I Love 1) As […]
Best chocolate chip cookies in the world. Courtesy of Emma Chizlett
Wow look at this picture, no 1 it has our trampoline. It was removed shortly after this as little Jack broke his leg on it….whoops. But how young do they look? This post was originally published in 2015. It is a recipe I come back to time and time again so I thought I […]
The most amazing Scotch Egg recipe
It’s been a beautiful Easter holiday so far, so we tool full advantage of the weather yesterday and visited our favourite farm for a long walk around all the animals and of course a trip to the farm shop, Random purchase was a 500g chunk of sausage meat which meant only one thing… to dig […]
Three Birthdays and Christmas – Absolutely the most expensive time of the year!
I didn’t really think of this over the years as my 3 babies appeared into this world, but now with 3 boys turning 2, 5 and 7 within 6 weeks of each other..and then Christmas…now is the most expensive time of the year for us! And this year is my mission to save money 🙂 […]