BACK FOR 2018 BY POPULAR DEMAND!(Five emails requesting it totally counts as popular demand, right?Today I'm going to be super nice and help you to have an amazingly organised Christmas by sharing my amazing FREE Christmas planner printable with you...And yes, I completely get that we're not even halfway through October yet but the idea of this planner is that you print it out now and start to get organised gradually. If I shared this in the middle of November then you're probably a good way through our planning at that point, aren't you? I figured if all the Christmas … [Read more...]
Why I start preparing for Christmas in January….
OK, get your eye rolling out of the way before we start because, yes, today I'm going to tell you why I start preparing for Christmas in January.I totally get that it may seem silly that I start preparing for Christmas in January, but if you think about all of the discounted gift sets, deals and clearance items that practically every store has on their shelf and online, it’s a wonder why more people don't start preparing for Christmas in January.I've found that doing this every year has helped saved me a significant amount of money, so I wanted to share what I do with you all to … [Read more...]
Fifty Ways to have a frugal but fun Christmas….
You honestly don't have to spend a lot of money to have a great Christmas so I thought that I'd share with you 50 ways that you can have an amazing Christmas on a budget with you today!Every year I hear about the amount of money people spend and read stories of people who are still paying off their Christmas debt halfway to next Christmas and it makes me sad. Not sad because of how much is money is actually spent because I totally get people who spend more than they probably should (I may occasionally be guilty of this) and ultimately, it's their money to spend how they want.No, … [Read more...]
Christmas Traditions from around the World….
Thanks to our Christmas Family Traditions Advent calendar this year, we've been enjoying lots of lovely family time together so far this month and thanks to my blog all about Christmas Family Traditions, I've been enjoying hearing what other people are getting up to.I thought it might be nice to share a bit of a round up of traditions around the world because in the short time since I set up my Christmas traditions blog, I've realised just how differently we all celebrate Christmas. We can all enjoy each other's traditions wherever we are in the world so I hope you find some new ones to … [Read more...]
What to put in a Christmas Eve Box….
Christmas Eve is my favourite day out of the whole festive period and although I have a post planned to tell you all about our day and what we do a little bit closer to the day itself, I'm going to tell you about one part of the day now. I'm going to tell you about our Christmas Eve box which we've been doing ever since the kids were born - in fact, I think we've been doing it since before Christmas Eve Boxes were even a thing.We started doing a Christmas Eve box because I used to have something similar when I was little and it was a tradition that we decided to continue with our two … [Read more...]
How to have an amazing Christmas, even when Santa’s skint….
Christmas can be a difficult time when you're struggling to make ends meet. And it's even harder if your children have a wishlist as long as their arm that they just keep adding to every time they watch TV and another advert pops up for something they desperately need. ;-)How do you tell the little ones that they won't be getting everything on their list when they think that Santa is in charge of bringing the presents. How do you tell them that you can't afford what they want, even when they're non-believers and you can already anticipate the snapchats on Christmas morning of their … [Read more...]
